Current Graduate Students
Jobelle Bruno
Major Professor: Dr. Ham
Bernard Budot
Major Professor: Dr. Oliviera-Garcia
Jose Cortes
Major Professor: Dr. Hoy
Waana Kaluwasha
Major Professor: Dr. Clark
John Ontoy
Major Professor: Dr. Ham
Previous Graduate Students (since 2008)
| Name | Degree Earned | Year Graduated | Where are they now? |
| Susan Useman | MS | 2008 | Agriculture Specialist, U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
| James Chappell | PhD | 2008 | President and Chief Executive Officer, SCBIO, South Carolina |
| Dina Reynoso Gutierrez | PhD | 2009 | Director, Biotechnology Subdirectorate, Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria - INIA, Peru |
| Sunjung Park | PhD | 2010 | Professor of Biology, Central Arizona College |
| Guiying Su | MS | 2010 | |
| Rebecca Sweany | MS | 2010 | Post Doctoral Associate, USDA-ARS, New Orleans |
| Peipei Han | MS | 2010 | |
| Seokhyun Lee | PhD | 2010 | |
| Wilmer Barrera | MS | 2010 | |
| Hari Karki | MS | 2010 | |
| Nicole Ward | MS | 2011 | Extension Plant Pathologist, University of Kentucky |
| Freddy Garces | PhD | 2011 | Director del Programa de Variedades at Cenicana and Fitopatologo at Cenicana, Columbia |
| Ruoxi Chen | MS | 2011 | |
| Rebecca Melanson | MS | 2011 | Associate Extension Professor, Mississippi State University - Extension |
| Andrew Rodriguez | MS | 2011 | Research Associate, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU |
| Bishnu Shrestha | MS | 2011 | Post-Doctorate, University of Florida - IFAS |
| Yi Wang | MS | 2011 | Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Minnesota |
| Tomas Rush | MS | 2012 | R&D Associate Staff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Ashok Chanda | PhD | 2012 | Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota |
| Felix Francis | MS | 2012 | PhD Student, SPESS |
| Sebastian Albu | MS | 2012 | Mycologist, CA Dept of Food & Agricuture |
| Everlyne Wosula | PhD | 2012 | Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Nebraska |
| Donald Nelson | MS | 2013 | |
| Washington DaSilva | MS | 2013 | |
| Deborah Xavier | MS | 2013 | |
| Jake Fountain | MS | 2013 | Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, Plant Pathology |
| Yi Wang | PhD | 2013 | Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Minnesota |
| Paul Price | PhD | 2013 | Associate Professor, LSU AgCenter |
| Rouxi Chen | PhD | 2013 | |
| Kari Karki | PhD | 2013 | PostDoctoral Associate, Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University |
| Male Ganiger | MS | 2013 | |
| Manjula Kularathna | MS | 2013 | Assistant Professor, Lincoln University, New Zealand |
| Addison Plaisance | MS | 2013 | Research Technician, North Dakota State University Plant Pathology |
| Andres Gutierrez Viveros | MS | 2014 | PhD student at SPESS |
| Favio Herrera | MS | 2014 | Instructor, Universidad Tecnica del Norte, Ecuador |
| Maria Caldera | MS | 2014 | Reseach & Development Officer, Ingenio San Antonio Sugar Refinery, Chichigalpa, Nicaragua. Enrolled in PhD program at University of Southern Queensland Australia |
| Carolina Avellaneda | MS | 2014 | Associate Professor, Zamorano University |
| Rebecca Melanson | PhD | 2014 | Associate Extension Professor, Mississippi State University - Extension |
| Bishnu Shrestha | PhD | 2014 | Post Doctorate, University of Florida - IFAS |
| Osti Surendra | MS | 2014 | Ph.D. student, LSU Dept of Ag Business |
| Eduardo Chagas da Silva | MS | 2014 | Research & Development, Valent BioSciences |
| Kirandeep Kaur Mani | PhD | 2015 | Plant Diagnostician, CA Seed & Plant Labs |
| Brian Ward | MS | 2015 | Research & Development, ISK BioSciences |
| Sebastian Albu | PhD | 2015 | Mycologist, CA Dept of Food & Agricuture |
| Jingyu Peng | MS | 2015 | PhD Student, University of Michigan |
| Carolina Avellaneda | PhD | 2016 | Associate Professor, Zamorano University |
| Surasak Khankum | PhD | 2016 | Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Mahasarakham University, Thailand |
| Allyson Lunos | MS | 2016 | Research Associate, LSU RNR |
| Mary Helen Ferguson | PhD | 2016 | Extension Agent, Tangipahoa Parish |
| Teddy Garcia Aroca | MS | 2016 | Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska |
| Josielle Rezende | PhD | 2017 | Research Associate, LSU Plant Pathology |
| Eduardo Chagas Silva | PhD | 2017 | Research & Development, Valent BioSciences |
| Cesar Escalante Guardado | MS | 2017 | Post-Doctorate, Auburn University |
| Alejandra Jimenez Madrid | MS | 2017 | PhD Student, Ohio State University |
| Isaak Kikway | MS | 2017 | PhD Student. North Carolina |
| Sanjay Pokhrel | MS | 2017 | |
| Brian Ward | PhD | 2017 | Research & Development, ISK BioSciences |
| Favio Herrera | PhD | 2017 | Instructor, Universidad Tecnica del Norte, Ecuador |
| Churamani Khanal | PhD | 2017 | Assistant Professor, Clemson University |
| Manjula Kularathna | PhD | 2017 | Assistant Professor, Lincoln University, New Zealand |
| Adam Bigott | MS | 2017 | |
| Felipe Godoy | MS | 2017 | |
| Rachel Herschlag | MS | 2017 | |
| Jorge Reyes | MS | 2017 | |
| Benjamin McInnes | MS | 2017 | |
| Jancee Rice | MS | 2018 | |
| Rebecca Sweany | PhD | 2019 | Post-Doctoral Associate, USDA-ARS, New Orleans |
| Dongfang Hu | PhD | 2019 | Bioinformatics Engineer, Novogene Corporation, Inc |
| Tiago Lelis | PhD | 2019 | Postdoctoral Reseacher, University of Miami |
| Ateet Maharjan | MS | 2019 | PhD Student |
| Myra Purvis | MS | 2019 | Research Associate, Macon Ridge, LSU AgCenter |
| Jhonson Leonard | MS | 2019 | PhD student, LSU Plant Pathology |
| Yenjit Raruang | PhD | 2019 | Research Associate, LSU Plant Pathology |
| Marija Zivanovic | PhD | 2020 | Rsearch & Development, Agriplex-Genomics |
| Harleen Kaur | MS | 2020 | |
| Olanike Omolehin | PhD | 2020 | Post-Docorate, Virginia Tech. |
| David Galo | MS | 2021 | PhD student, LSU Plant Pathology |
| John Ontoy | MS | 2021 | PhD student, LSU Plant Pathology |
| Cesar Escalante Guardado | PhD | 2021 | Post-Doctorate, Auburn University |
| Turner Graham | MS | 2021 | |
| Teddy Garcia Aroca | PhD | 2021 | Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska |
| Heather Cizek | MS | 2021 | |
| Jose Solorzano | MS | 2021 | PhD student, University of Minnesota |
| Max Miller | MS | 2021 | |
| Jobelle Bruno | MS | 2022 | PhD student, LSU Plant Pathology |
| Chenie Zamora | MS | 2022 | PhD student, LSU Plant Pathology |
| Kensy Rodriguez | MS | 2022 | PhD Student, Cornell University |
| Rosalie Calderon | PhD | 2022 | Post-Doctorate, USDA-ARS, Sydney, Montana |
| Jose David Cortez | PhD | 2022 | |
| Kezia Reis | MS | 2022 | |
| Maria Costa de Novaes | PhD | 2022 | Technical Market Development Coordinator, Ubyfol, Brazil |
| Gabriel Munoz Herrera | MS | 2022 | |
| Jacob Searight | MS | 2022 |