NAME? Kalenga Banda
HOMETOWN? Lusaka, Zambia
NAME? Nathan Wojtyna
HOMETOWN? Willington, Connecticut
NAME? Anne Kearney
NAME? Alec Moore
HOMETOWN? Watkins Glen, NY
HOMETOWN? Westbrook, CT
ADVISOR? Vanden Heuvel
ADVISOR? Watkins
ADVISOR? Peck
ADVISOR? Rossi
PROGRAM? PhD
PROGRAM? PhD
PROGRAM? MS
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?
Stellenbosch University. MSc Agric (Horticultural
Science)
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? A B.S.
in both Horticulture and Resource Economics from
the University of Connecticut
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? I
attended SUNY Cobleskill and received my Bachelor’s
degree in Plant Science in May of 2016.
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?
Colorado State University, MS in Horticulture –
viticulture and enology
MY HOBBIES ARE? My hobbies are lifting weights,
playing sports, and hunting.
MY HOBBIES ARE? Triathlons, trailing running,
mountain biking, playing the clarinet, hiking,
baking, gardening
MY HOBBIES ARE? Gardening, Cooking,
socializing, watching movies, sightseeing/travelling
MY HOBBIES ARE? Cooking, board games, playing
piano, painting, dancing, hiking
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS? Volleyball
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS?
Racquetball, Basketball
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 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? Documentaries
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? My favorite movie
genre is Action movies and sports movies.
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Finding Dory
LAST MOVIE I SAW? The last movie I saw was
Concussion with Will Smith
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.
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.
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
ADVISOR? Cheng
MY HOBBIES ARE? Hiking, reading, biking, and
cooking
MY HOBBIES ARE? Travel
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS? Ohio State
Buckeyes! OH-IO!
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS?
Basketball/ San Antonio Spurs
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? Comedy
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Sicario
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
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT
ABOUT YOU? Always having kinds of whimsies.
NAME? Carson Letot
NAME?
Peter C. Herzeelle
HOMETOWN? Hastings, MI
HOMETOWN? Beverly Farms, Massachusetts
NAME? Liang Chang
ADVISOR? Rossi/Perry
ADVISOR? Peck
HOMETOWN? Hebi China
PROGRAM? MS
ADVISOR? Kao-Kniffin
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?
Michigan State University – Crop & Soil Science
Michigan State University – Agriculture, Food, &
Natural Resources Education
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?
Skidmore College, Bachelor of Arts
PROGRAM? PhD
MY HOBBIES ARE? Golfing, Running, Hiking,
Woodworking, Skiing, and Mowing for Fun
MY HOBBIES ARE? Gardening, Reading,
fishing, Hiking, Camping, Running, Golf,
Restoration.
THE LAST BOOK I READ WAS? Brilliant Green by
Alessandra Viola
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Secret Life of Pets
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.
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
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.
.
PROGRAM? MPS
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?
Northwest A&F University - Master of
Agriculture
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT
YOU? In 2015 I tried to simultaneously start and
run 3 small businesses - only 1 was successful
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? Comedy,
Action, Thriller.
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!
PROGRAM? PhD
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? I think, therefore I am.
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Independence Day: Resurgence
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? You are never too old to
set another goal or to dream a new dream. – CS
Lewis
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? The
Ohio State University, B.S. Environmental Policy and
Management
MY FAVORITE QUOTE?
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? All of them. I’m a
major cinephile
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? Folk/Bluegrass
ADVISOR? Rakow
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? None.
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS? Boston
Red Sox, Boston Celtics, New England Patriots,
Boston Bruins, and Boston Cannons.
THE LAST BOOK I READ WAS? Finger Lakes
Wineries: A Pictorial History
HOMETOWN? China
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? Electro pop or folk
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS? Any Michigan
State sport, The Detroit Lions, and Chelsea Football
Club
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Captain America – Civil War
HOMETOWN? Hiram, Ohio
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? Folk song
PROGRAM? MPS
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE IS? Sci-Fi Comedy
NAME? Mengxia Zhang
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE IS? Soul, funk, R&B,
hip-hop, afrobeat (can’t choose a favorite!)
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT
YOU? I have played competitive 9-ball on a national
level and won some money!
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM IS?
Running/Denver Broncos, New York Yankees.
NAME? Andrew Pochedly
NAME? Sam Bosco
HOMETOWN? Millburn, NJ
PROGRAM? PhD
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
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
NAME? Ming-Yi Chou
NAME? Jeff Beem-Miller
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.
PLACE OF BIRTH? Taipei, Taiwan
PLACE OF BIRTH? Ithaca, NY
NAME? SeungHyun Ban (Paul)
ADVISOR? David Wolfe
PLACE OF BIRTH? South Korea
PROGRAM? MS
ADVISOR? Kenong Xu
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Oberlin
College, BA (Biology, Environmental Studies)
PROGRAM? Horticulture, PhD program
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 HOBBIES? Hiking, running, ultimate (Frisbee),
cooking, fermenting, gardening
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? PHX Suns
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Football/New
England Patriots
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Romance
comedy
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Comedy
LAST MOVIE I SAW? A brighter summery day
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Canoeligans
(Kickball)
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Anything good, funny,
or generally entertaining
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
LAST BOOK I READ? Terroir and other mysteries
of winegrowing
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Is Damien Rice
pop?
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.
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?
Il faout avoir le courage de ne rien faire It takes
courage to do nothing
有大勇者，無為而治
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? “We make our world
significant by the courage of our questions and the
depth of our answers.” – Carl Sagan
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’m a vegetarian but I like (veg)burger!
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU?
My great-great grandfather was elected mayor of
Ithaca in 1902.
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT
YOU? I hope to play some sports with you guts!
NAME? Raquel Kallas
NAME? Hans Walter-Peterson
NAME? Yiyi Zhang
PLACE OF BIRTH? Lynbrook, NY
PLACE OF BIRTH? Geneva, NY
PLACE OF BIRTH? Beijing, China
PROGRAM? PhD
ADVISOR? Dr. Justine Vanden Heuvel
ADVISOR? Justine Vanden Heuvel
ADVISOR? Chistopher Watkins
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? M. Sc.
Soil Science, Cornell University
PROGRAM? MPS in Viticulture
PROGRAM? Horticulture
PROGRAM? MS/PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?
Brandeis University, Environmental Studies
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? UCDavis, MS in Viticulture 2001
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?
Cornell University, Master
MY HOBBIES? Horseback riding, hiking,
travelling
MY HOBBIES? Cooking, choral signing
MY HOBBIES? Playing piano and guitar
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Any team
from Minnesota (except the Twins – they’re
just embarrassing this year)
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM?
Swimming
NAME? Marie Jasmijn Zwetsloot
PLACE OF BIRTH? Westernieland, Groningen, The
Netherlands
ADVISOR? Dr. Taryn Bauerle
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.
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? I’m the most
movie-ignorant person you’ll ever meet
LAST MOVIE I SAW? The Lobster
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE?
LAST BOOK I READ? Anna Karenina
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Spotlight
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Can’t pick just
one!
LAST BOOK I READ? Wine & War: The French,
the Nazis, and the Battle for France’s Greatest
Treature
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
PLACE OF BIRTH? Amherst, MA
ADVISOR? Nina Bassuk
NAME? Sarah Fiorello
PLACE OF BIRTH? Fairport, New York
ADVISOR? Dr. David Wolfe
PROGRAM? PhD
PROGRAM? Horticulture MPS
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? University
of New Hampshire – B.B. Environmental conservation,
Cornell University MPS Public Garden Leadership
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Cornell
University, B.S., Natural Resources
MY HOBBIES? Cider making, tree climbing, mountain
biking, foraging, seeing and playing live music
MY HOBBIES? Hiking, gardening, listening to live
music, cooking
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Easy Star All
Stars
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM?
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Documentary, action,
space sci-fi
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Historical drama, and
anything directed by Wes Anderson
LAST MOVIE I SAW? All the Way
LAST MOVIE I SAW? The Lobster
LAST BOOK I READ? Enders Game
LAST BOOK I READ? “Fly Guy meets Fly Girl” (to my 6
year old)
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.
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
MY FAVORITE QUOTE?
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? Miles Schwartz Sax
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Classical,
alternative
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Cartoon and
fantasy movies
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.
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT
YOU?
NAME? Hannah Swegarden
PLACE OF BIRTH? Rochester, MN
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? Phillip (Griff) Griffiths
ADVISOR? Thomas Bjorkman
PROGRAM? PhD – Horticulture (Minors in Plant
Breeding and Food Science)
PROGRAM? Horticulture
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.
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/instrumenta
l
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
NAME? Bryan Emmett
PLACE OF BIRTH? Okemos, MI
NAME? Jonathan Allred
NAME? Vinay Bhaskar
PLACE OF BIRTH? Manhattan Beach, CA
HOMETOWN? Kochi, Kerala, India
ADVISOR? Neil S. Mattson
ADVISOR? Steve Reiners
PROGRAM? Horticulture Biology
PROGRAM? Ph. D.
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?
University of Michigan, BS; School of Natural
Resources and Environment
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?
Cal Poly Pomona, Plant Science
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Kerala
Agricultural University, India
BS in Agriculture (B.Sc. Ag.)
MY HOBBIES? Family, fly-fishing, cooking
MY HOBBIES? Building Things
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM?
Whichever team is a few points behind
MY HOBBIES? Reading, thinking, engineering and
building things, some writing, hanging out
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM?
ADVISOR? Laurie Drinkwater
PROGRAM? PhD
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Comedies
LAST MOVIE I SAW? What we do in the
shadows
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Drama
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORT TEAM? Don’t have
one
LAST BOOK I READ? One Mans Wilderness
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? Me Before You
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Funk and Reggae!
LAST BOOK I READ? My Struggle by Karl Ove
Knausgaard .. Though only thirty pages so far…
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Country
LAST MOVIE I SAW? The Stallion
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? I don’t really have one.
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Modern rock
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? The time to make
bold choices is when you are young.
THE LAST BOOK I READ? ‘Make me’, Lee Child
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.
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 have more pets than I should.
NAME? Emily Reiss
PLACE OF BIRTH? Kathmandu, Nepal
PLACE OF BIRTH? Stockton, NJ
ADVISOR? Courtney A. Weber
ADVISOR? Laurie Drinkwater
PROGRAM? PhD (Horticulture)
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?
University of Arkansas, MS in Cell and Molecular
Biology
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?
University of Rochester, BS
MY HOBBIES? Gardening, CC skiing, sailing
MY HOBBIES? Cooking, travelling, dancing
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? Soccer
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM? New
England Patriots
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Drama/Science
Fiction
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Comedy
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Folk
MY FAVORITE QUOTE? Be happy for this moment.
This moment is yoru life. – Omar Khayyam
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.
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT
YOU? I like collecting wind chimes .
NAME? Annika Huber
NAME? Grant Thompson
PLACE OF BIRTH? Warmensteinach, Germany
PLACE OF BIRTH? Des Moines, Iowa
ADVISOR? Dr. Taryn Bauerle
ADVISOR? Jenny Kao-Kniffin
PROGRAM? PhD
PROGRAM? PhD
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE?
Technical University of Munich, Germany (TUM),
Master’s in Forest Science.
LAST UNIVERSITY ATTENDED AND DEGREE? Cornell
University, MS Horticulture
MY HOBBIES? Biking, yoga, gardening, crocheting
birds
MY FAVORITE SPORT/SPORTS TEAM?
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? documentary
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Spotlight
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? Quiet: The power of
introverts in a world that can’t stop talking by
Susan Cain
LAST BOOK I READ? Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? I like classical music
and oldies.
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
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? Eric Fabio
HOMETOWN? Spartanburg, SC
PLACE OF BIRTH? Bogota, Colombia
ADVISOR? Larry Smart
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.
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
MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE? Documentary
LAST MOVIE I SAW? The Martian
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? All kinds
NAME? Juana Munoz Ucros (yup all Colombians
have 2 last names)
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Selma
LAST BOOK I READ? Crazy in Alabama
LAST BOOK I READ? Palpasa Café by Narayan
Wagle
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.
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT
YOU? I once spent three nights on the side of El
Captain in Yosemite.
NAME? Arachana Khadgi
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? Not sure
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? ‘90s alternative rock
WHAT’S A RANDOM/INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU?
I’m a professional landscape architect and left practice
to return to graduate school.
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Forest Gump
THE LAST BOOK I READ? Statistical Analysis of
Regional Yield Trials: AMMI Analysis of Factorial
Designs
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
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
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 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
LAST MOVIE I SAW? Either Kung Fu Panda 3 or
The Lobster
THE LAST BOOK I READ? Jitterbug Perfume by
Tom Robbins
LAST BOOK I READ? Hyperion
MY FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE? I can’t pick just
one! I could listen to Andrew Bird forever though
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.
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