The Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab welcomes a new member, Helen Nocito. Helen is from Winston-Salem, North Carolina and graduated from North Carolina State University with a bachelor’s degree in Plant Biology. She is interested in weed management and ecology, with a focus on horticultural crops. She joined the Meyers lab on June 3rd. Her[Read More…]
Katherine Pivaral successfully passed her M.S. thesis defense this week. Her thesis focused on creating markets for diversified crops in the Midwestern US and she did a phenomenal job collecting and analyzing complex data. Katherine’s MS thesis advisor is Dr. Linda Prokopy and committee members are Dr. Ariana Torres and Dr. Leigh Raymond (University of[Read More…]
Congratulations to our graduate students who have successfully defended their thesis and completed all requirements for graduation in May 2024! Emmanuel Cooper, MS (Major Professor: Dr. Stephen Meyers) Shannon Stirling, PhD (Major Professor: Dr. Natalia Doudareva) Antonio Verzotto, MS (Major Professor: Dr. Cale Bigelow) Kathleen Zapf, MS (Major Professor: Dr. Lori Hoagland) Wanting Zhang, MS[Read More…]
The HLA Research and Design Retreat was held May 9 at the John S. Wright Forestry Center. Organized by the HLA Graduate Students with the support of Kristina Cooley, the retreat gave the graduate students and visiting scholars an opportunity to present their research to their fellow HLA graduate students, visiting scholars, faculty and staff. They[Read More…]
Shivika Aggrawal (Ph.D./HLA & ESE) was chosen by The Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS)-Purdue to participate at the 2024 MANRRS38 Training Conference and Career Expo in Chicago from March 21st to 24th. She was among 10 finalists to advance to the final round in the national-level Business Pitch contest within the[Read More…]
Shannon Stirling (PhD student, Dudareva lab) won 1st place in the graduate student oral presentation category at the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Midwest regional meeting. George Meyer (PhD student, Widhalm lab), alongside PULSe rotation student Amanda Navodani, won 3rd place in the graduate student poster presentation category. The ASPB Midwest meeting was hosted by the[Read More…]
Jeanine Arana (Ph.D., Meyer’s Lab) is one of ten finalists in Purdue’s 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) Competition. The 3MT Competition is a research communication competition that develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills while developing the skills to explain their research to an intelligent, non-specialist audience in three minutes using only one slide. Jeanine is[Read More…]
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