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Graduate Student Directory

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Listed in order by Last Name
Alicia D. Altheimer
altheime@illinois.edu

(217) 244-6727
M.S. Plant Breeding, Genetics and Cytogenetics
360 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   A. Lane Rayburn
Eric K. Anderson
eander32@illinois.edu

(217) 390-5402
M.S. Weed Science
W-417 Turner Hall   Aaron G. Hager
Kevin L. Armstrong
karmstro@illinois.edu

(217) 244-8421
Ph.D. Biometry
M-107 Turner Hall   Germán Bollero
Wesley T. Barber
barber4@illinois.edu

(217) 244-6146
Ph.D. Plant Breeding, Genetics and Cytogenetics
289 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Stephen P. Moose
Adam R. Barling
barling@illinois.edu

(217) 333-4617
M.S. Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology
1200 Institute for Genomic Biology   Stephen P. Moose
Joshua A. Bates
jbbates2@illinois.edu

Ph.D. Plant Breeding, Genetics and Cytogenetics
National Soybean Research Center   Randall L. Nelson
Talon Becker
tbecker2@uiuc.edu

M.S. Corn Breeding and Genetics
M205 Turner Hall   Martin O. Bohn
Michael S. Bell
msbell1@illinois.edu

(217) 333-4723
M.S. Weed Science
320 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Patrick J. Tranel
Carolyn M. Bonin
cbonin2@illinois.edu

(217) 333-3155
Ph.D. Soybean Breeding and Genetics
272 National Soybean Research Center   Brian W. Diers
Gurpreet Brar
brar1@illinois.edu

M.S. Plant Pathology
  Mohammad Babadoost
Catherine E. Byers-White
cbyers2@illinois.edu

(757) 651-5926
M.S. Soil Fertility
207 Turner Hall   Fabián G. Fernández
Bernarda Z. Calla
calla2@illinois.edu

(217) 244-3263
Ph.D. Plant Pathology
230 National Soybean Research Center   Steven J. Clough
Edhilvia Campos Velasquez
camposve@illinois.edu

(217) 244-6150
M.S. Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology
384 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Lila O. Vodkin
Won Byoung Chae
chae8@illinois.edu

(217) 244-8287
Ph.D. Horticulture
307 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Jack A. Juvik
Eunsoo Choe
echoe1@illinois.edu

(217) 244-3388
Ph.D. Corn Breeding and Genetics
W-221 Turner Hall   Torbert R. Rocheford
Travis Cleveland
tclevela@illinois.edu

(217) 333-7307
M.S. Horticulture
1115 Plant Sciences Laboratory  David J. Williams
James P. Craig
craig2@illinois.edu

(217) 265-0259
Ph.D. Plant Pathology
N-428 Turner Hall   Kris N. Lambert
Matias Curzi
curzi1@illinois.edu

M.S. Horticulture
  Manfredo J. Seufferheld
James J. DeDecker
dedecke2@illinois.edu

M.S. Horticulture
  John B. Masiunas
Amanda Eads
eads2@illinois.edu

M.S. Horticulture
W-115 Turner Hall   J. Ryan Stewart
Bhupinder S. Farmaha
farmaha2@illinois.edu

(217) 244-0153
Ph.D. Crop Production
N-207 Turner Hall   Fabián G. Fernández
Chad Fedewa
cfedewa2@illinois.edu

(217) 244-4737
M.S. Horticulture
1115 Plant Sciences Laboratory  J. Ryan Stewart
Xianhui Fu
fu2@illinois.edu

Ph.D. Microbiology
  Joanne C. Chee-Sanford
Dominique S. Gilbert
gilber27@illinois.edu

Ph.D. Horticulture
  John B. Masiunas
Sharon B. Gray
sbgray@illinois.edu

Ph.D. Biological Sciences
  Stephen P. Long
Jason W. Haegele
haegele1@illinois.edu

(217) 244-1287
Ph.D. Plant Breeding, Genetics and Cytogenetics
314A Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Fred E. Below
Ajith Harish
harish@illinois.edu

(217) 333-9877
Ph.D. Bioinformatics
357 National Soybean Research Center   Gustavo Caetano-Anolles
Andrew L. Hauck
ahauck@illinois.edu

(540) 842-0668
Ph.D. Corn Breeding and Genetics
M-205 Turner Hall   Martin O. Bohn
Charles Cole Hendrix
hendrix1@illinois.edu

M.S. Soybean Breeding and Genetics
National Soybean Research Center   Randall L. Nelson
Shelby W. Henning
shenning@illinois.edu

(217) 244-4254
Ph.D. Horticulture
S-406 Turner Hall   Bruce E. Branham
Adam S. Henninger
ahenning@illinois.edu

(217) 244-1287
M.S. Crop Production
322 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Fred E. Below
Moneen Marie Jones
mmjones2@illinois.edu

(217) 333-7512
Ph.D. Entomology
S-520 Turner Hall   Richard A. Weinzierl
Sushma Jossey
sjossey2@illinois.edu

(217) 333-7510
Ph.D. Plant Pathology
M-205 Turner Hall   Leslie L. Domier
Catherine Kandianis
cbermude@illinois.edu

(217) 244-3388
Ph.D. Corn Breeding and Genetics
M-205 Turner Hall   Torbert R. Rocheford
Nathan H. Karplus
karplus2@illinois.edu

(217) 244-2568
M.S. Small Grains Breeding and Genetics
W-307 Turner Hall   Frederic L. Kolb
Katherine Kelley
kkelley2@illinois.edu

M.S. Horticulture
  John B. Masiunas
Hyoung Seok Kim
hkim58@illinois.edu

(217) 244-8287
Ph.D. Horticulture
311 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Jack A. Juvik
Ki-Seung Kim
kkim46@illinois.edu

(217) 333-3155
Ph.D. Soybean Breeding and Genetics
272 National Soybean Research Center   Brian W. Diers
Faezeh Koohestani
fkoohes2@illinois.edu

(217) 244-7238
Ph.D. Horticulture
311A Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Manfredo J. Seufferheld
Kang Mo Ku
ku8@illinois.edu

Ph.D. Horticulture
  Jack A. Juvik
Ying Li
yingli3@illinois.edu

(217) 265-6988
Ph.D. Plant Breeding, Genetics and Cytogenetics
190 National Soybean Research Center   Matthew E. Hudson
Yuhe Liu
yuheliu1@illinois.edu

(217) 244-6146
Ph.D. Plant Breeding, Genetics and Cytogenetics
389 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Stephen P. Moose
Horacio D. Lopez Nicora
hlopezn2@illinois.edu

(217) 265-5405
M.S. Nematology
N-520 Turner Hall   Terry L. Niblack
Christine J. Lucas
cjlucas@illinois.edu

(217) 244-6146
M.S. Plant Breeding and Genetics
389 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Stephen P. Moose
Justin Ma
ma16@illinois.edu

M.S. Soybean Breeding and Genetics
272 National Soybean Research Center   Randall L. Nelson
Joshua Macke
macke3@illinois.edu

M.S. Plant Breeding and Genetics
  Rita Mumm
Gregory Mahone
gmahone@illinois.edu

M.S. Corn Breeding and Genetics
M-205 Turner Hall   Torbert R. Rocheford
Brian Mansfield
bmansfi2@illinois.edu

M.S. Plant Breeding and Genetics
  Rita Mumm
Juan Marroquin
juanjo@illinois.edu

M.S. Corn Breeding and Genetics
  Martin O. Bohn
Matthew W. Maughan
maughan2@illinois.edu

(217) 256-5320
Ph.D. Agroecology
W-203 Turner Hall   Germán Bollero
Matthew Mechenes
mechenes@illinois.edu

M.S. Horticulture
N-519 Turner Hall   Thomas B. Voigt
Michael D. Meyer
mmeyer2@illinois.edu

M.S. Plant Pathology
N-417 Turner Hall   Jerald K. Pataky
Andrew Morehouse
amoreho2@illinois.edu

M.S. Entomology
  Kevin L. Steffey
Jason D. Neus
jneus2@illinois.edu

(217) 564-2339
Ph.D. Soybean Breeding and Genetics
272 National Soybean Research Center   Brian W. Diers
Devin Nichols
dmnichol@illinois.edu

Ph.D. Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology
  Stephen P. Moose
Joana Novais
jnovais@illinois.edu

(217) 244-5950
Ph.D. Corn Breeding and Genetics
M-205 Turner Hall   Martin O. Bohn
Miranda C. O'Dell
modell@illinois.edu

M.S. Horticulture
  Jack A. Juvik
Phillip Parrish
pparrish@illinois.edu

(217) 333-4424
M.S. Crop Production
N-312 Turner Hall   Emerson D. Nafziger
Carlos F F. Pavon
pavon@illinois.edu

(217) 265-5405
Ph.D. Plant Pathology
N211 Turner Hall   Donald G. Bullock
Sarah M. Potts
smanthey@illinois.edu

(217) 898-4883
M.S. Plant Breeding, Genetics and Cytogenetics
310 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Schuyler S. Korban
Timothy I. Pruski
tpruski2@illinois.edu

(217) 333-3155
Ph.D. Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology
272 National Soybean Research Center   Brian W. Diers
Rawikarn Pulam
pulam1@illinois.edu

M.S. Plant Breeding and Genetics
389 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Stephen P. Moose
Abbasali Ravanlou
ravanlo1@illinois.edu

(217) 244-8027
Ph.D. Plant Pathology
514 Turner Hall   Mohammad Babadoost
Isabel Rosa
mrosa@illinois.edu

M.S. Horticulture
  John B. Masiunas
Stephanie L. Rousonelos
rousonel@illinois.edu

(217) 333-4723
M.S. Weed Science
320 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Patrick J. Tranel
Sarah J. Schultz
sjschult@illinois.edu

M.S. Soybean Breeding and Genetics
National Soybean Research Center   Brian W. Diers
Ryan J. Shelby
rshelby@illinois.edu

M.S. Plant Pathology
  Carl A. Bradley
Helena Sofia Periera Silva
ssilva@illinois.edu

(217) 244-3388
Ph.D. Corn Breeding and Genetics
W-221 Turner Hall   Torbert R. Rocheford
Sukhvinder Singh
singh24@illinois.edu

(217) 333-4723
Ph.D. Weed Science
320 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Patrick J. Tranel
Melissa C. Skowronski
skowrnsk@illinois.edu

(217) 244-1866
M.S. Horticulture
258 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Robert M. Skirvin
Yim So
yimso@illinois.edu

(217) 333-2395
M.S. Agroecology
M-233 Turner Hall   Martin M. Williams II
Steve Still
still1@illinois.edu

M.S. Horticulture
  J. Ryan Stewart
Jose M. Terasawa
terasawa@illinois.edu

Ph.D. Soybean Breeding and Genetics
  Brian W. Diers
Thanuja Thekke Veetil
tthekke2@illinois.edu

(217) 333-7510
Ph.D. Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology
S-418 Turner Hall   Leslie L. Domier
Kate A. Thinglum
kthing2@illinois.edu

(217) 333-4732
M.S. Weed Science
320 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Patrick J. Tranel
Charles Thompson
cthomps7@illinois.edu

(217) 244-2568
M.S. Small Grains Breeding and Genetics
307 Turner Hall   Frederic L. Kolb
Shaijal B. Thru Ppoyil
sthrupp2@illinois.edu

(217) 244-8027
M.S. Plant Pathology
M-507 Turner Hall   Mohammad Babadoost
Kranthi K. Varala
kvarala2@illinois.edu

(217) 265-6988
Ph.D. Bioinformatics
190 National Soybean Research Center   Matthew E. Hudson
Aarti Venkat
venkat1@illinois.edu

(217) 418-8213
M.S. Bioinformatics
National Soybean Research Center   Matthew E. Hudson
Michael L. Vincent
vincent@illinois.edu

(217) 244-1287
Ph.D. Crop Production
314 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Fred E. Below
Ramya Vittal
rvittal2@illinois.edu

Ph.D. Plant Molecular Biology and Physiology
National Soybean Research Center   Glen L. Hartman
Dongping Wang
dwang22@illinois.edu

(217) 244-4160
Ph.D. Plant Pathology
288 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Youfu "Frank" Zhao
Wannasiri Wannarat
wwannar2@illinois.edu

Ph.D. Horticulture
  Robert M. Skirvin
Daniel E. Weber
weber@illinois.edu

(217) 244-3191
Ph.D. Horticulture
4311   Robert M. Skirvin
Japheth D. "Jafe" Weems
jweems2@illinois.edu

(515) 290-4565
M.S. Plant Pathology
N-417 Turner Hall   Carl A. Bradley
Wendy G. White
schaufe2@illinois.edu

(217) 244-1287
M.S. Plant Breeding, Genetics and Cytogenetics
322 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory   Fred E. Below
Hlaing Win
hwin2@illinois.edu

M.S. Biological Sciences
National Soybean Research Center   Matthew E. Hudson
Nathan J. Wlodarchak
2lodarch@illinois.edu

M.S. Horticulture
  Mosbah M. Kushad
Andrew P. Wycislo
wycislo@illinois.edu

(217) 257-2783
Ph.D. Horticulture
W-425 Turner Hall   Thomas B. Voigt
JunMyoung Yu
yu26@illinois.edu

(217) 244--802
M.S. Plant Pathology
M-514 Turner Hall   Mohammad Babadoost
Katie A. Yu
kmccorm3@illinois.edu

M.S. Horticulture
1115 Plant Sciences Laboratory  Daniel F. Warnock
Dongsheng Zhang
dzhang4@illinois.edu

(217) 722-2236
M.S. Bioinformatics
185 National Soybean Research Center   Gustavo Caetano-Anolles
Guirong Zhang
grzhang@illinois.edu

Ph.D. Plant Pathology
Turner Hall   Carl A. Bradley
Ren Zhang
zhang220@illinois.edu

M.S. Plant Pathology
  Darin M. Eastburn
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