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Tejinder Kumar Mall

The Hardin Fellowship provides $2000 for a student conducting research in plant physiology with emphasis on genetic mechanisms influencing plant responses to stress conditions. This fellowship was made possible through an endowment to the University of Nebraska foundation by former Chancellor Clifford Hardin. Tejinder is a Phd student in Dr. Clemente's lab.

Saadia Bihmidine

2009 Meritorious Graduate Student Award

The School of Natural Resources has created an award to recognize the best PhD and MS students pursing a degree in National Resources. Their aim is to honor their best students and recognize their academic achievements, research, teaching contributions, leadership accomplishments, service and person qualifications.

Saadia Bihmidine is a PhD student working in Dr. Tom Clemente's lab. Her advisor is Dr. Tala Awada in the School of Natural Resources. Saadia is involved in several interdisciplinary research projects with researchers and experts from different fields (including Dr. Julie Stone, Dr. James Specht, Dr. Donald Weeks, Dr. Jim Van Etten, and Dr. David Dunigan). She is interested in understanding how plants respond to abiotic stresses (mainly drought) at both the physiological and molecular levels.

The Agronomy and Horticulture Graduate Student Associations (AHGSA) puts on an annual poster competition with the help of the Agronomy and Horticulture Graduate Committee. Winners are awarded prizes and students have an opportunity of show off their research and project efforts. This year's judges were Dr. Specht,. Dr. Walters, Dr. Hoegemeyer, Dr. Sarath, Dr. Paparozzie, Dr. Lindquist, and Dr. Baenziger.

First Place winner of the 2009 Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Graduate Student Poster Symposium

Saadia Bihmidine

Expression of a viral aquaglyceroporin gene (AQPV1) from Chlorella virus MT325s in tobacco and its effect in mitigating drought

Saadia Bihmidine is a PhD student working in Dr. Tom Clemente's lab. Her advisor is Dr. Tala Awada in the School of Natural Resources. Saadia is involved in several interdisciplinary research projects with researchers and experts from different fields (including Dr. Julie Stone, Dr. James Specht, Dr. Donald Weeks, Dr. Jim Van Etten, and Dr. David Dunigan). She is interested in understanding how plants respond to abiotic stresses (mainly drought) at both the physiological and molecular levels.

Third Place winner of 2009 Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Graduate Student Poster Symposium

Hyunwoo Park

Development of soybean oil low in palmitic acid and elevated in stearic and oleic acids for biodiesel

Hyunwoo Park is a PhD student in Dr. Clemente's lab. He is studying the modification of the fatty acid profile of soybean oil for nutritional and industrial applications through genetic engineering.