Members

Turf Pathology/Breeding Laboratory
Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
100 French Hall
230 Stockbridge Rd.
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003

Phone: (413) 577-3303
Email: turf@psis.umass.edu

	Geunhwa Jung Associate Professor Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences 206 French Hall University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 Phone:(413) 545-2243 Fax: (413)545-3075 jung@psis.umass.edu

Geunhwa Jung
Associate Professor Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
206 French Hall
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone:(413) 545-2243
Fax: (413)545-3075
jung@psis.umass.edu

	Jon Hulvey Postdoctoral Researcher My work in the Turf Pathology and Breeding Lab concerns several aspects of the genetics and biology of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa. Areas of research include population genetics, mechanisms of resistance to fungicides, and molecular systematics.

Jon Hulvey
Postdoctoral Researcher

My work in the Turf Pathology and Breeding Lab concerns several aspects of the genetics and biology of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa. Areas of research include population genetics, mechanisms of resistance to fungicides, and molecular systematics.

	James “Jay” Popko Research Associate As a research associate in the Jung lab, I conduct field efficacy testing of fungal control agents, conduct in vitro fungicide sensitivity assays for Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, advise golf course superintendents on management of fungicide resistant S. homoeocarpa populations, write scientific and extension articles, run the website, keep the lab stocked and oversee maintenance of plant collections and field plots.

James “Jay” Popko
Research Associate

As a research associate in the Jung lab, I conduct field efficacy testing of fungal control agents, conduct in vitro fungicide sensitivity assays for Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, advise golf course superintendents on management of fungicide resistant S. homoeocarpa populations, write scientific and extension articles, run the website, keep the lab stocked and oversee maintenance of plant collections and field plots.

	Hyunkyu Sang PhD Student As a Ph. D. student in the Turf Pathology and Breeding Lab, I conduct research on the genetic mechanism of resistance to demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa.

Hyunkyu Sang
PhD Student

As a Ph. D. student in the Turf Pathology and Breeding Lab, I conduct research on the genetic mechanism of resistance to demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa.

Previous Members

	Katie Campbell-Nelson Research Associate As the general research coordinator for the turf pathology and breeding lab, I helped plan and participated in experiments, organized field trials, responded to service requests, wrote and edited extension articles, ran the website, kept lab supplies stocked, and oversaw maintenance of our plant collections in the greenhouse.

Katie Campbell-Nelson
Research Associate

As the general research coordinator for the turf pathology and breeding lab, I helped plan and participated in experiments, organized field trials, responded to service requests, wrote and edited extension articles, ran the website, kept lab supplies stocked, and oversaw maintenance of our plant collections in the greenhouse.

	Loreto Araneda Master Student

Loreto Araneda
Master Student

	Scott StPierre Undergraduate Student

Scott StPierre
Undergraduate Student

	Sara Weil PhD Student I am a Plant Biology student doing a rotation in the Jung Lab. I am working with Loreto, developing PCR-based markers (conserved intron spanning primers; CISPs) for cool season turf grass species and other Pooideae species based on EST sequence comparison between Agrostis and Brachypodium.

Sara Weil
PhD Student

I am a Plant Biology student doing a rotation in the Jung Lab. I am working with Loreto, developing PCR-based markers (conserved intron spanning primers; CISPs) for cool season turf grass species and other Pooideae species based on EST sequence comparison between Agrostis and Brachypodium.

	Changho Ok Postdoctoral Researcher I studied fungicide resistance and field efficacy of dollar spot (Sclerotinia homoeocarpa) populations both in vitro and in field experiments on several golf course fairways throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Changho Ok
Postdoctoral Researcher

I studied fungicide resistance and field efficacy of dollar spot (Sclerotinia homoeocarpa) populations both in vitro and in field experiments on several golf course fairways throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut.

	Leah Zivalic Research Associate I worked on identifying the molecular mechanism/s responsible for fungicide resistance in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa.

Leah Zivalic
Research Associate

I worked on identifying the molecular mechanism/s responsible for fungicide resistance in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa.

	Jeonghwa Lee Postdoctoral Researcher I researched functional genomic approaches for fungicide resistance. In particular, I investigated the determinant factors controlling fungicide resistance in the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia homoeocarpa found on golf courses

Jeonghwa Lee
Postdoctoral Researcher

I researched functional genomic approaches for fungicide resistance.
In particular, I investigated the determinant factors controlling fungicide resistance in the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia homoeocarpa found on golf courses

	Sujan Lama Undergraduate Student.

Sujan Lama
Undergraduate Student.

	Emily Olesin Undergraduate Student For my Commonwealth College honors thesis project I am examining genetic differences between free-living and attached forms of the common marine brown alga Pylaiella littoralis(L.) Kjellman. While the Jung lab is foremost a turf pathology laboratory, it has the people and the equipment to foster other molecular projects like mine. Working in the Jung lab has been an eye-opening research experience that has helped prepare me for a career in molecular studies.

Emily Olesin
Undergraduate Student

For my Commonwealth College honors thesis project I am examining genetic differences between free-living and attached forms of the common marine brown alga Pylaiella littoralis(L.) Kjellman. While the Jung lab is foremost a turf pathology laboratory, it has the people and the equipment to foster other molecular projects like mine. Working in the Jung lab has been an eye-opening research experience that has helped prepare me for a career in molecular studies.