Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Chia-Yun Lee
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Barbara N. Kunkel
Thesis Title: Characterizing the regulatory roles of pmeR in indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) responsiveness and pathogenesis in Pseudomonas syringae strain PtoDC3000.
Andrew Lin
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2023
Thesis Advisor: Rohit V. Pappu
Thesis Title: “Uncovering the determinants of compositionally distinct, coexisting condensates”
Erin Mattoon
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2023
Thesis Advisor: Ru Zhang
Thesis Title: Understanding thermotolerance in photosynthetic cells: From green algae to land plants
Sheri McClerklin
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2016
Thesis Advisor: Barbara N. Kunkel
Thesis Title: Investigating auxin biosynthesis and its contribution to virulence by the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000
Kari Miller
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2022
Thesis Advisor: Elizabeth S. Haswell
Thesis Title: Insights Into the Non-Osmoregulatory Function of a Pollen-Specific Mechanosensitive Ion Channel
Amelia Nguyen
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2016
Thesis Advisor: Himadri B. Pakrasi
Thesis Title: Use of Proteomics to Probe Dynamic Changes in Cyanobacteria
Sarah Pardi
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Dmitri A. Nusinow
Thesis Title: Investigation of PCH1’s role in promoting PhyB-photobody phase separation
Anne Phillips
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2019
Thesis Advisor: Rebecca Bart
Thesis Title: Phylogenetic and Genomic Characterization of the Host-Pathogen Arms Race Between Bacterial Pathogens and Gossypium hirsutum
Samantha Powers
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2019
Thesis Advisor: Lucia C. Strader
Thesis Title: Regulation of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR Activity
Yunci Qi
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis Advisor: Joshua Blodgett
Thesis Title: Genetic Variations in the Regulation and Biosynthesis of Polycyclic Tetramate Macrolactams