Graduate students are a critical part of the research initiatives within the Cooperative. These students also go on to serve as future leaders in the tree improvement community whether it be in the forest industry, public sector, or academia.
Current and recent graduate student research titles:
Khushi Goda, Ph.D. candidate – “Optimal Mate Selection and Managing Inbreeding in Pinus taeda”.
Austin Heine, Ph.D. – "Expanding our Knowledge about Loblolly Pine Pollen to Increase Filled Seed per Cone from Controlled Pollinations."
Colin Jackson, Ph.D. – "Genetic homogeneity and stand growth uniformity of Pinus taeda planted at different stand densities".
Piyush Pandey, Ph.D. – “High throughput phenotyping of loblolly pine using hyperspectral imaging”.
Sarah Conner, MS - “Genetic Variation in Fusiform Rust Disease Resistance among Families Represented in the Northern Breeding Population of Loblolly Pine in the southeastern U.S.”
Trevor Walker, Ph.D. candidate – “Quantitative genetics and the efficiency of SNP markers for within family selection in Pinus taeda”.