When you enroll in the graduate program at Washington State University, you become part of a team of students, faculty, and staff dedicated to the scientific and intellectual pursuit of knowledge. When you join the Dhingra lab you can enroll in the Horticulture or the interdisciplinary Molecular Plant Sciences (MPS) graduate programs. Several of the current and past graduate students are  recipients of the NIH Protein Biotechnology Training Fellowship and the ARCS Fellowship.

Current Graduate Students

There are no graduate students currently at WSU

Former Graduate Students (Ph.D. and M.S.)

Evan Stowe – Ph.D. Horticulture, 2023

Scientist, Ryp Labs Inc.

Bruce Williamson – Ph.D. MPS, 2020

Senior Scientist, Moolec Science

Elvir Tenic – MS, Horticulture, 2020

Seanna Hewitt – Ph.D. MPS, 2019
NIH Protein Biotech Trainee

Scientist/Grant specialist, NuPhy

Pullman, WA

Ryan Christian – Ph.D. MPS, 2019
NIH Protein Biotech Trainee

Technical Director at Yakima Chief Ranches

Danielle Guzman – MS, Horticulture, 2017

Ben Kilian –  Ph.D. MPS, 2016

James Crabb – Ph.D. Horticulture, 2016

Eliane Bodah Ph.D. Horticulture, 2014

Assistant Professor, Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Rick Sharpe, Ph.D. MPS, 2014

Research Assistant Professor, WSU

Christopher Hendrickson, Ph.D. Horticulture, 2014

Chief Scientist at Aqua Yield Operations LLC

Sandy, UT

• Rachel Daniel, M.S. Horticulture 2014
• Marco Galli, M.S. Horticulture 2013
• Ge Fan, M.S. Agriculture 2013

Scott Schaeffer, Ph.D. MPS, 2013

Scientist, Indigo Agriculture

Boston, MA

Tyson Koepke, Ph.D. MPS, 2012

Post Doc, WSU

Kathie Nicholson – MS, Horticulture, 2011

Derick Jiwan, Ph.D. MPS, 2011

• Vandhana Krishnan, M.S. Computer Science 2011 – Scientist, Stanford University, CA