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Keenan Amundsen
Professor

Area of Expertise: Plant Breeding and Genetics, Turf and Landscape Systems

Area of Focus: Turfgrass Genetics

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    Carol Caha
    Lab Manager/Research Technologist II
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    Craig Ferguson
    Ag Rsch Technician III

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    Kristina Alas
    Graduate Research Asst

Past Members

Graduate Students, Postdocs and Staff

Elizabeth Niebaum
M.S. 2023
Seed dormancy

Michael Morikone
Ph.D. 2023
Machine learning to optimize genome annotation.

Zach Allen – M.S. 2015
Switchgrass-pest interactions

Jesse Brown – M.S. 2013
Annual bluegrass diversity

Luqi Li – M.S. 2015
Buffalograss establishment

Collin Marshall – M.S. 2020
Buffalograss diversity

Glen Obear – Ph.D. 2021
Soil horizon formation in modified rootzones

Sajeewa Amaradasa – Postdoc 2011-2014
Turfgrass Pathology

Teresa Donze – Postdoc 2012-2015
Host-pest interaction

Katherine King – Research Technician
Buffalograss and hops breeding

Undergraduates

Jacob Bish - 2018
Alyssa Converse - 2017
Adam Dredge - 2013
Megan Franklin – 2015-2018
Jacob Fuehrer – 2014-2016
Ben Harms – 2017-2019
Alaina Kapla - 2018
Olivier Niyonshuti Mizero - 2022
Elizabeth "Beth" Niebaum – 2013-2016
Tyler Rodriguez – 2022-2023
Michael Sindelar – 2013-2014
Kevin Snyder - 2017
Arianna Spellman - 2019
Ben Toalson – 2021-2022
Eric Troudt - 2016
Ryan Witkowski - 2016