Current Graduate Students
Jason Stettler
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Ph.D. Biology
Advisor: Mikel Stevens
Project: Local Adaptation of Blue Penstemon: Molecular and Morphological Characterizations of a Potential Restoration Species for the Northern Basin and Range, and the Snake River Plain
Brian Cox
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M.S. Genetics and Biotechnology
Advisor: David Jarvis
Project: Genetics of Salt Tolerance in Quinoa
K. C. Rawlinson
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M.S. Genetics and Biotechnology
Advisor: Paul Frandsen
Melissa Fogarty
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Ph.D. Biology
Advisor: Rick Jellen
Project: Identification of hemicellulose biosynthesis genes in oat
Nathan J. Ricks
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M.S. Genetics and Biotechnology
Advisor: Craig Coleman
Project: Genomics of cheatgrass fungal pathogens
Sam Decker
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M.S. Genetics and Biotechnology
Advisor: Craig Coleman
Project: Population Genetics of Bristlecone Pine
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