Plant and Microbial Biosciences
David Korasick
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2015
Thesis Advisor: Lucia C. Strader
Thesis Title: Investigating auxin signaling through AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR interactions and stability
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”
Alexander Liu
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Christopher N. Topp
Thesis Title: Understanding the effects of genetic variation in maize and pennycress on root system architecture and their interactions with nitrogen.
Edward Lopatto
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Scott J. Hultgren
Thesis Title: Chaperone-Usher Pathway Pili Adhesin Conformations and Inhibitors in Urinary Tract Infections
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
Anastasiia Onyshchenko
Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Graduation Year: 2025
Thesis Advisor: Ivan Baxter
Thesis Title: Predicting, culturing and characterizing beneficial and detrimental strains associated with plant phenotypes