GraduateStudents |
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ISWS = Illinois State Water Survey NRES = Natural Resources & Env. Sci. INHS = Illinois Natural History Survey NSRC = National Soybean Research Lab NRB = Natural Resources Building NRSA = Natural Resources Studies Annex ERML = Edward R. Madigan Laboratory IGB = Institute for Genomic Biology |
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Andersen, Kelly |
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Factors controlling forest community composition along environmental gradients in the tropics (advisor: Jim Dalling) |
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Annamalai, Devi |
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Plant pre-RNA splicing (advisor: Mary Schuler) |
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Baldeck, Clare |
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Tree species responses to variation in soil nutrient availability in tropical forests (advisor: Jim Dalling) |
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Barret, Carolyn |
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Effect of climate change and vegetation on the fire regime of Alaska boreal forest by analyzing charcoal in lake sediments over past 2,000 years (advisor: Feng-Sheng Hu) |
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Betzelberger, Amy |
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Genetic differentiation of ozone sensitivity among soybean cultivars (advisor: Lisa Ainsworth) |
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265 Morrill Hall (217) 265-8020 |
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(advisor: Ross Fitzhugh) |
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Casteel, Clare |
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Effects of herbivory under future scenarios of global change on the molecular level. (advisor: Evan DeLucia) |
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Castro, Joseph |
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Soybean phenology prediction using WIMOVAC (Windows Intuitive Model of Vegetation response to Atmosphere and Climate Change) (advisor: Stephen Long) |
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381 NRB (217) 244-0439 |
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Ecology and systematics of Pyrenomycetes of the Great Smoky Mountains Nat Park; phylogenies of Lasiosphaeris hirsuta complex; bioactive metabolites of fungi. (advisor: Andrew Miller) |
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Chen, Charles |
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Spatial heterogeneity of leaf level photosynthesis and ozone damage using chlorophyll a fluorescence. (advisor: Stephen Long) |
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Chi, Katherine |
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Reproductive biology of endangered and threatened species in Midwest prairies; prairie restoration (advisor: Brenda Molano-Flores) |
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Clegg, Ben |
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Assessing climate and permafrost controls of boreal community composition in north-central Alaska from Holocene lacustrine and peatland paleo-records (advisor: Feng-Sheng Hu) |
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Cordes, Jenny |
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Phylogeny of Conium (Apiaceae), or poison hemlock. Using molecular markers to ascertain the relationships of the common weed and its relatives from southern Africa and Greece. (advisor: Stephen Downie) |
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Danderson, Clark |
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Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic revision within the Arracacia clade (Apiaceae: Apioideae) of Central and South America based on molecular and morphological evidence (advisor: Stephen Downie) |
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Dassanayake, Maheshi |
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Specific structural genes and regulation of the flavonoid metabolism in American red mangroves (advisor: John Cheeseman) |
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Dohleman, Frank |
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Photosynthetic mechanisms of yield differences between two potential biofuel species, Miscanthus x giganteus and Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) (advisor: Stephen Long) |
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Drake, John |
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Development of a predictive understanding of how autotrophic respiration may be impacted by global change factors such as elevated CO2 and N deposition (advisor: Evan DeLucia) |
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Feist, Mary Ann |
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Phylogenetic relationships within genera Cynosciadium, Daucosma, Limnosciadium, Oxypolis and Ptilimnium (Apiaceae); phylogeography of Oxypolis occidentalis (western cow bane) from the Pacific NW (advisor: Stephen Downie) |
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Gillespie, Kelly |
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Regulation of soybean antioxidant system under expected climate changes in open-field conditions (advisor: Lisa Ainsworth) |
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Gray, Sharon |
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Effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on sensing of and response to drought in soybean and maize (advisor: Andrew Leakey) |
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Gschwend, Andrea |
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Genetically mapping the male-specific region of male and hermaphrodite papaya's Y chromosome; effects of elevated carbon dioxide on soybean flower abortion (advisor: Ray Ming) |
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537 NSRC (217) 333-9877 |
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Evolution of macromolecular structure and function of functional RNAs; Integrating molecular structure and the evolution of structure in phylogentic reconstruction (advisor: Gustavo Caetano-Anolles, PMPB) |
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612 ISWS (217) 333-8048 |
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Evapotranspiration rates and water use efficiencies of the C4 biofuel crops Miscanthus giganteum, Zea mays, and Panicum virgatum (advisor: Carl Bernacchi) |
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N-331 Turner (217) 333-4424 |
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Synergism of mesotrione and atrazine: HPPD gene in weeds. (advisor: Dean Reichers, PMPB) |
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148 ERML (217) 333-1221 |
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Genome structure and organization of papaya (Carica papaya); mapping a male-specific region of papaya's Y chromosome (advisor: Ray Ming) |
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Kelly, Ryan (217) 244-2982 |
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Modeling boreal forest carbon dynamics to predict their role in the future global carbon budget using fire history records deposited in Alaskan lake sediments (advisor: Feng-Sheng Hu) |
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36 NSRC (217) 244-1679 |
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Effects of invasive plant species (particulary Garlic Mustard) on forest ecosystems of the midwest (advisor: Tony Endress, PEEB) |
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Kumar, Indrajit |
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Molecular biology of maize shade avoidance syndrome: Interaction studies of phytochromes, PIFs and other factors (advisor, Matt Hudson, PMPB) |
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Li, Yingjun |
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Constructing a physical map of the papaya genome, sequencing bacterial chromosome (BAC) ends of a papaya BAC library (advisor: Ray Ming) |
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Lobo, Elena |
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Influence of spatial patterns of canopy structure on community dynamics of colonizing tree species in tropical rainforests (advisor: Jim Dalling) |
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Markelz, Cody |
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Ecological genomics within the Poaceae (true grass) family under future climate change scenarios (advisor: Andrew Leakey) |
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McGrath, Justin |
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Alteration of leaf growth and expansion processes by elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone concentrations (advisor: Lisa Ainsworth) |
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155 Morrill Hall (217) 333-1298 |
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Restoration of tallgrass prairies and community ecology; role of underground seed banks in the restoration of old pastures and hayfields (advisor: Carol Augspurger) |
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Nabity, Paul |
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Interplay between insect herbivores and induced-plant responses (advisor: Evan DeLucia) |
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Nagi, Suzanne |
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Reconstructing historical distributions and range changes in key boreal forest species during past periods of climate change by combining paleodata with genetic surveys of extant populations (advisor: Feng Sheng Hu) |
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655 Morrill Hall (217) 333-2796 |
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Molecular systematics of the Janulales family of freshwater fungi (advisor: Carol Shearer) |
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Pan, Yinghong |
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Circadian regulated pathways of Arabidopsis using cytochrome P450s as reporters (advisor: Mary Schuler) |
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Raetz, Lisa |
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Carbon cycling and physiological responses to elevated carbon dioxide and forest ecology (advisor: Evan DeLucia) |
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633 Morrill Hall (217) 333-7577 |
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Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the sagebrush, genus Artemisia (Asteraceae) (advisor: Dave Seigler) |
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196 ERML |
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Metabolite profiling of soybean and corn at SoyFACE under elevated ozone and carbon dioxide. (advisor: Hans Bohnert) |
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173 NRB |
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Systematics of Acalypha in the Malesian region, using DNA sequence data and macromorphological and pollen characters (advisor: Geoff Levin, INHS) |
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331 ERML (217) 333-1518 |
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Genetics of inflorescence replacement in Arabidopsis (advisor: Tom Jacobs) |
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Schmitz, Pat |
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Global change and the study and production of feedstock for biofuel production (advisor: Stephen Long) |
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1400 IGB (217) 333-2093 |
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Chlorophyll turnover and trafficking in Arabidopsis; fate of protein-bound chlorophyll during antenna downsizing and turnover of photosynthetic core protein D1 (advisor: Don Ort) |
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320 ERML (248) 635-1026 |
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Non-target-site triazine resistance in waterhemp (advisor: Pat Tranel, PMPB) |
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Spence, Ashley |
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Molecular analysis of cold tolerance in Miscanthus x giganteus (advisor: Stephen Long) |
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149 Morrill (217) 244-8914 |
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Effects of predispersal seed damage on post-dispersal seed fate in tropical pioneer tree species (advisor: Jim Dalling) |
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Wittig, Victoria |
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Meta-analysis of elevated tropospheric ozone impacts on tree growth and productivity (advisor: Stephen Long) |
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197 ERML |
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Functions and regulation of 14-3-3 proteins in vivo (advisor: Steve Huber) |
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Zhang, Wei |
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Maize leaf developmental transition, microRNAs for maize development and hybrid vigor (advisor: Steve Moose, PMPB) |
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320 ERML (217) 333-4723 |
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Resistance to ALS-inhibiting herbicides (advisor: Pat Tranel, PMPB) |