Maria lived in Pennsylvania and went to Bridgewater College in Virginia. She is interested in plant and forest pathology. While she is here, she will be working with Dr. Parama Sikdar to help solve problems associated with postharvest rot of apples. They will be searching for a disease-resistant crabapple genotype to replace the current pollinizer, […]
Sumyya Waliullah joined the Tree Fruit Physiology Lab under the supervision of Dr. Lee Kalcsits on December 1, 2016, as a Visiting Scholar. Sumyya completed her Ph.D. in Plant molecular biology from Ehime University, Japan. Her doctoral work focused on the molecular basis of plant-microbe interactions. Previously, she worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the […]
Schaefer Buchanan has returned as timeslip employee for Kate Evans’ program.
The next faculty/admin meeting scheduled is on January 18, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. in the Stockwell Room. Download minutes from November 4, 2016 meeting here.
Alex Goke was hired in September to work with Sara Serra, assisting in evaluating nondestructive quality measurements in apple and pear. He recently graduated with a BS in Botany from the University of Wisconsin with an interest in tree physiology. He is excited to explore this topic in an agricultural context with the Musacchi Group.
Stefan Roeder comes to the Center from Germany. After he graduated (MS, Horticulture Science) in August 2015, he worked for a year as a research assistant for the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission in Yakima, WA. Stefan joined the WSU PhD program in August 2016 and will work with Stefano Musacchi’s group. His work will […]
Please welcome Dr. Amiri’s new Postdoctoral Associate Dr. Emran Ali who started his new position at TFREC on July 1st, 2016. Ali earned his MS and PhD degrees in Plant Molecular Biology from Ehime University, Japan where he worked with RNA silencing-mediated disease resistance mechanisms. In the last two years, Ali worked as a Postdoctoral Scientist at […]
Thanks to Kate Evans for spearheading the development of the New Graduate Student Handbook and the New Employee Handbook. Both handbooks are now online as PDFs. The Graduate Handbook link is now on the Graduate Student page of the admin site. The New Employee Handbook link is now on the Employee Training page of the admin […]