Lab Alumni
Past Students / Staff
Sujan Dawadi
Post Doctoral Research Scholar
(August 2024 - December 2024)
Farhat Avin
Post Doctoral Researcher
(August 2019 - November 2024)
Current: Plant Health Diagnostic Lab Scientist at Bayer
Kumuditha HE Liyanage
Post Doctoral Research Associate
(July 2022 - October 2024)
Current: Grants Technical Reporting Manager at Tennessee State University
Post Doctoral Researcher
(November 2021 - May 2024)
Current: Plant Pathologist at TDA
Ph.D. Student (December 2023)
Current: Plant Disease and Insect Diagnostician at Bartlett Tree Experts, NC
Ph.D. Student (December 2022)
Current: Assistant Professor at Tennessee Wesleyan University
M.S. Student (August 2022)
Current: Research Specialist at Bayer U.S. Crop Sciences Research and Development Maui Technology Center
Past Students (Co-advisor of the Committee)
M.S. Student
(August 2017)
Current: Biological Administrator at Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Past Students (Intern Research Mentor)
December 2021- July 2022
Current: Ph.D. Student at University of California Riverside
Batu Arik
May 2024- August 2024
Current: Undergraduate Student at University of Tennessee
Former Lab Staff
Mary Scott
December 2021- July 2024
Current: Laboratory Technician at BASF, Sparta, TN
Past Students (Undergraduate Research Mentor)
Batu Arik, Undergraduate student intern, Red bud molecular study. Summer 2024. University of Tennessee.
Shelby Roberts, Graduate student intern, Red bud trials. Summer 2024. Middle Tennessee State University.
Sarah Alrayes, Undergraduate student intern, Red bud molecular study. Summer 2023. Tennessee Tech University.
William T. Hyder, Undergraduate student intern, Red bud trials. Summer 2022. Tennessee Tech University.
Abigail Mathis, Undergraduate student intern, IR-4 trials. Summer 2021. East Tennessee State University.
Nealie West, Undergraduate student intern, IR-4 trials. Summer 2019. Motlow Community College.
Abigail Mathis, Undergraduate student intern, IR-4 trials. Summer 2019. University of Tennessee.
Chasity A. Phillips, Undergraduate student intern, Fire blight trials. Summer 2019. Tennessee Tech University.
Samuel Hassler, Undergraduate student intern, UAV usage. Summer 2019. Tennessee Tech University.
Chasity A Phillips, Undergraduate student intern, Fire blight trials. Summer 2018. Tennessee Tech University.
Hana Masters, Undergraduate student intern, Rose downy mildew trials. Summer 2018. Tennessee Tech University.
Jasmine Gunter, Undergraduate student intern, Powdery mildew trials. Summer 2018. Tennessee Tech University.
Mary Holden, Undergraduate student intern, Abiotic disorders of boxwood. Summer 2018. Tennessee Tech University.
Anna L Fancher, Undergraduate student intern, Evaluation of products for the management of fireblight on container-grown flowering crabapples. Summer 2017. Tennessee Tech University.
Mickayla Turner, Undergraduate student intern, Evaluation of fungicides for the control of Cercospora leaf spot of crapemyrtle. Summer 2017. University of Tennessee.