The Undergraduate Student Collective
Undergraduate Students who obtained research experience in the Dhingra laboratory
Key to awards or fellowships won by undergraduate students while they were in my program and utilized their ongoing research experience to apply to the fellowships. I provided letters of recommendation citing their performance in laboratory research.
- NSF CURE Fellowship
- Department of Defense SMART Fellowship
- College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resource Sciences Undergraduate Research Award
- First prize in WSU Undergraduate Research Poster competition
- Outstanding Senior
- Global Plant Sciences Initiative Undergraduate Fellowship
- College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resource Sciences Ambassador
- WSU International Scholar Award
- WSU Auvil Undergraduate Fellowship
- McNair Fellowship
- Scottish Rite Foundation Scholarship of Spokane
- National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates
- Ignite Fellowship – College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resource Sciences Ambassador
| Major | Undergraduate Student | Year | Where are they now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture Business | 12Becky Zhong | 2013-summer | Ph.D. NCSU |
| Art | Kenneth Webb | 2010 - 2013 | Employed in CA |
| Biochemistry | 12Naeh Lyron Klages-Mundt | 2012-summer | Ph.D. MD Anderson Cancer center |
| Biochemistry | 12Sequoia Leuba | 2012-summer | Ph.D. Public Health, Yale University |
| Biochemistry | 12Haley Eleanor Faith Allen | 2013-summer | Associate Research Specialist at the UW Carbone Cancer Center |
| Biochemistry | Chelsea Crabb | 2016-summer | Seattle University Undergrad |
| Bioengineering | Amanda Porter | 2010 - 2011 | Employed |
| Bioengineering | Bernadette Quint | 2010 - 2013 | Employed |
| Biology | Angela Clark | 2011 - summer | Graduate School |
| Biology | 12Jamil Baskett | 2013-summer | USDA - NRCS |
| Biology and Cultural Anthropology | 12Krizia-Ivana Tan Udquim | 2013-summer | Post-Bac at National Cancer Institute, NIH |
| Biology | Sonia Weatherly | 2014 - 2015 | WSU Undergrad |
| Biology | Julian Ponsford | 2014 - 2015 | WSU Undergrad |
| Biology | Jessica Brar | 2016-summer | Heritage Undergrad |
| Biology | Corbin Schuster | 2016-summer | Professor at Heritage and researcher with Zebrafish Inter. Resource Center at Univ. of Oregon |
| Biology | 12Brittany LeGrant | 2012 - summer | High School Science Teacher - Clayton County, GA |
| Biology | 12Jasmine Scott | 2012 - summer | Research Assistant |
| Biology | 12Jeronda Hunt | 2012-summer | Teacher |
| Biology | 12Mario Barco | 2012-summer | Senior analysis BioAgilytix, NC |
| Biology/Clinical Lab Sci | 12Jeanette Rodriguez | 2014 and 2015-Summer | MS at WSU |
| Biology | 12Aric Washines | 2015-summer | Teaching Associate at Heritage |
| Biology | Ashley Koepke | 2010 | University of Great Falls |
| Biology | David Rockefeller | 2010 - 2013 | Employed |
| Biomedical Sciences | 12Isabel Cueva | 2014-summer | MS at Heritage |
| Biotechnology | 12Kiara Blanca | 2011 - summer | Employed |
| Biotechnology | 12Keeona Lawrence | 2011 - summer | Employed |
| Biotechnology | 12Piedad Alcala | 2012-summer | Medical technologist |
| Chemical Eng. | Payden Waldo | 2011 | Employed |
| Civil engineering | 1Christina Duncan | 2009 - 2011 | Employed at CH2M |
| Civil Engineering | 2,3Danielle Druffel | 2007 - 2008 | Department of Defense, Graduate School |
| Computer Sci | John Grimes | 2011 - 2012 | Amazon |
| Computer Sci | Joshua Boren | 2014 - 2015 | Employed in CA |
| Computer Sci | Brian Fleck | 2013 - 2014 | Employed in WA |
| Computer Sci | 12Lydia Paradiso | 2012 - summer | MSc Edinburgh |
| Criminal justice | Katherine McFerson | 2009 | Attorney |
| Crops, Soil Sci | 3,4,5Aaron White | 2009 - 2011 | Simplot, ID |
| Electrical Eng. | Eric Shay | 2010 | Panasonic, WA |
| Electrical Eng. | 6Farooq Khan | 2008 | Employed |
| Electrical Eng. | James Windau | 2011 | Employed |
| Food Science | 3,4,7,9Matt Allan | 2009 - 2011 | Purdue Grad School |
| Food Science | 3,5,7Maureen McFerson | 2009 - 2010 | Employed in food industry |
| Food Science | Pablo Corredor | 2011 - 2013 | WSU Undergrad student |
| Food Science | 12Olivia Schertz | 2014-summer | Clemson Undergrad |
| Genetics | Andrew Marron | 2010 - 2011 | Employed |
| Genetics | Christopher Vincent | 2010 - 2011 | Employed, Seattle, WA |
| Genetics | Michela Quickstad | 2010 - 2012 | Prod. Mgr., Phytelligence |
| Genetics | 10Nohely Velasques | 2010 - 2013 | State Dept. of Education |
| History | Steven Hartwig | 2011 - 2012 | Employed |
| Honors College | Emily Rose Rodgers | 2011 | Graduate School |
| Honors College | Ryan Christian | 2011 - 2013 | PhD completed 2019 Employed in industry |
| Horticulture | 3Alejandro Baeza | 2009 - 2011 | Farming in MX |
| Horticulture | 5Brittany Komm | 2010 - 2011 | Employed in Wine industry |
| Horticulture | 3Dane Scarimbolo | 2008 - 2010 | Enologist, Argentina |
| Horticulture | 3,5James Crabb | 2009 | WSU Graduate School PhD completed Employed at WSU |
| Horticulture | Justine Poff | 2007 | Teaching |
| Horticulture | 3,5,6Kathie Nicholson | 2007 - 2009 | Graduate School |
| Horticulture | 3Shane Moore | 2007 - 2009 | Enologist |
| Horticulture | 3,9Tyler Armour | 2009 - 2010 | Enologist |
| Human Development | Sequoia Dance | 2015 - summer | WSU Undergrad student |
| Integrated Plant Sci, AgBiotech | Coleman Schnebly | 2016 | WSU Undergrad student |
| Integrated Plant Sci - Tree Fruit Management | 13David Gunkel | 2015 | WSU Undergrad student |
| Integrated Plant Sci - Fruit and Veg | 13Alexa Hintze | 2016 | WSU Undergrad student |
| Integrated Plant Sci - Fruit and Veg | 13Paige Kershaw | 2016 | WSU Undergrad student |
| Integrated Plant Sci - AgBiotech | Erica Conway | 2014 | Study Abroad - China |
| Integrated Plant Sci - AgBiotech | 9Brennan Hyden | 2014 - present | Cornell PhD |
| Integrated Plant Sci - AgBiotech | Nicholas Conti | 2014 - 2015 | WSU Undergrad student |
| Integrated Plant Sci - Fruits | 9,12Jonathan Abarca | 2012 - 2015 | MS at UW |
| Mathematics | 11Cory Druffel | 2009 - 2010 | Teacher |
| Mechanical Eng | Dustin DeMars | 2008 | Employed |
| Microbiology | Amanda Medina | 2009 - 2010 | Employed |
| Microbiology | Christine Tong | 2007 | Employed |
| Microbiology | 3Fantahun Tedla | 2008 | Physician's Assistant |
| Microbiology | Florita Garcia | 2009 | Employed |
| Microbiology | Kalekidan Malakau | 2008 | Nursing |
| Microbiology | 3,7Salma Tariq | 2008 - 2010 | Nursing |
| Microbiology | Sean Scott | 2010 | NA |
| Microbiology | Thomas Contreras | 2011 - 2012 | Dental School |
| Molecular Bio | Brittany Urso | 2010 - 2012 | Medical School |
| Molecular Bio | Jennifer Hartwig | 2010 - 2011 | Lab Scientist, Seattle |
| Native Environmental Science | Na'ta'ne Miles | 2016-summer | Northwest Indian College Undergrad |
| Natural Resource | 12Samuel Torpey | 2015-summer | UI Undergrad student |
| Physics | Jake Abel | 2008 - 2009 | Ph.D. Physics Purdue |
| Physics | Kenneth Dorrance | 2010 - 2012 | Unknown |
| Physics/CS | 12Julian Jones | 2012 - summer | Employed in CS industry |
| Physics | 12Destin Holland | 2013 - summer | Univ of North Florida ? Undergrad Student |
| Plant Sciences | 12Philip Latimore | 2013 - summer | FVSU Undergrad Student |
| Plant Sciences | 12Kelli Russel | 2014-summer | FVSU Undergrad Student |
| Plant Sciences | 12Andrea Mathis | 2014-summer | FVSU Undergrad Student |
| Plant Sciences | 12Danielle Guzman | 2015 - summer | WSU Graduate School |
| Pre med | Karla Rivera | 2010 | Medical Doctor |
| Pre med | Valeria Lopez-Lozano | 2009 - 2010 | Medical Doctor |
| Sociology | Lidia Torres | 2009 | Unknown |
| Sports Management | Shirley Guzman | 2016-summer | Univ of Hawaii Undergrad |
| Sports Science | Maria Eggleston | Fall 2018 - Spring 2019 | Graduated WSU |
| Viticulture and Enology | Lily Beckwith | Spring 2019 | WSU |
| Biochemistry | Cameron Weller | Fall 2018 - Spring 2019 | WSU |
| Biochemistry | Emma Smith | Spring 2019 | WSU |
| Biology | Cal French | Fall 2020 | WSU |
| June Labbancz | Fall 2019-Fall 2020 | Texas A&M Graduate School | |
| Megan Johnsen | Fall 2020 | WSU | |
| Ag Biotech | Kamryn Clements | Fall 2020 | WSU MPS Graduate school |
| Viticulture and Enology | Vanessa Castrejon | Fall 2020 | WSU |
| Ag Biotechnology | Lydia Halvorson | 2021 | WSU |
| Management Information Systems | Greyson Phillips | 2019-2021 | Boeing |
| Neuroscience | Michelle Mendoza | 2021 | WSU |
| Environmental Engineering | Connor Barr | 2022-2023 | WSU, graduated Fall 2023 |
| Viticulture and Enology | Lucy Frey | 2022-2023 | Graduated WSU Fall 2023. Working in viticulture industry |
| Computer Science | John Lancaster | 2019-2021 | Schweitzer Engineering |