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Interdepartmental Genetics

2015 Graduates

Sarah Battenfield, Ph.D.

Major advisor:  Dr. Allan Fritz
Dissertation title: Genomic selection and association mapping for wheat processing and end-use quality

Damien Downes,Ph.D.

Major advisor: R. Todd
Dissertation title: Transcriptional regulation in Aspergillus nidulans during nitrogen sufficiency

Sandra Dunckel, Ph.D.

Major advisor: J. Poland
Dissertation title: Whole genome approaches for characterizing and utilizing synthetic wheat

Robert Chris Gaynor, Ph.D.

Major advisor: A. Fritz
Dissertation title: Genomic selection for Kansas wheat

Bhanu Kalia, Ph.D.

Major advisor: Gill
Dissertation title: Mining the Aegilops tauschii gene pool: evaluation, introgression and molecular characterization of adult plant resistance to leaf rust and seedling resistance to tan spot in synthetic hexaploid wheat