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