Kailash Bohara
PhD candidate, Phelps Lab
Hometown: Dhangadhi, Nepal
Research focus: Fish disease and immunolgy
Max Butensky
PhD candidate, Phelps Lab
Hometown: Los Altos, California
Research focus: Maturation process in Pacific salmon
Shane Carrion
PhD candidate, Jiang Lab
Hometown: Jackson, Mississippi
Research focus: Reproductive and epigenetic regulation in Xenopus
Songah Chae
PhD candidate, Du Lab
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Research focus: Maternal exercise effects on epithelial development of fetal intestine
Sarah Dreger
MS candidate, Llewellyn Lab
Hometown: Wilbur, Washington
Research focus: Impact of alfalfa fall dormancy on forage quality
Yao Gao
PhD candidate, Du Lab
Hometown: Shenmu, China
Research focus: Maternal metabolism and embryonic myogenesis
Sabrina Haney
PhD candidate, Phelps Lab
Hometown: Ogden, Utah
Research focus: Understanding the evolution of viviparity in sharks using comparative genomics
Allison Herrick
PhD candidate, Neibergs Lab
Hometown: Bliss, New York
Research focus: Utilizing genomic selection as a risk management tool for commercial dairies
Md Nazmul Hossain
PhD candidate, Du Lab
Hometown: Magura, Bangladesh
Research focus: AMPK in mediating oocyte methylation with maternal obesity
Callan Lichtenwalter
PhD candidate, Adams Progar Lab
Hometown: Conway, Arkansas
Research focus: Pest bird impacts on dairy cattle behavior and welfare. Sustainable reduction of pest birds on dairies
Xiangdong Liu
PhD candidate, Du Lab
Hometown: Yanggao, China
Research focus: The role of the extracellular matrix on muscle regeneration, adipose tissue function, and meat quality
Jera Monaghan
MS candidate, Johnson Lab
Hometown: Burlington, Wisconsin
Research focus: Use of seaweed in cow/calf diets and worm-powered manure management to reduce emissions
Jasmine Richman
MS candidate, Phelps Lab
Hometown: Fulton, Maryland
Research focus: How the activin receptor signaling pathway regulates muscle growth in rainbow trout
Kassie Stadler
PhD candidate, Law Lab
Hometown: Yakima, Washington
Research focus: How the transcription factor RUNX3 is a driver of fate in the male germline
Qiyu Tian
PhD candidate, Du Lab
Hometown: China
Research focus: Health benefits of dietary bioactive compound on inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer
Emma Wheeler
PhD candidate, Jiang Lab
Hometown: Emporia, Kansas
Research focus: Neuroscience and genomics of chronic cannabis use in rodents
Visiting Brazilian Scholars
(L to R) Cris Nunes, Jessica Pereira, and Taina Silvestre.
Cris and Jessica came to WSU from Brazil as part of their PhD programs. Their goals were to learn new methods and techniques that they could use to apply to their research programs and help complete their theses. Taina was a post-doctoral fellow who came to Pullman to perform research in Dr. Marcos Marcondes’ lab.
Jera Monaghan showing a package of Char-cougar-ie, a blend of pepperoni bites made at the WSU Meat Science Laboratory and chunks of Cougar Gold cheese made at the WSU Creamery. The grad students made the snack packs and sold them to tailgaters on WSU Cougar football gamedays. Proceeds from the sales fund travel to professional meetings.
Outstanding Graduate Students
Outstanding PhD student
Xiangdong Liu
Outstanding MS student
Jasmine Richman
Outstanding MS student
Sarah Dreger