Saptarshi Mondal was selected as the NAPB Borlaug scholar, congrats!
Manveer Singh joined the lab as a Ph.D. student (co-advised with Dr. Clint Waltz) in 2024 Summer, welcome!
Qianqian Fan received the ASPB travel award for the Plant Biology conference 2024., congrats!
Kumar joined the lab as a master student, welcome!
Kudos! Saptarshi Mondal placed 1st position in Graduate student poster competition at UGA Plant Center Retreat 2023!
Saptarshi Mondal placed 2nd and 3rd positions in “Turfgrass Breeding, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Microbiome Oral” ad “Crop Physiology and Metabolism Oral” in the ASA, CSSA and SSA annual meeting 2023 in St. Louis. Congrats!
Qianqian Fan was awarded the Chris Stiegler Graduate Student Travel and Fellowship Award in the ASA, CSSA and SSA annual meeting 2023 in St. Louis. Congrats!
Qianqian was named the 2023 recipient of the Marie Fort Garden Club Scholarship from UGA-Griffin campus, congrats!
Kudos to Qianqian Fan for receiving the Bill Rose Foundation Travel Scholarship for attending the Pure Seed Field Day in Oregon in 2023!
Qianqian’s proposal on “Heat Stress Evaluation in Creeping Bentgrass and Analysis of Pathways Responsible for Protein Degradation” was successfully granted by Georgia Golf Environmental Foundation ($18, 560). Kudos!
Qianqian Fan received the Trans-Mississippi Golf Association Turf Scholarship in 2022, Kudos!
Qianqian Fan received The College of Agricultural and Environmental Science Student Scholarship from University of Georgia, congrats!
Ravneet Kaur successfully defended her thesis in 2022. Congrats!
Ravi Seelam joined Jespersen’s lab as a Ph.D. student in the fall semester of 2022. Welcome!
Somer Rowe got her master’s degree from UGA program of Plant Protection and Pest Management (PPPM) in the summer of 2022. Congrats!
Saptarshi Mondal received a summer research grant in 2022. Congrats!
Qianqian Fan, Saptarshi Mondal and Ravneet Kaur presented their posters at UGA Plant Center Retreat in December 2021.
Krishna Katwal, Qianqian Fan and Ravneet Kaur gave oral presentations on turfgrass abiotic stress mechanisms at the ASA, CSSA & SSSA International Annual Meetings in Salt Lake City, Utah in November 2021.
Krishna Katwal passed his Ph.D. defense in November 2021. Congrats!
Congrats to Qianqian for receiving the Walker Scholarship from the University of Georgia in 2021!