PhD. The Pennsylvania State University, USA
MS. University of Wyoming, USA
BS. Kerala Agricultural University, India
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Post Doc. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH, Zurich, Switzerland)
KrishnaRao Gandham, PhD.
Post Doctoral Scholar
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Chemical Ecology
Insect Pest Management
Fall 2023
Current Graduate Students (Entomology and Plant Pathology Department)
Alejandro Vasquez
PhD Student
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Devi Balakrishnan
PhD Student
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Jessica Ayala
MS Student
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Manish Gautam
PhD Student
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Insha Shafi
PhD Student (Co-advised by Dr. Ioannis Tzanetakis
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Deepak Dilip
MS Student
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Jared Linn
PhD Student (co-advised by Drs. Camila Nicolli and Nick Bateman)
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Adriana Peissel
AFLS Honors Student
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Lab Alumni (UTRGV) & current position
Adegboyega Fajemisin
PhD Student Penn State Entomology
Nischal Wagle
PhD student Purdue Entomology
Neetu Khanal
PhD Student Penn State Entomology
Satinderpal Kaur
PhD Candidate
Un. Illinois Entomology
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Co-advised with Dr. Christopher Vitek​
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MS AESS (2019-2021)
PhD Student Virginia Tech
MS Biology (2018-2020)
PhD Student, U of Florida
MS Biology (2018-2020)
PhD Student, Clemson U.
MS Biology (2018-2020)
Urban Ecologist, City of Pharr
Sukhman Singh
Jesus Chavana
MS Biology (2019-2020)
Bayer Crop Science
MS Biology (2019-2021)
PhD Student (Penn State)
Zachary Johnson
TxDot Ecologist
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Alejandro Vasquez
MS Biology (2021-2022)
PhD Student (U. Arkansas)
Jasleen Kaur
Mandeep Tayal
Lili Martinez
Ishveen Kaur
Cristina Raya
Sakshi Watts
B.S Biology-(2020)
PhD Student, UT Austin
MS Biology (2020-2021)
PhD Student, UC Riverside
Isabella Rodriguez
B.S. Biology
Vaquero Early MD Program
2022 Fall UTRGV lab
2022 Summer ASPB Workshop
X mas 2021
Fall 2021
Spring 2021
Spring 2020
Summer 2019: Graduate and undergraduate students, and student volunteers.
Spring 2019
Fall 2018
Summer 2018
