Dr. Raoul Bino Head, Department of Flower Biology, Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands (co-sponsored with Dr. A. Stephenson), Jan.-July 1989
Dr. James Gohlke Manager, Biotechnology Group, Central Research Department, General Foods, Oct. 1989-Apr. 1990.
Dr. Tetsu Nakanishi Professor, Fruit Science Laboratory, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, Oct.-Dec. 1995 (Sponsored by Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture)
Ms. Upula Gamage Graduate Student, Fruit Science Laboratory, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, Oct.-Dec. 1995 (Sponsored by Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture)
Mr. Go Suzuki Graduate Student, Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Nov. 1997-Jan. 1998 (Sponsored by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science)
Dr. Dihong Lu Optional Practical Training, Sept. 6, 2014-May 2, 2015
Dr. Ahmed Kheyr-Pour Institut des Sciences Vegetables, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, Sept. 1986-July 1989.
Dr. Anuradha Singh Ph.D., Plant Biology, Cornell University, Jan. 1988-Feb. 1993
Dr. De-Sheng Tsai Ph.D., Plant Physiology, Penn State University, Aug. 1990-May 1991
Dr. Hyun-Sook Lee Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Sept. 1991-Feb. 1996
Dr. Andrew McCubbin Ph.D., Botany, University of Reading, UK, Mar. 1994-Aug. 2001
Dr. Yong-Yoon Chung Ph.D., Horticulture, Washington State University, July 1995-Feb. 1997
Dr. Joseph Verica Ph.D., Biology, Penn State University, Sept. 1995-July 1999
Dr. Takeshi Ishimizu Ph.D., Biochemistry, Osaka University, Japan, May 1998-Mar. 1999 (Sponsored by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science)
Dr. Tatsuya Tsukamoto Ph.D., Chiba University, Japan, May 2001-Dec. 2003 (Sponsored by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science between May 2001 and
Dec. 2002)
Dr. Xi Wang Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University, Jan. 2002-Aug. 2002
Dr. Peter Dowd Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University, July 2006-Aug. 2007
Dr. Ying Deng Ph.D., Plant Molecular Biology, University of Toledo, Oct. 2010- Sept. 2014
Dr. Chaowen Xiao Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sept. 2011-Dec. 2011
Dr. Linhan Sun Ph.D., Plant Biology, Penn State University, Aug. 2022
Diana Nevins 1986-1991 M.S. in Molecular and Cell Biology
Yunjun Ai 1986-1992 Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology
Bibo Xu 1986-1990 Ph.D. in Genetics (co-advised with Dr. Paul Grun)
Craig Coleman 1987-1992 Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology
Jing-Hong Mu 1988-1993 Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Shihshieh Huang 1991-1995 Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bala Karunanandaa 1992-1995 Ph.D. in Plant Physiology
Xi (Sheila) Wang 1996 (SP)-2001 Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Peter Dowd 1997-2006 Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Microbiology & Molecular Biology
Andrea Skirpan 1997-2004 Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Microbiology & Molecular Biology
Yang Wang 1998-2004 Ph.D. in Plant Physiology
Paja Sijacic 2001-2007 Ph.D. in Plant Biology
Zhihua Hua 2002-2008 Ph.D. in Plant Biology
Xiaoying Meng 2004-2010 Ph.D. in Plant Biology
Allison Fields 2006-2010 M.S. in Biochemistry, Microbiology & Molecular Biology
Ning Wang 2006-2012 Ph.D. in Plant Biology
Ashley Hill 2009-2011 Ph.D. student in Biochemistry, Microbiology & Molecular Biology
Penglin Sun 2009-2015 Ph.D. in Plant Biology
Shu Li 2010-2016 Ph.D. in Plant Biology
Justin Williams 2010-2016 Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Microbiology & Molecular Biology
Lihua Wu 2012-2019 Ph.D. in Plant Biology
Linhan Sun 2015-2022 Ph.D. in Plant Biology
Jiong Wang Mar. 1997-Aug. 2010 (part-time wage payroll)
Meredith Hanlon Aug. 2009-July 2010
Hongli Hao Aug. 2012-Feb. 2017 (part-time wage payroll); Mar. 2017-Nov. 2020
Yinong Lyon Dec. 2020- (part-time wage payroll)
Thomas Ioerger (Braddock Scholar), Spring 87, Fall 87, Fall 88, Spring 89, Fall 89
Tsueng-Ming Chen, Fall 87
Jim Powell, Fall 87, Spring 88
Scott Hammond, Fall 87, Spring 88, Fall 88, Spring 89
Atulya Agarwal, Summer 88, Fall 88, Spring 89
Dana Haley, Spring 89
Scott Bintrim, Fall 88, Spring 89
Emily Jordan, Spring 89, Fall 89, Spring 90
Tim Mitsky, Spring 89, Fall 89, Spring 90
Hiep Phan (University Scholar), Fall 89, Spring 90
Karen Kreiling (University Scholar), Fall 89, Spring 90, Fall 90
Marco Rexach, Fall 89, Spring 90
Eric Kron, Spring 90
Manisha Udani, Spring 90
Arturo Ydrach, Summer 90, Fall 90
Kavita Dave, Fall 90, Spring 91
Dave Lassige, Fall 90, Spring 91
Laura Post, Spring, 91
Mark Porter (University Scholar), Fall 90
Steve Hartline (University Scholar), Fall 90, Spring 91, Fall 91
Jennifer Chu, Fall 91
Alfred McQuarters, Fall 91, Spring 92
Tammy Bert, Spring 92
Jennifer Dubniczki, Fall 92
Manish Patel, Fall 92, Spring 93, Fall 93, Spring 94
Michael Grove, Spring 92
John Monarch, Summer 92, Fall 92
Josephine Ing, Fall 92, Spring 93
Jonathan Marsicano, Fall 92, Spring 93
Joseph Stains, Fall 92, Spring 93, Fall 93, Spring 94
Michael Mozdy, Spring 93
Amie Peterson, Spring 94
Thach Bui, Fall 94, Spring 95
Jennifer Miller, Fall 94
Chandreyee Das (Braddock Scholar), Spring 95, Fall 95, Spring 96, Fall 96
Andrea Skirpan, Fall 95, Spring 96, Fall 96
Daniel Williams, Summer 97
Carmen Zuniga, Fall 98, Spring 99, Fall 99, Spring 00
Katie MacIntosh, Spring 02
Christopher Natale, Fall 11, Spring 12, Fall 12, Spring 13
Caitlin Campion, Spring 12
Mitchell Curran, Spring 12, Fall 12, Spring 13
Joseph Scarpone, Spring 12, Fall 12
Tarah Brubaker, Fall 12, Spring 13
Chin Lina Shi Ming, Spring 13
Daniele San Román, Fall 13, Spring 14, Fall 14, Spring 15
Ashley Eustache, Fall 14
Wasi Khatri, Fall 14, Spring 15, Fall 15, Spring 16, Fall 16, Spring 17, Fall 17, Spring 18
Matthew Keebaugh, Fall 15, Spring 16, Fall 16, Spring 17
Sierra Serfass, Fall 15
Patrick Stone, Fall 15, Spring 16, Fall 16, Spring 17, Fall 17, Spring 18
Dominic Wells, Spring 18, Fall 18, Spring 19, Fall 19, Spring 20, Fall 20, Spring 21
Erik Domlija, Spring 19, Fall 19, Spring 20
Jana Baadte, Fall 19, Spring 20, Fall 20, Spring 21
Natalie Babitzke, Spring 21, Summer 21, Fall 21, Spring 22, Fall 22, Spring 23, Fall 23
Josephine Ing, Summer 92
Andrea Skirpan, Summer 95, Summer 96
Chandreyee Das, Summer 95
Demetry Zilberg, Summer 97
Georgina Paulazzo, Summer 98
Scott Hammond, Summer 87
Thomas Ioerger, Summer 87, Spring 88
Scott Bintrim, Summer 88
Hiep Phan, Spring 89, Summer 89
Emily Jordan, Summer 89
Timothy Mitsky, Summer 89
Karen Kreiling, Summer 89, Summer 90
Dave Lassige, Summer 90
Marco Rexach, Summer 90
Eric Kron, Summer 90
Kavita Dave, Summer 90
Mark Porter, Summer 90
Laura Post, Summer 91
Steve Hartline, Fall 91
Alfred McQuarters, Spring 92, Summer 92
Jennifer Dubniczki, Summer 92
Michael Grove, Summer 92
Josephine Ing, Summer 92
John Monarch, Summer 92
Joseph Stains, Summer 92, Summer 93, Summer 94
Matthew Gearinger, Summer 93
Jennifer Miller, Summer 94
Thach Bui, Summer 94, Summer 95
Evan Katz, Summer 94, Summer 95
Chandreyee Das, Summer 95
Andrea Skirpan, Summer 95, Summer 96, Fall 96, Summer 97
Michael Zanette, Summer 95
Greglynn Walton, Summer 96
Georgina Paulazzo, Summer 98
Carmen Zuniga, Summer 99, Spring 00
Matthew Henry, Spring 01, Summer 01
Katie MacIntosh, Spring 02
Katie Burke, Spring 04, Summer 04, Fall 04, Spring 05, Summer 05, Fall 05, Spring 06
Stephan Adams, Summer 06
Greg Hobbs, Fall 06, Spring 07, Fall 07, Spring 08, Summer 08, Fall 08, Spring 09
Ashley Fils-Aime, Summer 08
Michael Goralczyk, Fall 08, Spring 09, Summer 09, Fall 09, Spring 10, Summer 10
Regina DiJohnson, Spring 09, Fall 09,
Melinda Bothe, Summer 09, Fall 09, Spring 10, Summer 10
Rachel Brigham, Spring 10
Kathleen Curzon, Spring 10, Fall 10
Christopher Natale, Summer 10, Fall 10, Spring 11, Fall 12, Spring 13
Binayah Shaparenko, Summer 10
Caitlin Campion, Spring 11
Mitchell Curran, Spring 12
Tarah Brubaker, Fall 12, Spring 13
Ashley Eustache, Fall 13, Spring 14, Summer 14
Daniele San Román, Summer 14
Sierra Serfass, Summer 14, Summer 15
Wasi Khatri, Spring 17
Matthew Keebaugh, Spring 17
Patrick Stone, Spring 17
Thomas Ioerger, Summer 88
Mark Porter, Summer 91
Thomas Ioerger, January 90
Hiep Phan, April 90
Karen Kreiling, December 90
Adam Marcovitch, April 96
Chandreyee Das, April 97
Yee Mey Seah, August 07 (co-advisor: Dr. Surinder Chopra)
Daniele San Román, May 15
Wasi Khatri, May 18
Chris Taylor, Summer 88, Fall 88, Spring 89
John Hardham, Spring 89
Xi Wang, Fall 95
Katie Burke, Fall 03, Spring, Summer & Fall 04, Spring, Summer & Fall 05, Spring & Summer 06
Christopher Natale, Fall 10, Spring, Summer & Fall 11, Spring, Summer & Fall 12
Lisa An, Summer & Fall 11, Spring, Summer & Fall 12
Yosef Berlyand, Summer 11
Caitlin Campion, Summer & Fall 11
Tarah Brubaker, Fall 11, Spring 12
Patrick Stone, Fall 14, Spring & Fall 15, Spring & Fall 16
Vladislav Stefanovich, Summer 15
Rinat Smagulov, Summer 15
Natalie Babitzke, Spring 22, Summer 22, Fall 22, Spring 23
Steven Brown, Harrisburg High School, Summer 14
Jacob McCaskill, Woodland Hills High School, Summer 14
Josue Garcia, Reading High School, Summer 15
Lauryn Gierchak, State College High School, Summer 15
Vu Nguyen, Reading High School, Summer 15
Heidi Herrera, Reading High School, Summer 16
Williana Martinez, Reading High School, Summer 16
Stephanie Nicasio, Reading High School, Summer 16
Milena Gracia-Garzon, Reading High School, Summer 17
Alyssa Hanford, Mifflin County High School, Summer 17
Genesis Lara, Hazelton High School, Summer 17
Lin Lin Xin, Harrisburg Scie-Tech High School, Summer 17
Lucianny Navarro, Hazelton High School, Summer 17
Shawna Weiser, Newport High School, Summer 17
Shania Wentz, Newport High School, Summer 17
Ashley Garcia, Hazelton High School, Summer 18
Yohanny Leyba, Reading High School, Summer 18
Kimberly Manning, Newport High School, Summer 18
Desire Rivera, Reading High School, Summer 18
Alivia Walters, Reading High School, Summer 18
Esteban Basualto Melo, Hazelton High School, Summer 19
Yocasta Desten Pio, Reading High School, Summer 19
Ambar Duran Tavarez, Reading High School, Summer 19
George Gad, Hazelton High School, Summer 19
Angela Garcia Mejia, Hazelton High School, Summer 19
Kennedy King, Steelton-Highspire High School, Summer 19
Ashleigh McKnight, Mount Union High School, Summer 19
Quiana Guo, State College High School, Summer 21
Elliott Rose, State College High School, Summer 21