| Graduates |
This department has a long history of producing
professionals that have made an impact in the science as faculty
members at colleges or universities. Among those scientists are
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- R. James Cook (MS, 1960), USDA-ARS and Washington
State University, National leader for soilborne pathogens, Past
President of the American Phytopathological Society, Fellow of
the National Academy of Science.
- Fred Schwenk (MS, 1964),
Chair, Plant Pathology
Department,Kansas State University(Retired).
- Einar Palm (PhD, 1965), Extension Plant Pathologist,University
of Missouri, retired .
- Darryl Pring (MS, 1966,PhD, 1967), Virologist,
University of Florida.
- Rudra Singh (PhD, 1966), Virologist, Agriculture
Canada, Fredrickton, New Brunswick .
- Richard A. Meronuck (MS, 1967), Professor,
University of Minnesota.
- Lee C. Darlington (PhD, 1975),Plant Pathologist,
USDA-ARS, Beltsville,MD.
- John Watkins (PhD, 1975), Extension Plant Pathologist,
University of Nebraska(Retired).
- Wayne L. Pedersen (PhD, 1976), Associate Professor,
University of Illinois-Urbana(Retired).
- Patricia Donald (MS, 1978; PhD, 1988), Extension
Nematologist,University of Missouri.
- Neil C. Gudmestad (MS, 1978; PhD, 1982), Professor,
North Dakota State University.
- Richard Zink (MS, 1979), Extension Plant Pathologist,
Colorado State University.
- Mohamed A. El-Meleigi (PhD, 1978), Professor,
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
- Victor Otazu (PhD, 1979), Plant Pathologist,
International Potato Center, Lima, Peru.
- Hossein El-Nashaar (MS, 1980; PhD, 1984), Plant
Pathologist, North Dakota State Seed Department; Adjunct Faculty,
NDSU.
- Hamed M. Khalif (PhD, 1986), Faculty, University
of Amman, Jordan.
- Syed Shabbir Azher Rizvi (MS, 1981), Florida
Department Ag and Consumer Services.
- Denis Gaudet (PhD, 1982), Plant Pathologist,
Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta.
- Bradley D. Mogen (MS, 1983; PhD, 1987), Associate
Professor, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI.
- Phillip Nolte (MS, 1983; PhD, 1991), Extension
Plant Pathologist, Unversity of Idaho.
- Marcia McMullen (PhD, 1983), Extension Plant
Pathologist, North Dakota State University.
- Forrest Nutter (PhD, 1983), Professor,
Iowa State University.
- Yue Jin (MS, 1988; PhD, 1990), Assistant Professor,
South Dakota State University.
- Scott C. Redlin (PhD, 1988),
Extension Plant Pathologist, North Dakota State University.
- Erick DE Wolf (Ph.D. 1999), Assistant professor,
Dept. of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University.
- Samuel G. Markell (MS, 2001; PhD, 2007), Assistant professor,
Dept. of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University.
- Shaobin Zhong (Ph.D. 2000), Assistant professor,
Dept. of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University.
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Recent graduates of the Department
of Plant Pathology have found employment in many different fields,
including state and federal institutions and private companies:
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- Dorian DeDene (MS, 1993),
3-C Landscaping,
St. Clair Shores,MI.
- Jana Hansen (MS, 1993),
NDSU Research Specialist,
Fargo, ND.
- Fereshteh Saghaei (MS, 1993), University of
California-Davis.
- Todd Werk (MS, 1993), Dow Elanco, Indianapolis,
IN.
- Zhang Zhijun (MS, 1993), University of Alabama.
- Fateh Ullah Khan (PhD, 1993), Agricultural
Research Institute, Pakistan.
- Hsiao-Ling Wu (PhD, 1993), New York University-Syracuse.
- Yuzhi Zheng (PhD, 1994), Trophix Pharmaceuticals,
Somerville, NJ.
- Louis Prom (PhD, 1995), NDSU Research Associate,
Fargo, ND.
- Dorian Rodriguez (PhD, 1995), Experiment Station,
Trujillo, Venezuela.
- James Walla (PhD, 1995), NDSU Research Associate,
Fargo, ND.
- Sarah Hinz (MS, 1996),
TroyBiosciences, Phoenix,
AZ.
- Yonglian Sun (MS, 1996), Monsanto Waterton, IL.
- Thomas Fetch, Jr. (PhD, 1996), Agriculture and Agri-Food, Winnipeg, Canada.
- Phillip Mason (PhD, 1996), APHIS, Ft .Collins, CO.
- Chris Onstad (PhD, 1996), Montana State University
Extension Service/Faculty, Shelby, MT.
- Majda Valjavec-Gratian (PhD, 1996),
Research
Associate, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND.
- Chil Kwon (MS, 1997,), NDSU PhD Candidate, Fargo,
ND.
- Susilio Poromarto (MS, 1997),
Indonesia University
Faculty.
- Cheryl Biller (MS, 1997), Private Consultant , Fargo, ND.
- Roger Effertz (MS, 1998),
NDSU Research Associate,
Fargo, ND.
- Marcus Jackson (MS, 1998),USDA Forest Service,
Missonta, MT.
- Martin Draper (PhD, 1999), CSREES, Washington DC.
- Amy Holm (MS, 2000), Research and Development,
Syngenta Corporation, Greensboro, NC.
- Viviana Rivera-Varas (MS. 2000), Research
Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, NDSU.
- Firas M. Abu-El Samen (Ph.D. 2001), Research
Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, Michigan State University.
- Shaukat Ali (Ph.D. 2001), Research Associate,
Department of Plant Pathology, NDSU.
- Tim Friesen (Ph.D. 2001),
Research Scientists,
USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND (Adjunct Professor, NDSU).
- Julie Pasche (MS 2002), Microbiologist, Department
of Plant Pathology, NDSU.
- Carrie Larson (MS, 2002), ND Dept. of Agriculture, Bismarck,
ND.
- Chris Wharam (MS. 2002), APHIS-USDA.
- Kiran Oberoi (MS 2003), Ph.D. student, Dept.
of Plant Sciences, NDSU.
- Rolando Estrado (MS 2007), Driscoll Strawberries.
- Melvin Bolton (PhD 2006), USDA-ARS, University of Minnesota.
- Gwen Mars (MS 2001), ND Dept. of Agriculture, Bismarck,
ND.
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