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NAME? Kalenga Banda
HOMETOWN? Lusaka, Zambia
ADVISOR? Watkins
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?Stellenbosch University. MSc Agric (Horticultural Science)
MY HOBBIES ARE? Gardening, Cooking, socializing, watching movies, sight-seeing/travelling
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS? Volleyball
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? Drama/Thriller
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Changeling
THE LAST BOOK I READ WAS? David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? Anything I can sing along to
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? Labour Oh soul to know your nothingness and learn it by contemplating God's greatness. (Charles Spurgeon)
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? Am very energetic and sociable
NAME? Erica Hernandez
HOMETOWN? Portland, Oregon
ADVISOR? Mattson
PROGRAM? MS/PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Plant Science from University of Arizona
MY HOBBIES ARE? I enjoy reading, playing pool and video games
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS? I don’t really follow sports, but if I had to choose, I would choose soccer to play, and maybe basketball to watch.
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? Science fiction / action adventure
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Independence Day with my family.
THE LAST BOOK I READ WAS? The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? Electro pop or folk
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? None.
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I have played competitive 9-ball on a national level and won some money!
NAME? Carson Letot
HOMETOWN? Hastings, MI
ADVISOR? Rossi/Perry
PROGRAM? MPS
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?Michigan State University – Crop & Soil Science Michigan State University – Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources Education
MY HOBBIES ARE? Golfing, Running, Hiking, Woodworking, Skiing, and Mowing for Fun
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS? Any Michigan State sport, The Detroit Lions, and Chelsea Football Club
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? All of them. I’m a major cinephile
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Independence Day: Resurgence
THE LAST BOOK I READ WAS? Brilliant Green by Alessandra Viola
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? EDM, Pop, or Classical
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” – Gandalf the Grey
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I played Tuba in the Spartan Marching Band at Michigan State for 4 years.
NAME? Nathan Wojtyna
HOMETOWN? Willington, Connecticut
ADVISOR? Peck
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? A B.S. in both Horticulture and Resource Economics from the University of Connecticut
MY HOBBIES ARE? Cooking, board games, playing piano, painting, dancing, hiking
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS?Racquetball, Basketball
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? Documentaries
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Finding Dory
THE LAST BOOK I READ WAS? Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? Jazz and anything I can sing karaoke with
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “There is nothing more valuable in life than someone who is kind to you and genuinely means it” –Brenna Dickens
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I am the 9th child, thus the baby in my family.
NAME? Sam Bosco
HOMETOWN? Millburn, NJ
ADVISOR? Mt. Pleasant
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?Cornell, MS Horticulture (2012)
MY HOBBIES ARE? Gardening, playing/writing music, cooking, urban/cargo biking, swimming, skateboarding, nature crafts, stargazing, food preservation, fermenting,
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS?Skateboarding, skiing
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? Historical Fiction
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Beetlejuice, The Neverending Story
THE LAST BOOK I READ WAS? Killing Rage , by bell hooks & The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca, by Anthony F.C. Wallace
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? Soul, funk, R&B, hip-hop, afrobeat (can’t choose a favorite!)
MY FAVORITE QUOTE?
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? In 2015 I tried to simultaneously start and run 3 small businesses - only 1 was successful
NAME? Peter C. Herzeelle
HOMETOWN? Beverly Farms, Massachusetts
ADVISOR? Peck
PROGRAM? MS
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?Skidmore College, Bachelor of Arts
MY HOBBIES ARE? Gardening, Reading, fishing, Hiking, Camping, Running, Golf, Restoration.
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS? Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, New England Patriots, Boston Bruins, and Boston Cannons.
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? Comedy, Action, Thriller.
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Secret Life of Pets
THE LAST BOOK I READ WAS? Black Mass
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? Folk / Rock
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.”
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I studied abroad in Segovia, Spain for a semester. .
NAME? Alec Moore
HOMETOWN? Watkins Glen, NY
ADVISOR? Rossi
PROGRAM? MS
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? I attended SUNY Cobleskill and received my Bachelor’s degree in Plant Science in May of 2016.
MY HOBBIES ARE? My hobbies are lifting weights, playing sports, and hunting.
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS? My favorite sport is college basketball, and my favorite team is The North Carolina Tar Heels.
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? My favorite movie genre is Action movies and sports movies.
LAST MOVIE I SAW? The last movie I saw was Concussion with Will Smith
THE LAST BOOK I READ WAS? Mind Gym: An Athletes Guide to Inner Excellence
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? My favorite music genre is country music, but I also love classic rock and rock.
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? Do today what others won’t, so tomorrow you can do what others can’t. -Jerry Rice
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU?I had surgery when I was three weeks to untangle my
small intestineof milking by tending the family garden.
NAME? Mengxia Zhang
HOMETOWN? China
ADVISOR? Cheng
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Northwest A&F University - Master of Agriculture
MY HOBBIES ARE? Travel
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS?Basketball/ San Antonio Spurs
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? Romantic movie
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Alice in Wonderland 2
THE LAST BOOK I READ WAS? Le Mythe de Sisyphe
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? Folk song
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? I think, therefore I am.
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? Always having kinds of whimsies.
NAME? Liang Chang
HOMETOWN? Hebi China
ADVISOR? Kao-Kniffin
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?Rutgers University, Masters in Plant Biology
MY HOBBIES ARE? Outdoor, kendo (a Japanese martial art), video games
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS? None
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? Action, comedy, Japanese anime
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Death Pool
THE LAST BOOK I READ WAS? Business Cycles: History, Theory, and Investment Reality
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? Pop punk, J rock, emo
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? None
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? My first name came from my mother’s family name
NAME? Anne Kearney
HOMETOWN? Westbrook, CT
ADVISOR? Vanden Heuvel
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?Colorado State University, MS in Horticulture –viticulture and enology
MY HOBBIES ARE? Triathlons, trailing running, mountain biking, playing the clarinet, hiking, baking, gardening
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS?Running/Denver Broncos, New York Yankees.
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? Sci-Fi Comedy
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Captain America – Civil War
THE LAST BOOK I READ WAS? Finger Lakes Wineries: A Pictorial History
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? Folk/Bluegrass
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. – CS Lewis
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I ate termites alive on a class trip in Belize when my ethnobotany professor gave me a nest to eat to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes!
NAME? Andrew Pochedly
HOMETOWN? Hiram, Ohio
ADVISOR? Rakow
PROGRAM? MPS
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? The Ohio State University, B.S. Environmental Policy and Management
MY HOBBIES ARE? Hiking, reading, biking, and cooking
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS? Ohio State Buckeyes! OH-IO!
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? Comedy
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Sicario
THE LAST BOOK I READ WAS? Our Only World by Wendell Berry
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? Everything
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.” – Wendell Berry
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I served in Senegal, West Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer and I enjoy making maple syrup right as winter turns to spring.
NAME? Laura Dougherty
PLACE OF BIRTH? Geneva, NY
ADVISOR? Kenong Xu
PROGRAM? Horticulture, PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Stony Brook University, Master in Biochemistry and Cell Biology
MY HOBBIES? Coaching girls’ lacrosse, playing pickleball and tennis, knitting.
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Football/New England Patriots
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Comedy
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Ghostbusters (the new one)
LAST BOOK I READ? Russian Roulette: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin’s Plot for Global Revolution by Giles Milton
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Rock/Alt
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball” Patches O’Houlihan
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I own a Ron Swanson life size cutout. It is great/funny.
NAME? Marie Jasmijn Zwetsloot
PLACE OF BIRTH? Westernieland, Groningen, The Netherlands
ADVISOR? Dr. Taryn Bauerle
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? M. Sc. Soil Science, Cornell University
MY HOBBIES? Biking, gardening, yoga, swimming, cooking, dancing, drawing and writing
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Ice Skating
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Good movies
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Hail, Caesar!
LAST BOOK I READ? El Plan Infinito by Isabel Allende
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Really depends on my mood .
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” By William Shakespeare
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I could bike before I could walk.
NAME? Miles Schwartz Sax
PLACE OF BIRTH? Amherst, MA
ADVISOR? Nina Bassuk
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? University of New Hampshire – B.B. Environmental conservation, Cornell University MPS Public Garden Leadership
MY HOBBIES? Cider making, tree climbing, mountain biking, foraging, seeing and playing live music
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Easy Star All Stars
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Documentary, action, space sci-fi
LAST MOVIE I SAW? All the Way
LAST BOOK I READ? Enders Game
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Funk, Reggae, Tropical house
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life he is merely a strand in it, whatever he does to the web he does to himself”
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING In high school, I founded a breakdance club and ended up on a reality TV show for it.
NAME? Ming-Yi Chou
PLACE OF BIRTH? Taipei, Taiwan
ADVISOR? Justine Vanden Heuvel
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? MSc in Wine Business, Burgundy School of Business, Dijon, France
MY HOBBIES? Badminton and basketball
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? PHX Suns
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Romance comedy
LAST MOVIE I SAW? A brighter summery day
LAST BOOK I READ? Terroir and other mysteries of winegrowing
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Is Damien Rice pop?
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? Il faout avoir le courage de ne rien faire It takescourage to do nothing有大勇者,無為而治
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I’m a vegetarian but I like (veg)burger!
NAME? Raquel Kallas
PLACE OF BIRTH? Lynbrook, NY
ADVISOR? Dr. Justine Vanden Heuvel
PROGRAM? MPS in Viticulture
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Brandeis University, Environmental Studies
MY HOBBIES? Horseback riding, hiking, travelling
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? I’m the most movie-ignorant person you’ll ever meet
LAST MOVIE I SAW? The Lobster
LAST BOOK I READ? Anna Karenina
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Can’t pick just one!
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life.” – Rachel Carson
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I have a green cheek conure and I really love birds (as well as all other animals)!
NAME? Sarah Fiorello
PLACE OF BIRTH? Fairport, New York
ADVISOR? Dr. David Wolfe
PROGRAM? Horticulture MPS
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Cornell University, B.S., Natural Resources
MY HOBBIES? Hiking, gardening, listening to live music, cooking
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM?
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Historical drama, and anything directed by Wes Anderson
LAST MOVIE I SAW? The Lobster
LAST BOOK I READ? “Fly Guy meets Fly Girl” (to my 6 year old)
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Too hard ot narrow down. I love everything from hardcore punk to Classical (just not smooth jazz or easy listening )
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “The only constant in life is change” – Gautama Buddha
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I played French Horn in an alt. rock band called “The Moles” around Ithaca in the early 2000’s.
NAME? Jeff Beem-Miller
PLACE OF BIRTH? Ithaca, NY
ADVISOR? David Wolfe
PROGRAM? MS
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Oberlin College, BA (Biology, Environmental Studies)
MY HOBBIES? Hiking, running, ultimate (Frisbee), cooking, fermenting, gardening
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Canoeligans(Kickball)
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Anything good, funny, or generally entertaining
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Strangers on a Train
LAST BOOK I READ? The Cider Maker’s Handbook, by Claude Jolicoeur
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? I try not to discriminate
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.” – Carl Sagan
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? My great-great grandfather was elected mayor of Ithaca in 1902.
NAME? Hans Walter-Peterson
PLACE OF BIRTH? Geneva, NY
ADVISOR? Justine Vanden Heuvel
PROGRAM? Horticulture
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? UC-Davis, MS in Viticulture 2001
MY HOBBIES? Cooking, choral signing
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Any team from Minnesota (except the Twins – they’re just embarrassing this year)
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE?
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Spotlight
LAST BOOK I READ? Wine & War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France’s Greatest Treature
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Classical, alternative
MY FAVORITE QUOTE?
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU?
NAME? Hannah Swegarden
PLACE OF BIRTH? Rochester, MN
ADVISOR? Phillip (Griff) Griffiths
PROGRAM? PhD – Horticulture (Minors in Plant Breeding and Food Science)
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? MS –Horticulture (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)
MY HOBBIES? Live Music/Obstacle Courses/Food/Hiking
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Baseball…Go Twins!
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Funny ones
LAST MOVIE I SAW? ‘Moonrise Kingdom’
LAST BOOK I READ? ‘Jitterbug Perfume’ by Tom Robbins
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? The Blues
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up somewhere else.” - - Yogi Berra
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I boxed for 3 ½ weeks in high school, ‘til my mom made me quit because I got bloody knuckles.
NAME? SeungHyun Ban (Paul)
PLACE OF BIRTH? South Korea
ADVISOR? Kenong Xu
PROGRAM? Horticulture, PhD program
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Kyungpook national University, South Korea, Master in Horticulture
MY HOBBIES? Crossfit, Pokemon GO!!
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Soccer, baseball
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? SF
LAST MOVIE I SAW? X-man with laura
LAST BOOK I READ? Game of throne (just 3 pages)
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Ballad, Dance
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? Do your best and spend your time with people
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I hope to play some sports with you guts!
NAME? Yiyi Zhang
PLACE OF BIRTH? Beijing, China
ADVISOR? Chistopher Watkins
PROGRAM? MS/PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Cornell University, Master
MY HOBBIES? Playing piano and guitar
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Swimming
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Cartoon and fantasy movies
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
LAST BOOK I READ? Application of vibrational spectroscopy in food science
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Pop music
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? Keep Calm and Carry On
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I’m afraid of all kinds of insects!!!!!!!!!!
NAME? Zachary Stansell
PLACE OF BIRTH? Charleston, SC
ADVISOR? Thomas Bjorkman
PROGRAM? Horticulture
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? College of Charleston, MA Environmental Science
MY HOBBIES? Playing bass, fishing, gardening, hiking, reading, napping, listening to music, cooking
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Not too big into organized sports. But I like to goof off with friends –football/Frisbee/etc.
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Sci-Fi
LAST MOVIE I SAW? District 9
LAST BOOK I READ? The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Experimental/electronic/trihop/ambient/instrumental
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “watches Netflix happily///remembers homework, exams & responsibilities /// watches Netflix stressfully”
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I have a small box full of googly eyes.
NAME? Adam Karl
PLACE OF BIRTH? Lancaster, PA
ADVISOR? Greg Peck
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? MS degree from Cornell studying viticulture with Justine Vanden Heuvel
MY HOBBIES? I like running around outside, biking, paddling, fermenting, foraging, hunting, and fixing stuff
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Swimming
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Suspense/drama
LAST MOVIE I SAW? The Martian
LAST BOOK I READ? Suttree by Cormac Mccarthy
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Funk and Reggae!
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? I don’t really have one.
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I’ve moved to Ithaca 3 separate times. Each time I leave, I think I’m never coming back – but somehow wind up back here.
NAME? Arachana Khadgi
PLACE OF BIRTH? Kathmandu, Nepal
ADVISOR? Courtney A. Weber
PROGRAM? PhD (Horticulture)
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? University of Arkansas, MS in Cell and Molecular Biology
MY HOBBIES? Cooking, travelling, dancing
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? New England Patriots
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Drama/Science Fiction
LAST MOVIE I SAW? The Martian
LAST BOOK I READ? Palpasa Café by Narayan Wagle
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? All kinds
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? Be happy for this moment. This moment is yoru life. – Omar Khayyam
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I like collecting wind chimes .
NAME? Annika Huber
PLACE OF BIRTH? Warmensteinach, Germany
ADVISOR? Dr. Taryn Bauerle
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Technical University of Munich, Germany (TUM), Master’s in Forest Science.
MY HOBBIES? Biking, yoga, gardening, crocheting birds
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM?
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? documentary
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Spotlight
LAST BOOK I READ? Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking by Susan Cain
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? I like classical music and oldies.
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? II have been a vegetarian for 16 years, but I plan on raising rabbits in my garden to eat.
NAME? Bryan Emmett
PLACE OF BIRTH? Okemos, MI
ADVISOR? Laurie Drinkwater
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? University of Michigan, BS; School of Natural Resources and Environment
MY HOBBIES? Family, fly-fishing, cooking
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Whichever team is a few points behind
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Comedies
LAST MOVIE I SAW? What we do in the shadows
LAST BOOK I READ? My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard .. Though only thirty pages so far…
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Modern rock
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup. – Wendell Berry
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I once spent three nights on the side of El Captain in Yosemite.
NAME? Emily Reiss
PLACE OF BIRTH? Stockton, NJ
ADVISOR? Laurie Drinkwater
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? University of Rochester, BS
MY HOBBIES? Gardening, CC skiing, sailing
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Soccer
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Comedy
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Selma
LAST BOOK I READ? Crazy in Alabama
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Folk
MY FAVORITE QUOTE “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I learned to drive on a stick shift car and still have one.
NAME? Grant Thompson
PLACE OF BIRTH? Des Moines, Iowa
ADVISOR? Jenny Kao-Kniffin
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Cornell University, MS Horticulture
MY HOBBIES? Design, hiking, and home repair
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Martial arts –Taekwondo, Judo, Hapkido
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Adventure, detective
LAST MOVIE I SAW? The Martian
LAST BOOK I READ? Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? ‘90s alternative rock
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I’m a professional landscape architect and left practice to return to graduate school.
NAME? Jonathan Allred
PLACE OF BIRTH? Manhattan Beach, CA
ADVISOR? Neil S. Mattson
PROGRAM? Horticulture Biology
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Cal Poly Pomona, Plant Science
MY HOBBIES? Building Things
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM?
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Drama
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Me Before You
LAST BOOK I READ? One Mans Wilderness
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Country
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? The time to make bold choices is when you are young.
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I have more pets than I should.
NAME? Juana Munoz Ucros (yup all Colombians have 2 last names)
PLACE OF BIRTH? Bogota, Colombia
ADVISOR? Taryn Bauerle
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? MS University of Minnesota
MY HOBBIES? Climbing, yoga, gardening. And I used to ride horses.
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Not really into sports, but if I have to watch a game it’ll be futbol (soccer) and it’ll be team Colombia.
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Documentary
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Forest Gump
LAST BOOK I READ? The sound of things falling
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Everything
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “Carpe the hell out of this diem.” My housemate put it on our living room wall.
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? My car was once attacked by cows. They ruined everything except the roof.
NAME? Justin France
PLACE OF BIRTH? Cobleskill, New York
ADVISOR? Prof. Justine Vanden Heuvel
PROGRAM? MS Viticulture and Enology
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Massey University, New Zealand, Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Applied Horticulture
MY HOBBIES? Hanging out with my family, cooking, reading, and fermenting anything.
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Anything in the Summer Olympics.
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Documentaries and Sci-Fi/Fantasy
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Either Kung Fu Panda 3 or The Lobster
LAST BOOK I READ? Hyperion
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Everything
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “So it goes.” – K.V.
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I lived in Cambodia for a few years and have consumed my weight in deep-fried insects.
NAME? Vinay Bhaskar
HOMETOWN? Kochi, Kerala, India
ADVISOR? Steve Reiners
PROGRAM? Ph. D.
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Kerala Agricultural University, IndiaBS in Agriculture (B.Sc. Ag.)
MY HOBBIES? Reading, thinking, engineering and building things, some writing, hanging out
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM? Don’t have one
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Exceptionally mediocre movies; in their absence, any well thought out movie, good comedy and 80s and 90s action flicks
LAST MOVIE I SAW? The Stallion
THE LAST BOOK I READ? ‘Make me’, Lee Child
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Not sure
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? Don’t have one
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? Ten years ago, I dodged a very real law school bullet.
NAME? Eric Fabio
HOMETOWN? Spartanburg, SC
ADVISOR? Larry Smart
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? University of Kentucky, Forestry
MY HOBBIES? Cooking, Gardening, Fishing
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM? Soccer
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Comedy
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Secret Life of Walter Mitty
THE LAST BOOK I READ? Statistical Analysis of Regional Yield Trials: AMMI Analysis of Factorial Designs
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Indie Folk
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? Every day, the rest of your life, gravy
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? Was once a government sanctioned ginseng hunter
NAME? Isabel Branstrom
HOMETOWN? West Palm Beach, FL
ADVISOR? Bill Miller
PROGRAM? M.S
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? University of Florida, Bachelors
MY HOBBIES? Sitting in the sun, reading, knitting, cooking, seeing live music, spending time with friends and trying to solve a rubix cube
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM? The Florida Gators, of course
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Honestly, I like movies that make me cry
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Swiss Army Man
THE LAST BOOK I READ? Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? I can’t pick just one! I could listen to Andrew Bird forever though
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? ”Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.” - Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU? I got my license when I was 21