Prudenians

Current Students

Former Graduate Students and Post Docs

Benjamin Davis

• PhD, Virginia Tech (2022)
• MS, Virginia Tech
• BS, UC Riverside

Erin Milligan

• MS, Virginia Tech (2022)
• BS, Ohio University

Rachel Finkelstein

• MS, Virginia Tech (2022)
• BS, North Carolina State University

Yang Song

• PhD, Virginia Tech (2021)
• MS, Michigan State University
• BS, Dalian University of Technology

Ishi Keenum

• PhD, Virginia Tech (2021)
• MS, Virginia Tech
• BS, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Sudeshna Ghosh

• PhD, University of Minnesota
• MS, University of Minnesota
• BS, Jadavpur University

Haniyyah Majeed       

• MS, Virginia Tech (2020)
• BS, North Carolina State University 

Rebekah Martin, Assistant Professor Virginia Military Institue

• PhD, Virginia Tech (2020)   
• BS, Bucknell University 

William Rhoads, Eawag

• PhD, Virginia Tech (2017)
• BS, Purdue University 

Dongjuan Dai

• PhD, University of Michigan
• MS, Tsinghua University
• BS, Tsinghua University 

Storme Spencer       

• MS, Virginia Tech (2020)
• BS, Clemson University 

Ni Zhu

• PhD, Virginia Tech (2019)
• MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013)
• BS, National University of Singapore (2012) 

Emily Garner, Assistant Professor, West Virginia University

• PhD, Virginia Tech (2018)
• BS, West Virginia University 

Kris Mapili     

• MS, Virginia Tech
• BS, Virginia Tech 

Giselle Krista Guron, USDA Beltsville,MD

• PhD, Cornell University
• BS, Cornell University 

Virginia Riquelme

• PhD, Virginia Tech (2017)
• MS, Virginia Tech
• BS, Colorado State 

Pan Ji

• PhD, Virginia Tech (2017)
• MS, Johns Hopkins University
• BS, Peking University 

Laurel Strom

• MS, Virginia Tech (2017)
• BS, Washington State University 

David Otto Schwake, Assistant Professor, Methodist University, Fayetteville, NC.

• Post Doc, Virginia Tech (2017)
• PhD, Arizona State University
• MS, Arizona State University
• BS, Arizona State University 

Jake Metch

• PhD, Virginia Tech (2017)
• BS, Texas Tech 

Christine Pankow

• MS, Virginia Tech (2017)
• BS, Virginia Tech 

Ankit Pathak

• PhD, Virginia Tech (2017)
• MS, Virginia Tech
• BS, University of Mumbai 

Robert Williams

• MS, Virginia Tech (2016)
• BS, George Mason University 

Gargi Singh

• PhD, Virginia Tech (2015)
• MS, Virginia Tech
• BTech, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Mehdi Kargar

• PhD, Virginia Tech (2015)
• MS, Sharif University of Technology, Iran.
• BS, University of Yazd, Iran.

Yanjun Ma

• PhD, Virginia Tech (2014)
• BS, Tsinghua University

Hong Wang

• Post Doc, Virginia Tech
• PhD, Virginia Tech (2013)
• MS, Tongji University
• BS, Tongji University

Jen Miller

• PhD, Virginia Tech
• MS, University of Arizona
• BS, Bucknell

Nicole Fahrenfeld, Associate Professor, Rutgers University

• Post Doc, PhD Virginia Tech (2013)
• MS, Clemson University
• BS, Johns Hopkins

Heather Nicole Storteboom, Research Scientist, Colorado State University

• PhD, Colorado State University (2009)

Luciana P. Pereyra

• PhD, Colorado State University (2008)

Sage R. Hiibel, Research Scientist, U Nevada Reno

• Post Doc, Texas A&M
• PhD, Colorado State University (2008)

Ashish Sharma

• PhD, Colorado State University (2008)

Maria Elena Raynal-Gutierrez, Assistant Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico

• MS, Colorado State University (2007)

Mary Elizabeth Sullivan

• PhD, Colorado State University (2007)

Ruoting Pei, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at San Antonio

• PhD, Colorado State University (2006)

Robert Bowers

• Post Doc, Virginia Tech
• Post Doc, University of Hawaii
• PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder
• MS, California State Unviersity, San Marcos
• BS, California State University, San Marcos

Caitlin Proctor, Assistant Professor, Purdue University       

• PhD, ETH Zurich
• MS, Virginia Tech
• BS, Virginia Tech 

Chad McKinney

• MS, Colorado State
• BS, Colorado State

Mark Mazzochette

• MS, Virginia Tech (2013)
• BS, Boston University 

Laurel Ackison, Environmental Scientist, Meryman Environmental

• MS, Virginia Tech (2012)
• BS, Marshall 

Yanjuan Hong

• MS, Virginia Tech (2012)

Barbara Crimi

• MS, Universita degli Studia de Milano 
• BS, Universita degli Studia de Milano 

Amanda Rasmussen

• MS, Colorado State University (2008)

Rachel Elizabeth Hanson

• MS, Colorado State University (2008)

Matthew Hewitt

• MS, Colorado State University (2007)

HyunSuk Hong

• MS, Colorado State University (2006)

Former REU, undergraduate & visiting scholars

• Delaney Snead, Eldridge Hager (REU 2018-2021)
• Briana Woolfolk, Alondra Martinez, Erin Milligan (NSF REU 2018)
• Morgan Fisher, Southwest Virginia Governor’s School 
• Caitlin Wilkinson, BS, Virginia Tech (REU) 
• Daniel Logsdon, BS, Virginia Tech 
• Meghan Laporta, BS, Virginia Tech, Scieneering Researcher (Biological Systems Engineering, Class of 2014) 
• Lindsey Caudle, BS, Virginia Tech 
• Daniel Logsdon, BS, Virginia Tech  
• Danny Yang, BS, Virginia Tech 
• Zach Bailey, Sara Gokturk, Ian Miller, Mo O’Brien, Dre Smith (REU 2012)
•  Jordan Bird, Miles Ellenberg (NSF REU 2011-2012)
• Jayme Deschene (NSF REU 2010)
• Naglee Allen (NSF REU 2009)
• Rachel Kistler (Undergraduate Researcher 2010)
• Maria Mico (Visiting Scholar 2011)