Turf Pathology Laboratory
UMass Amherst // Jung Lab
Lab Members
Geunhwa Jung Principal Investigator
Professor
Stockbridge School of Agriculture
206 Paige Lab
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA, 01003
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Phone: (413) 545-2243
Fax: (413)-577-0242
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https://stockbridge.cns.umass.edu/geunhwa-jung
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Graduate Students
Undergraduates
Research Associate
Ryan Gaiser
BS Biochemistry '20
Janis Pham
BS Microbiology '21
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Christopher Roy
BS Plant & Soil Science '20
Aaron Ni
AS Turf Management '20
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Alumni Members
Ph.D. Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences
Dissertation: Investigation of Fungicide Resistance Mechanisms and Dynamics of the Multiple Fungicide Resistant Population in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa.
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Current Position: Post-doc at Michigan State University.
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Ph.D. Plant Biology 2017
Dissertation: The Effect of Management Practices on Bacterial, Fungal, and Nematode Communities on Cool Season Turfgrasses.
M.S. Plant Biology, 2017
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Thesis: Investigation of Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenases in S. homoeocarpa for Chlorothalonil Biotransformation.
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Current Position: Ph.D. student Northeastern University.
Hyunkyu Sang, Ph.D.
Elisha Allan-Perkins, Ph.D.
Robbie Green, M.S.
Marvin Seaman, M.S.
M.S. Plant and Soil Sciences, 2015
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Thesis: Effect of Early Spring Dollar Spot and Preventative Snow Mold Fungicide Applications on DMI Sensitive and Insensitive Populations of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Applied Sciences, SUNY Delhi.
Graduate Students
Loreto Araneda, Ph.D.
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M.S. Plant and Soil Sciences, 2011
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Thesis: Comparitive Genome Analysis between Agrostis stolonifera and Members of the Pooideae Subfamily Including Brachypodium distachyon.
Undergraduates
Birlandy Perez-Mejia
Erin O’Brien
Jacob Landeck
Kayiul Wu
Codie LaPlante
Dawlyn Garcia
Megan Brady
Samantha Pinque
Da Yeon Park
Song Uk Park
June Woo Lee
Patrick O’Loughlin
Jayson Stoner
Nicole Boisvert
Joshua Lee
Soun-Heang Lee
Victoria Kohler
Sean Gillis
Dylan Kessler
Leah Zivalic
Nadia Raytselis
Fall 2016
Spring 2016
Spring 2015 – Spring 2016
Spring 2015 – Spring 2016
Summer 2015
Fall 2014 – Spring 2015
Fall 2014 – Spring 2015
Spring 2015
July 2015
July 2015
July 2015
Spring 2015
Spring 2014- Spring 2015
Fall 2014 – Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Spring 2013 – Fall 2014
Spring 2013 – Fall 2014
Spring 2013 – Fall 2014
Fall 2011 – Spring 2013
Fall 2009 - 2010
Spring 2018-2019
Post-Doc
Jon Hulvey, Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Eastern Connecticut State University
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2010-2014
Visiting Scholars
Junli Li
Junghan Lee, Ph.D.
Nov 2015 - Aug 2015
June 2014 - Oct 2014
Research Associates
Jay Popko, M.S.
Katie Campbell-Nelson, M.S
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2011-2018
2009-2011