Graduate Student Committee


Mission Statement

The Graduate Student Committee is dedicated to providing opportunities for interacting with fellow students across institutions and to support activities for career development.

Committee Active Web Page

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9947802369&ref=mf

Annual Reports

2002   2003   2004   2009  

Showcase Your Creativity with Plant Disease-Inspired Art!

Showcase Your Creativity with Plant Disease-Inspired Art! The APS Graduate Student Committee (GSC) would like to announce the return of the Art in Phytopathology contest in 2009. All APS members are welcome to submit artwork. The GSC will present awards to the top entries at the APS meeting in 2009. Entries must be submitted by July 1, 2009.

Proposed Sessions for APS Annual Meeting

2010. Co-sponsored by Extension Committee. "Prepare for Your Future: Career Opportunities After Graduate School: Option 2 - Extension."

Current and Past APS Annual Sessions

2009 Portland, OR. Co-sponsored by Industry Committee. "Prepare for Your Future: Career Opportunities After Graduate School: Option 1 - Industry."

2008 Minneapolis, MN. Co-sponsored by Teaching Committee. "Teaching Plant Pathology: Ideas and Tools for Today's Classrooms."

2006 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. "Career Counseling for the Budding Plant Pathologist."

2005 Austin, TX. "Aquatic Plant Pathology."

2005 Austin, TX. "Theories on Nonhost Resistance."

2003 Charlotte, NC. "Biodiversity to Counter Bioterrorism."

2002 Milwaukee, WI. "International Service in APS: Opportunities Abroad for Aspiring Plant Pathologists."

Current Activities

With the success of the 2009 Special Session entitled "Prepare for Your Future: Career Opportunities After Graduate School: Option 1 - Industry," the Graduate Student Committee in conjunction with the speakers and APSnet Education Center is working to make the career information a permanent resource for graduate students. Also, the committee organizing a special session proposal for the 2010 annual meeting, with Option 2 - Extension.


Committee Officers

Chair

Heather A. Olson
North Carolina State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
Campus Box 7616
Raleigh, NC  27695
Phone:  (919) 515-6830
Email:  heather_olson@ncsu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Immediate Past Chair

Courtney A. Gallup
Dow AgroSciences
Northern Crop Protection R&D
PO Box 2041
Davenport, IA  52809
Phone:  (563) 468-9921
FAX:  (866) 374-6801
Email:  cagallup@dow.com
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Vice Chair

Kestrel R. Lannon
North Carolina State Univ
1125 Waterford Forest Circle
Cary, NC  27513
Phone:  (252) 339-0942
Email:  krlannon@ncsu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Member

Faith E. Bartz
North Carolina State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
Campus Box 7251
Raleigh, NC  27695
Phone:  (919) 449-8165
Email:  febartz@ncsu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Gregory C. Bernard
North Carolina State Univ
851 Main Campus Dr
Campus Box 7251
Raleigh, NC  27695
Phone:  (919) 513-0167
FAX:  (919) 513-0024
Email:  gcbernar@ncsu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Asha M. Brunings
Univ of Florida
Horticultural Science Dept
PO Box 110690 - 1301 Fifield Hall
Gainesville, FL  32611-0690
Phone:  (352) 392-1928
Email:  brunings@ufl.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Oscar Burbano-Figueroa
The Ohio State Univ
Apt 6
577 Harley Dr
Columbus, OH  43202
Phone:  (614) 264-8826
Email:  alephXV@gmail.com
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Maria Luisa Burgos
Penn State
933 W Aaron Dr
State College, PA  16803
Phone:  (814) 865-3562
Email:  mlb483@psu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Kirsti Burr
Brigham Young Univ
1285 N 200 W #43
Provo, UT  84604
Phone:  (951) 316-3544
Email:  kabiology@byu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Elizabeth V. Campoverde
Univ of Florida
Plant Pathology Dept
1453 Fifield Hall
Gainesville, FL  32611
Phone:  (352) 392-7246x342
Email:  evcampoverde@ufl.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Ashok K. Chanda
Louisiana State Univ
Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology
302 Life Sciences Bldg
Baton Rouge, LA  70803
Phone:  (225) 454-2390
FAX:  (225) 578-1415
Email:  ashchanda@yahoo.com
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Chenxi Chen
The Ohio State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
2021 Coffey Rd - 340 Kottman Hall
Columbus, OH  43210
Phone:  (614) 886-6023
Email:  chen.1457@osu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Justin S. Clark
Univ of Georgia
2105 Miller Plant Science Bldg
Athens, GA  30602
Phone:  (931) 808-1246
Email:  jclarktn@uga.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Jeneylyne F. Colcol
Monsanto Co
8350 Minnegan Road
Waterman, IL  60556
Phone:  (815) 758-9168
FAX:  (815) 758-3117
Email:  jeneylyne.ferrera.colcol@monsanto.com
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Susan J. Colucci
North Carolina Coop Ext Svc
740 Glover Street
Hendersonville, NC  28792
Phone:  (828) 697-4891
Email:  sue_colucci@ncsu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Morgan L. Cromwell
Univ of Vermont
Plant & Soil Science Dept
12 Hills Bldg - 105 Carrigan Dr
Burlington, VT  05405-0001
Phone:  (802) 656-9896
FAX:  (802) 656-0285
Email:  morgan.cromwell@uvm.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Sawsan Y. Elateek
Ohio State Univ
OARDC - Plant Pathology Dept
1680 Madison Ave
Wooster, OH  44691
Phone:  (330) 263-3838
FAX:  (330) 263-3841
Email:  elateek.1@osu.edu
Website:  http://oardc.osu.edu/millerlab/People/gradstudents.htm
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Margaret Lee Ellis
Ohio State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
127 Selby Hall
Wooster, OH  44691
Phone:  (248) 225-9478
Email:  ellis.378@osu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Kathryn Fiedler
Univ of Massachusetts
Plant & Soil Science Dept
101 Fernald Hall
Amherst, MA  01003
Phone:  (413) 244-7326
Email:  kfiedler@psis.umass.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Silvina L. Giammaria
Est Exp Agroindustrial "Obispo Colombres"
Balcarce 375 - 5º C
Tucuman,   
ARGENTINA
Phone:  54 381 427 6561x153
Email:  sgiammaria@eeaoc.org.ar
Website:  www.eeaoc.org.ar
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Vivek Gupta
South Dakota State Univ
Plant Science Dept
117 Plant Science Bldg - Box 2108
Brookings, SD  57007
Phone:  (605) 688-6661
FAX:  (605) 688-4024
Email:  vgupta8252@jacks.sdstate.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Shaunta Hill
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Pesticide Programs 7505P
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.
Washington, DC  20460
Phone:  (703) 347-8961
Email:  hill.shaunta@epa.gov
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Jinnan Hu
Ohio State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
340 Kottman Hall - 2021 Coffey Rd
Columbus, OH  43210
Phone:  (614) 446-3458
Email:  jinnan.hu@gmail.com
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Jonathan M. Jacobs
Univ of Wisconsin
Plant Pathology Dept
1630 Linden Dr - Russell Labs
Madison, WI  53706-1598
Phone:  (608) 265-2060
FAX:  (608) 263-2626
Email:  jmjacobs2@gmail.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Courtney E. Jahn
Univ of Wisconsin
Plant Pathology Dept
1630 Linden Dr - Russell Labs
Madison, WI  53706-1598
Phone:  (608) 265-3056
FAX:  (608) 263-2626
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Jennifer C. Jirak
Univ of Wisconsin
Plant Pathology Dept
1630 Linden Dr - Russell Labs
Madison, WI  53706-1598
Phone:  (563) 379-2174
FAX:  (608) 263-2626
Email:  jirak@wisc.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Sridhara G. Kunjeti
Univ of Delaware
152 Townsend Hall
531 S. College Ave
Newark, DE  19716
Phone:  302-831-2548
Email:  sridhara@udel.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Sasha C. Marine
VPI & SU
225 Brandi Court
Apt. J12
Strasburg, VA  22657
Phone:  (540) 869-2560 ext.19
FAX:  (540) 231-7477
Email:  scmarine@vt.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Shanna A. Mazurek
80 Christmas Tree Lane
Milford, NH  03055-4203
Email:  shanna.mazurek@ndsu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Rebecca Melanson
Louisiana State University
Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology
302 Life Sciences Building
Baton Rouge, LA  70803
Phone:  (225) 578-1394
Email:  rmelanson@agcenter.lsu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Abigail F. Morris
Michigan State Univ
1633 Spartan Village
Apt. I
East Lansing, MI  48823
Phone:  (586) 850-5680
Email:  morri202@msu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Michelle M. Moyer
Cornell Univ
Plant Pathology - Barton Labs
630 W North Street
Geneva, NY  14456
Phone:  (315) 787-2351
FAX:  (315) 787-2398
Email:  mmm78@cornell.edu
Website:  http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pp/grad/moyer
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Krystle L. Ness
South Dakota State Univ
717 11th Street #1131
Brookings, SD  57006
Phone:  (605) 688-6533
Email:  krystle.ness@sdstate.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Jaimin Patel
North Dakota State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
NDSU Dept 7660 - PO Box 6050
Fargo, ND  58105-6050
Phone:  (701) 231-7855
Email:  jaimin.patel@ndsu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Rosa Emilia Raudales Banegas
Ohio State Univ
OARDC - Plant Pathology Dept
1680 Madison Ave
Wooster, OH  44691
Phone:  (330) 263-2719
Email:  raudales.1@osu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Angela R. Records
Texas A&M Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
2132 TAMU
College Station, TX  77840-2132
Phone:  (979) 458-0638
FAX:  (979) 845-6483
Email:  arecords@ag.tamu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Cary Lee Rivard
North Carolina State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
Campus Box 7616
Raleigh, NC  27695
Phone:  (919) 515-5941
Email:  caryrivard@hotmail.com
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Maria Soledad Benitez
Escuela Politécnica del Ejercito - ESPE
Marco Aguirre N47-177
Quito,   
ECUADOR
Phone:  593 9 5348486
Email:  msbenitezponce@gmail.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Amanda Terry
Bayer CropScience
2 TW Alexander Dr
PO Box 12014
Res Triangle Park, NC  27709
Phone:  (919) 549-2722
Email:  amanda.terry@bayercropscience.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Lindsay R. Triplett
Michigan State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
103 CIPS
East Lansing, MI  48824-1312
Phone:  (517) 353-3272
FAX:  (517) 353-5598
Email:  endersli@msu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Maria C. Velez
Penn State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
210 Buckhout Lab
University Park, PA  16802
Phone:  (814) 863-4878
FAX:  (814) 863-7217
Email:  mcv119@psu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Patricia Wallace
Oregon State Univ
Botany & Plant Pathology Dept
344 NW 12th Street #1
Corvallis, OR  97330
Phone:  (541) 738-4074
Email:  wallacep@science.oregonstate.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Nicole Ward
Louisiana State Univ
Plant Path & Crop Physiology
302 Life Sciences Bldg
Baton Rouge, LA  70803
Phone:  (225) 578-1371
Email:  nward@agcenter.lsu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Lakmini P. Wasala
Oklahoma State Univ
Entomology & Plant Pathology Dept
127 Noble Research Centre
Stillwater, OK  74078
Phone:  (405) 744-7254
Email:  lakmini.wasala@okstate.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Katherine R. Whitten Buxton
Syngenta Crop Protection
7145 58th Ave
Vero Beach, FL  32967
Phone:  772-567-5218
Email:  katherine.buxton@syngenta.com
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Jessica L. Williams
Texas A&M Univ
Plant Pathology & Microbiology
2132 TAMU
College Station, TX  77845
Phone:  (979) 458-0638
Email:  jlwilliams@ag.tamu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Katelyn T. Willyerd
Ohio State Univ
OARDC - Plant Pathology Dept
1680 Madison Ave - Selby Hall
Wooster, OH  44691
Phone:  (330) 202-3555x2862
Email:  willyerd.3@osu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Zhifen Zhang
Ohio State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
Selby Hall, 1680 Madison Ave
Wooster, OH  44691
Phone:  (330) 234-2451
FAX:  (330) 263-3841
Email:  zhang.653@osu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Clara R. Zumpetta
The Ohio State Univ
101 Curl Dr - Room 855
Columbus, OH  43210-1087
Phone:  (440) 708-3651
FAX:  (614) 247-8214
Email:  zumpetta.1@osu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011



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