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Theses and Dissertations

Ever wonder what kind of thesis projects students have worked on while here in our program? Check out the topics our students explored!

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Name	Thesis/Dissertation Title
Bhavit Chhabra	DESIGNING INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT IN WHEAT
Miracle Osazee Omoregbee,	Transgene-free Genome Editing in Poplar
Elliott Kenney	Defining Disability-Centered Design Through Practice: Centering Neurodiversity in a Conservation Park Design
Eve Josar	STEWARDSHIP, FOOD SECURITY, COMMUNITY: NATURE-BASED INTERVENTIONS TO SUPPORT ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, FOOD EQUITY AND YIELDS, AND COMMUNITY INCLUSION AT A SMALL URBAN FARM.
Lauren Elizabeth Hudson	BOARDWALK NATURE TRAILS: A STRATEGY TO MITIGATE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITY ON THE LANDSCAPE
Dana Watkiss	Solar Power for All: Exploring the Potential of Solar Energy in Broadway East, Baltimore
Emily Johnson	ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF AMINOETHOXYVINYLGLYCINE AND 1- METHYLCYCLOPROPENE ON PREHARVEST FRUIT DROP AND CRACKING, QUALITY, AND RELATED GENE EXPRESSION OF ‘AMBROSIA’ AND ‘FUJI’ APPLES IN THE MID-ATLANTIC
Stephanie Pully	A LANDSCAPE FOR LEARNING AT THE CENTRAL MARYLAND RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER HEADQUARTERS
Stephanie Cavanaugh	Sowing Seeds of Sustainability at the Deale Community Library
Shannon Margaret Rotella	THE EFFECTS OF SHOOT THINNING AND POST-BLOOM LEAF REMOVAL ON FRUIT ROTS AND DOWNY MILDEW FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE IN MID ATLANTIC VINEYARDS
Yvette Tamukong	FROM VIRAL DYNAMICS TO EPIGENETIC INTERVENTION: INSIGHTS INTO PLUM POX VIRUS DYNAMICS IN A PERENNIAL HOST AND CRISPRA-MEDIATED ACTIVATION OF ANTIVIRAL RNAI DEFENSE GENES
Cara Peterson	DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF COVER CROP RESIDENUE ON SOCIAL MOISTURE DYNAMICS IN NO-TILL FIELDS USING MODELING AND EXPERIMENT APPROACHES

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Name	Thesis/Dissertation Title
Inderjit Sing Yadav	GENOMICS ENABLED GENE DISCOVERY IN DIPLOID AND POLYPLOID WHEAT
Patrick R. Boyle	DESIGNING AN ACCESSIBLE AGRICULTURAL GARDEN: CONNECTING SOLIDARITY & AGROECOLOGY
Adam W. Schoen	INTEGRATING FORWARD AND REVERSE GENETIC TOOLS FOR FAST FORWARDING WHEAT IMPROVEMENT
Azadeh Esmaeli	INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BUILT AND NATURAL WINDOW VIEWS, AND STUDENTS PERCEIVED RESTORATION USING VRITUAL REALITY
Katherine McCormick	Co-Creating the Yard: A study in defining dignity in the workplace for landscape labor
Brandt Dirmeyer	INTEGRATED EDIBLE LANDSCAPES: CELEBRATING MULTICULTURALISM AT BROOKSIDE GARDENS
Mary Christensen	Spreading the Seeds of a Solidarity Landscape: Co-creating a Biophilic Landscape and Training Curriculum in Northern Italy
Shipon Md Miah	MAKING APPLES BLUSH: UNDERSTANDING HOW THE COMBINED USE OF REFLECTIVE GROUNDCOVERS AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS IMPACT RED SKIN COLORATION AND QUALITY OF ‘HONEYCRISP’ APPLES IN THE MID-ATLANTIC US
Lillyanna House	Refining the understanding of the crosstalk between auxin and indolic defense compound metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana to improve transferability of the model system to major crops
Boyoung Park	THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPS) ON HOUSING SALE PRICES IN WASHINGTTHE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPS) ON HOUSING SALE PRICES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.ON, D.C.
Erin Myers	PRODUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL HEMP (CANNABIS SATIVA) FOR FIBER PRODUCTION IN MARYLAND: OPTIMIZING PLANTING DATE FOR FIBER YIELD, QUALITY, AND WEED MANAGEMENT
Jennifer Morash	THE USE OF ORGANIC WASTE PRODUCTS AS SOIL AMENDMENTS FOR TURFGRASS ESTABLISHMENT: EFFECTS AND REGULATORY INFLUENCES

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Daniel Bentley	Improving tree canopy cover within single family residential front yards and the case for neighborhood trees case study: Galway elementary school district
Carrie Perkins	To What Extent Do Mode of Reproduction, Levels of Genotypic Diversity, and Connectivity in Vallisneria americana Michx. Confer Resilience to a Changing Climate?
Helen Boniface	Quantifying climate-smart farming practices for improved management and long-term carbon storage
Alison Schulenburg	Management options for farmers facing saltwater intrusion on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay
Debra Shteinberg	Illuminating Public Spaces Through Artful Lighting Design: A Response to the Proposed Elevated Seawall on Staten Island
Aliya Mejias	Applying Green Complete Streets on Georgia Avenue NW: Redesigning an Urban Right-of-Way for Sustainable Mobility and Urban Water Quality
Audrey Seiz	The Brain Does Not Lie: A Case Study of Psychophysiology and Landscape in South Clifton Park
Erin Callahan	Growing Stewards – Reimagining a Historic Landscape as a Venue for Climate Change Awareness through Education, Adaptation, and Play
Matthew Reise	From Harm to Hope: Reimagining an Abandoned Asylum as a Space of Reflection, Rejuvenation, and Rejoice
Shravya Peddigari	Understanding Organic and Conventional Turfgrass Management Programs and Rhizosphere Microbiome for Sports Turf in Maryland
Lauren Marshall	Reimagining Vacant Assets with a Land Use Economy System: Design to deliver diverse benefits
Marci-Ann Smith	Creating Space for Nature Rx at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Micaela Ada	A Place in Public Space: Re-designing Palmer Park to be Autism-friendly for Adults
Taylor Schulden	Positional Cloning of Broad-Spectrum Leaf Rust Resistance Gene, Lr57, from Aegilops geniculata, a Tertiary Gene Pool Member of Wheat
Jainee Priyesh Shah	Reviving Connections: A Proposal to Improve Water Quality of the Anacostia River and Connect the City to its River through Sustainable Urbanism
Stephen Carl Boushell	Spray Strategies and Selection for Fungicide Resistance: Fenhexamid Resistance in Botrytis cinerea as a Case Study

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Martin, Bryn	RE-RO(O/U)TING: Reconfiguring mobilities and materialities through the design of a green-blue infrastructure corridor in Baltimore, Maryland
Sretenovic, Simon	Developing and Improving CRISPR-Based Genome Editing Technologies in Plants
Castillo Gonzalez, Humberto	Investigating the hyperdiversity of fungal endophytes in wild Rubiaceae tropical plants and coffee plantations.
Malzahn, Aimee Alyssa	Developing and Expanding CRISPR-Cas Plant Genome Engineering Systems
Fann, Audrey Erin	On the Verge: A Design Framework Using Landscape Ecology and Edge Design Principles to Reconnect Habitats and Diversify Vegetation in Southeast Texas
Mallory, Jonathan Richard	Healing with Nature: Integrating Biodiversity at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center
Cosseboom, Scott David	Epidemiology and Fungicide Sensitivity of Grape Late Season Bunch Rots in the Mid-Atlantic
Savio, Hannah L	After the Flood: Designing Land Reuse in New York's Hudson Valley
Deaver, Wesley	The Plant Rhizosphere-Phyllosphere Connection: Analysis of root-associated Pseudomonas sp. -induced changes in Fruit Surface Phytochemical Profiles of Heirloom and Modern Tomato cultivars and effect on Salmonella enterica association
Stokes, Bridget Allison	Designing for the People: A Participatory Design Approach for Duane Avenue Park
Singh, Lovepreet	Multifaceted Approaches to Control Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat: Genetic Mapping, Mechanistic Studies, and Fungicide Efficacy Analyses
Liu, Xingchen	Integrating Food Safety and Sustainability: Investigating Lettuce and Kale Interactions with Salmonella as Influenced by Stress and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria
Moody, Kelsey	A Study into the Application of Occupational Therapy Theoretical Framework in a Public Space Design for Kirkwood Neighborhood Park
Ren, Xiaojin	A Nature Space for Wellness: Outdoor Design for the Villa Rosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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Alison Kimber Sachs	CONFLUENCE COMMMUNITY PARK: A FRAMEWORK FOR SENSORY LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Matthew Rausch	INCORPORTATING COMPLETE STREETS PRINCIPLES INTO MAIN STREETS OF AMERICA'S RURAL SMALL - TOWNS: A DESIGN CASE STUDY IN SLEEPY EYE, MINNESOTA
Christopher Samoray	GUIDING DESIGN FOR SEA-LEVEL RISE AND STORM SURGE IN NATIONAL PARKS: AN EXAMPLE AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE POTOMAC AND ANACOSTIA RIVERS NEAR THE TIDAL BASIN IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Christian Romero	MEMORIA EN CAPAS
Emma Podietz	APPLYING VEGETATION DYNAMICS THEORY TO THE LONG-TERM ECOLOGIC AL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT OF URBAN PUBLIC PARKS: UPPER LONG BRANCH STREAM VALLEY, MARYLAND
Lauren Reed Gray	SOUND OF THE CITY: CREATING A BALANCED SOUND COMPOSITION IN URBAN GREEN SPACES
Qiuchen Luo	UNDERSTANDING SPECIES AND FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE IN COLLETOTRICHUM POPULATIONS FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC STRAWBERY FIELDS
Joseph Doherty	INVESTIGATING CULUTRAL PRACTICEES TO IMPROVE THE EFFICACY AND RELIABILITY OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ORGANISMS IN TURFGRASS SYSTEMS
Juan Camilo Barbosa-Caro	ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE 3.7 UNDERLIES ROOT MORPHOPOLGY AND SIGNALING VIA MEMBRANE POTENTIAL HOMEOSTASIS
Tiffany Marie Wong	INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROLE OF UVR8 IN BLANACING GROWTH AND ACCLIMATION TO UV-B RADIATION IN NATURAL AND TRANSGENIC POPULUS VARIANTS

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Name	Thesis/Dissertation Title
Afruz Rahmati	A LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS AT THE FRIENDS HOUSE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
Sarah Turner	A WILDLIFE CROSSING MODEL FOR THE GOLDEN LION TAMARIN
Sarah Wallace	A DESIGN FOR NATURE RX ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CAMPUS
Dani Weissman	Saltwater intrusion alters nitrogen and phosphorus transformations in coastal agroecosystems
Sherry Russell	THE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF COMMUNITY MANAGED OPEN SPACES ON RESIDENTIAL HOUSE SALE PRICES IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, MD
Bruk Belayneh	IMPROVING IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT AND ROW COVER USE IN STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION

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Nancy Sonti	ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF URBAN FOREST PATCHES
Katherine Ferguson	EXPERIENTIAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR EDUCATION: OXON RUN PARK AS A REGIONAL EDUCATION RESOURCE
Lotoia Simpson	ECO-HABITATS - USING ECOLOGICAL DESIGN FOR AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE HABITATS ON GOLF COURSES: CASE STUDY AT LANGSTON GOLF COURSE, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Bruce Levine	IDENTIFYING HIGHLY CONSERVED PATHOGENICITY GENES IN CHESTNUT BLIGHT AND POWDERY MILDEW FUNGI AS TARGETS FOR NOVEL FORMS OF HOST RESISTANCE
Keren Zhang	Westport Waterfront: An Alternative Approach to Post-Industrial Rejuvenation in Baltimore
Angela Marie Cecelia Ferelli	SALMONELLA ENTERICA STRATEGIES FOR PERSISTENCE ON TOMATO (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM) AND SEROVAR DYNAMICS IN SURFACE AND RECLAIMED WATER
Joshua Gaimaro	Nitrogen cycling by grass-brassica mixtures in the Mid-Atlantic
Candace Pritchard	SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF PHOTOTROPISM IN ARABIDOPSIS SEEDLINGS
Pamela Parker	ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE ON URBAN RESIDENTIAL STREETS BY CREATING PLACES FOR PEOPLE AND TREES
Robert Korir	FUSARIUM SPECIES OF CUCUMIS MELO IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION OF THE US AND THEIR IMPACT ON SALMONELLA ENTERICA NEWPORT SURVIVAL AND INTERNALIZATION ON VARIOUS MELON CULTIVARS

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Reza Mabadi	THE CREATION, EVOLUTION , AND DEGRADATION OF THERAPEUTIC LANDSCAPE DURING THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES IN THE UNITED STATES
Jorah Fawn Reinstein	TOWARD CONSERVATION OF MAGNOLIA BOGS ON UTILITY RIGHTS-OF-WAY: INCREASING IMAGEABILITY
Briana Otte	MANAGING WATER, NITROGEN, AND ALLELOPATHY WITH A CEREAL RYE COVER CROP
Louis Thorne	Bt GENETICS EFFECT ON CORN HYBRID PERFORMANCE: A COMPARISON OF TWO NEAR ISOLINE CORN HYBRIDS
Mark Jenness	ANALYSIS OF ARABIDOPSIS ABCB AUXIN TRANSPORTER MUTANTS REVEALS A PRIMARY ROLE IN MEMBRANE EXCLUSION
Joseph Doherty	UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCE OF MICROBIAL SOURCES AND TIME ON THE DEVELOPING CREEPING BENTGRASS MICROBIOME
Jennifer Ren	CHOREOGRAPHING A GREENWAY: EXPLORING EXPERIENTIAL DIVERSITY THROUGH CHOREOGRAPHIC DANCE PRINCIPLES
Matthew Zerfas	REGENERATIVE STORMWATER CONVEYANCE: TECHNIQUES TO WATERSHED STEWARDSHIP & TURNING STORMWATER LIABILITIES INTO AMENITIES
Joshua Franklin	TRANSFORMING ECOLOGICALLY DEFICIENT ROADSIDE GREENSPACE INTO QUALITY POLLINATOR HABITAT
Avantika Dalal	DESIGNING NEIGHBORHOODS FOR ACTIVE LIVING: THROUGH TRAIL AND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
Laura Robinson	THE SURVIVORS’ MONUMENT: AN EMPOWERING AND HEALING LANDSCAPE FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THEIR SUPPORTERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

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Demetra Skaltsas	DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES IN TWO AMAZONIAN HARDWOOD GENERA
Kasuni Wattarantenne	The MEIOTIC PROPHASE AMINOPEPTIDASE 1 regulates polyploidy in Arabidopsis thaliana
Wanpeng Wang	INVESTIGATION OF ARABIDOPSIS TSO1, A REGULATOR OF CELL PROLIFERATION AND DIFFERENTIATION
Renee LaGue	Wild to Wildscape: Designing the Urban Wild
Che-Wei Yi	TRANSFORMING VACANT LAND: A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF DRUID HEIGHTS, BALTIMORE
Charles Reilly	WALK ALONG THE RIVER: COMMUNITY DESIGN PROCESS FOR THE NORTON RIVERWALK

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Christopher T. Frye/ Maile C. Neel	BENEFITS OF GENE FLOW ARE MEDIATED BY INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY IN SELF-COMPATIBILITY IN SMALL ISOLATED POPULATIONS OF AN ENDEMIC PLANT SPECIES
Tamara Diane Collum	CHARACTERIZATION OF TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS DIRECTED REPROGRAMMING OF PHLOEM GENE EXPRESSION TO PROMOTE VIRAL PHLOEM LOADING AND SYSTMEIC MOVEMENT
Cesar S. Herrera/ Yuuri Hirooka/ Priscila Chaverri	PSEUDOCOSPECIATION OF THE MYCOPARASITE COSMOSPORA WITH THEIR FUNGAL HOSTS
Katelin Marie Posthuma	Kintsugi: A New Framework For Post-Industrial Transformation
Jun Zhang	IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF IAA OXIDASES AND THEIR ROLE IN IAA HOMEOSTATIC REGULATION IN ARABIDOPSIS
Cody Kepher	UNDERSTANDING LATE SEASON FRUIT ROT PATHOSYSTEMS AND INSECT INTERACTIONS IN MID-ATLANTIC VINEYARDS
Sarah Michelle Allard	Bacterial communities of the specialty crop phyllosphere: response to biological soil amendment use, rainfall, and insect visitation
Jun Jiang	A MORE COMPLETE STREET A STREET FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY, NORTH EAST STREET, FREDERICK, MARYLAND – A DESIGN INVESTIGATION OF DIFFERENT STREET DESIGN THEORIES
Laura Kristine Templeton	Changes in the community structure of urban and rural forest patches in Baltimore from 1998 to 2015
Nathan Allen	MOWING TO GROWING: TRANSFORMING A MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE TO URBAN AGRICULTURE IN BALTIMORE CITY
Amina Ibrahim Mohamed	SHIFTING SCALES, ADJUSTING LENSES: A FRAMEWORK FOR INVESTIGATING BALTIMORE’S URBAN VACANCY
George Sorvalis	MAXIMIZING LANDSCAPE PERFORMANCE AT ADVENTIST HOSPITAL: HEALING THE PEOPLE, HEALING SLIGO CREEK
Kathleen Hayes	Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance: Design Implications of an Urban Case Demonstration in Baltimore, Maryland
Xiayun Xiao	EFFECT OF COMPOST ON THE MICROCLOVER ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF COMPOST AND MICROCLOVER TO REDUCE LAWN NUTRIENT RUNOFF
Chioma Egekwu	Influence of Nitrogen and Sink Competition on Shoot Growth of Poplar

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Jordon Harris/ Yilmaz Balci	POPULATION STRUCTURE OF THE BACTERIAL PATHOGEN XYELLA FASTIDIOSA AMONG STREET TREES IN WASHINGTON D.C.
Nicholas William Yoder	Changing Course: Repurposing Golf Landscapes for Wildlife Habitat and Recreation
Daniela Michelle Miller	Genetic Control of Flowering Time in a Soft Red Winter Wheat Doubled Haploid Population
Siqi Chen	EVALUATION OF COMPOST TOPDRESSING, COMPOST TEA AND CULTIVATION ON TALL FESCUE QUALITY, SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND SOIL MICROBIAL ACTIVITY
Yaopeng Zhou	MAPPING QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI FOR GRAIN YIELD AND YIELD RELATED TRAITS IN A HEXAPLOID WINTER WHEAT DOUBLED HAPLOID POPULATION
Sanghyun Han	SALMONELLA ENTERICA INTERACTIONS WITH TOMATO: PLANT GENOTYPE EFFECTS AND SALMONELLA GENETIC RESPONSES
Sydney F. Wallace	Diversity of Phytophthora Species in Costa Rica's Tropical Forest
Harris Brian Trobman	ENGAGING CHILDREN IN HAITI: UTILIZING FOUND MATERIALS AND PROVEN TECHNIQUES TO GROW FOOD AND FILTER WATER
Jonathan Gemmell	Rethinking Playgrounds: A Design Investigation of Playscape Theory
Justine Beaulieu	Genotypic Diversity of Common Phytophthora Species in Maryland Nurseries and Characterization of Fungicide Efficacy
Elizabeth Taussig Barton	A Comparison of Organic Matter Amendments for Use in Extensive Green Roof Substrates
Matthew Morris	Effects of a Simulated Dicamba Misapplication on Non-tolerant Soybeans (Glycine max)
Robyn Edwards	Choice Experiments and Design Decision-Making
Tommy Phannareth	SALMONELLA-INDUCED SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE IN TOMATO AND ITS IMPACT ON SALMONELLA COLONIZATION OF TOMATO LEAVES

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Jordan Lee Harris	Epidemiology and population structure of Xylella fastidiosa, the causal agent of bacterial leaf scorch, among urban trees in the District of Columbia
Whitney Griffin	EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOF SUBSTRATE COMPOSITION: EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES ON MATRIC POTENTIAL, HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY, PLANT GROWTH, AND STORMWATER RETENTION IN THE MID-ATLANTIC.
Joshua Yoshi Silverstein	Parchment to Touchscreen: Landscape Journey and Experience for 21st Century Learning
Anna Elizabeth Wallis	Local lettuce: heat tolerant romaine cultivars and vermicompost soil amendment to increase sustainability in the Mid-Atlantic
Shoshanah Zahavah Haberman	The Micro -Landscape Modular Urban Apartment Gardens
Travis Wierengo	REVIVAL THROUGH RESILIENCE: Small Craft Harbor Design within a Coastal Urban Community
Amy Marin	Operation Market Garden: Establishing a Sustainable Food System in West Baltimore's Poppleton Neighborhood
Paul Edward Jester	Shifting Gears: Exploring Parametric Design to Renovate an Urban Waterfront
Elisabeth Jane Walker	Exploring Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Sustainability. How Cultural and Social Factors Inform a Sustainable Redesign of Whitmore Park (Annapolis, MD).
Nancy Fruchter Britt	Greenway as the Framework for Community Design on the Patapsco River Valley
Adriana Mendoza	Anacostia: Community As Form
Benjamin Conway	MAPPING DISEASE RESISTANCE QTL FOR FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT AND LEAF RUST IN A WHEAT DOUBLED HAPLOID POPULATION
Cesar Samuel Herrera	SYSTEMATICS OF THE GENUS COSMOSPORA (NECTRIACEAE, HYPOCREALES), AND COSPECIATION OF COSMOSPORA SPECIES WITH THEIR ASSOCIATED FUNGAL HOSTS.
Catalina Salgado-Salazar	MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY AND TAXONOMIC REVISION OF FUNGI IN THE GENUS Thelonectria AND RELATED SPECIES WITH Cylindrocarpon-LIKE ANAMORPHS

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Catalina Salgado-Salazar Amy Y. Rossman Priscila Chaverri	NOT AS UBIQUITOUS AS WE THOUGHT: TOXONOMIX CRYPSIS, HIDDEN DIVERSITY AND CRYPTIC SPECIATION IN THE COSMOPOLITATION FUNGUS THELONECTRIA DISCOPHORA (NECTRIACEASE, HYPOCREALES, ASCOMYCOTA)
Clark DeLong	EVALUATION OF PLANT SPECIES FOR SURVIVAL, GROWTH AND CONTRIBUTION TO GREEN ROOF FUNCTION
Megan Elizabeth McConnell	Distribution and involvement of Phytophthora cinnamomi in white oak (Quercus alba) decline in mid-Atlantic United States forests
Qingmel Guan	MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PLANT RESPONSES TO COLD, HEAT AND SALT STRESSES IN ARABIDOPSIS
Olyssa Starry	The comparative effects of three Sedum species on green roof stormwater retention
Sarah C. Ashmun	Healing Invisible Wounds: Landscapes for Wounded Warriors Suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Matthew Busa	Designing for the Shrinking City: Re-imagining Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, OH
Emilie Carroll Carter	Designing for Interpretive Signage: Best Practices for Increasing Attraction Power
Mingyu Cui	COMPLETE STREETS CODE FOR ROADWAY FACILITY IMPROVEMENT IN COLLEGE PARK CAMPUS, THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND - A CONTEXT-SENSITIVE APPROACH
Nicholas Alan Patrick	Experiencing Temporary Artscapes
Erica Marie Thum	Light in the Landscape
Laura M. Kendrick	The Purposeful Edge: Designing for Wildlife Along the Anacostia River
Sarah Watling	WHAT DOES THE MINE HAVE TO TELL US? ART AS A RECLAMATION STREATEGY IN THE POST-MINED LANDSCAPE OF THE OLDEST KNOWN MINE IN THE WORLD, NGWENYA MINE SWAZILAND
Wenjie Li	A SCENARIO PLANNING APPROACH FOR SCHOOL GREEN ROOFS TO ACHIEVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BENEFITS: A CASE STUDY OF BRIER'S MILL RUN SUBWATERSHED
Risa Dessel Abraham	Revealing Risk & Redefining Development: Exploring Hurricane Impact on St. Croix, USVI
Patrick Howard Watkins	Nitrogen Management in Corn: Influences of Urea Ammonium Nitrate (UAN) Applications With and Without Nitrogen Stabilizer Products.
Jennifer Carol Himmelstein	MECHANISMS OF DISEASE SUPPRESSION BY A HAIRY VETCH (VICIA VILLOSA) COVER CROP ON FUSARIUM WILT OF WATERMELON AND THE EFFICACY OF THE BIOCONTROL ACTINOVATE.

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Emily Pettengill Cecile Parmentier-Line Gary D Coleman	Evaluation of qPCR reference genes in two genotypes of Populus for use in photoperiod and low-temperature studies
Xiao Wang James Culver	DNA binding specificity of ATAF2, a NAC domain transcription factor targeted for degradation by Tobacco mosaic virus
Emily Ann Pettengill	NITROGEN REMOBILIZATION AND THE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE-LIKE VEGETATIVE STORAGE PROTEIN FAMILY IN POPULUS: CHARACTERIZATION, REGULATION AND TRANSGENES
Carol Dianne Allen	TRANSMISSION OF CYMBIDIUM MOSAIC VIRUS IN ONCIDIUM ORCHIDS BY PERIPLANETA AUSTRALASIAE
Michael Warren Lloyd	Genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation and restoration
David Emmanuel Ruppert	Redox and Soil Manipulation Effects on Ditch Soil Phosphorus Processing
Jennifer Zoe Clarkwest	COMMUNITY BASED APPROACHES TO STORMWATER DESIGN IN A BALTIMORE NEIGHBORHOOD
Kimberly Jean Moyer	Wildness as Infrastructure
Chris H. Myers	DESIGNING FOR BIODIVERSITY TO INFLUENCE HABITAT ON A GREEN ROOF IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Rosamaria Mora Montenegro	"PUERTAS": THE MEANING OF GATEWAYS AND A DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR THEIR INTERPRETATION IN CASCO ANTIGUO, PANAMA
Kroy Anne Kreiseder	Addressing New Stormwater Policies in the Redesign of the National Grove of State Trees at the United States National Arboretum
Allison Palmer Jensen	GREEN AND BLUE SCHOOLS: THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE RAINWATER DESIGN AT GEORGETOWN VISITATION PREPARATORY SCHOOL IN GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON DC.
Michael Allen Boeck	Reimagining the Cambridge Shoreline: Encouraging Implementation of Sustainable Shoreline Erosion Controls in Cambridge, MD
Matthew J. Sickle	Nomadic Memorial: Dynamic Landscapes of Commemoration for the Civilian Public Service
Julia Mae Harshman	Evaluation of Raspberry (Rubus sp.) Genotypes for Postharvest Quality and Resistance to Botrytis cinerea
Joseph Ikley	The utility of saflufenacil on glyphosate-resistant horseweed and its effect on select soybean varieties
Romina Gazis	EVALUATING THE ENDOPHYTIC FUNGAL COMMUNITY IN PLANTED AND WILD RUBBER TREES (Hevea brasiliensis)
Joyce Kelley	Redefining the ORILLA: community awareness at the water's edge in Baltimore

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Adriana Telias James White Donna Pahl Andrea Ottesen Christopher Walsh	Bacterial community diversity and variation in spray water sources and the tomato fruit surface
Adriana Telias Kui Lin-Wang David Stevenson Janine Cooney Roger Hellens Andrew Allan Emily Hoover James Bradeen	Apple skin patterning is associated with differential expression of MYB10
Alexandra Olivia Torres	SUSTAINABILITY OF AN URBAN TREE PLANTING GROUP: ASSESSING THE CONDITION AND BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH RECENTLY PLANTED TREES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
John Christopher Majstrik	Modeling Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Water Dynamics in Greenhouse and Nursery Production Systems
Wei Xing	REINFORCING COMMUNITY: THE MEANING OF PLACE ATTACHMENT AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE REDESIGN OF LANGLEY PARK
Kameron Reza Aroom	Riverpark: Adaptive Reuse of South Capitol Street Bridge
Chris Patrick Ryan	SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT OF DOLLAR SPOT EPIDEMICS IN MARYLAND AND NITROGEN EFFECTS ON FUNGICIDE PERFORMANCE IN CREEPING BENTGRASS
Patrick Joseph Forrestal	Corn Residual Nitrate and its Implications for Fall Nitrogen Management in Winter Wheat
Elizabeth Reed	INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT OF FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT IN SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT
Lydia Ann Cardwell	Scab Resistance QTLs are Associated with Quality and Agronomic Traits of Soft Red Winter Wheat

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Donna Marie Pahl	Comparing Source of Agricultural Contact Water and the Presence of Fecal Indicator Organisms on the Surface of 'Juliet' Grape Tomatoes
Yenjung Lai	Kinetics of Tetrachloroethene-Respiring Dehalobacter and Dehalococcoides Strains and Their Effects on Competition for Growth Substrates
Karen Lyn Grubb	Utilization of Gypsum as a Filter Material in Agricultural Drainage Ditches: Impacts of Land Application on Soil Fertililty Conditions
Sonia Lorelly Solano Torres	INVESTIGATING CRUMB RUBBER AMENDMENTS FOR EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOF SUBSTRATES
Adam Lincoln Gray	Redoximorphic Features Induced by Organic Amendments and Simulated Wetland Hydrology
Allen Dawson	Ecological Values and Ecosystem Services of Natural Forests: A Study of Prince William Forest Park, Virginia
Yvonne Elizabeth Lawley	Weed Suppression By Forage Radish Winter Cover Crops
Jing Kang	EVALUATION OF SCAB RESISTANCE QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI (QTL) EFFECTS ON WHEAT

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Name	Thesis/Dissertation Title
Felix Ruben Rodriguez Arguedas	CALIBRATING CAPACITANCE SENSORS TO ESTIMATE WATER CONTENT, MATRIC POTENTIAL, AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY IN SOILLESS SUBSTRATES
Joshua Daniel Nadler	IN VITRO INDUCTION OF POLYPLOIDY IN CERCIS YUNNANENSIS HU ET CHENG
Guihua Chen	Alleviation of Soil Compaction by Brassica Cover Crops
Yusong Mu	THATCH AND SOIL PESTICIDE DEGRADATION AND MICROBIAL ACTIVITY AS INFLUENCED BY TURF CULTIVATION PRACTICES
Kimberley Ellen Mead	THE INFLUENCE OF LAND-USE, ENVIRONMENT, AND SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS ON TREE SPECIES DISTRIBUTION IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.
Charles Macaulay White	Forage Radish Cover Crop Effects on Mycorrhizal Colonization and Soil Test Phosphorus
Ray L. Pigati	Factors Affecting Fungicide Performance when Targeting Dollar Spot Disease in Creeping Bentgrass
Philip Klaus Zurhelde	HYDROMORPHOLOGY OF ANOMALOUS BRIGHT LOAMY SOILS ON THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

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Name	Thesis/Dissertation Title
Andrea Ottesen	Microbial Ecology and Horticultural Sustainability of Organically and Conventionally Managed Apples
Rebecca Bourgault	Multi-Scale Pedologic Investigation of Manganiferous Soils in the Maryland Piedmont
Eun-Young Hwang	Association Analysis in Soybean
Dominic Brose	Oxidation-Reduction Transformations of Chromium in Aerobic Soils and the Role of Electron-Shuttling Quinones in Chemical and Microbiological Pathways
Shawna Joy Behling	Effects of nitrogen and calcium on photosynthesis and metabolic activity in Acer saccharum in the Catskill Mountains
Kuang-Yu Chen	TYPE II MADS-BOX GENES ASSOCIATED WITH POPLAR APICAL BUD DEVELOPMENT AND DORMANCY

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Name	Thesis/Dissertation Title
Ping Xue	Physiological and Molecular Studies of Ethylene Effects on Soybean Root Infection by Soybean Cyst Nematodes
Danielle Marie Balduff	Pedogenesis, Inventory, and Utilization of Subaqueous Soils in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland
Meredith Bilek	Winter annual rye cover crops in no-till grain crop rotations: impacts on soil physical properties and organic matter
Lisa Stocking Gruver	Soil Nematode Communities as Influenced by Cover Crops, with a Focus on Brassicaceae
Chenping Xu	The effects of solar ultraviolet-b on the proteome and antioxidant defense systems in soybean leaves

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Name	Thesis/Dissertation Title
Olivia Harcourt Deverux	Quantifying Fine Sediment Sources in the Northeast Branch of the Anacostia River, Maryland, Using Trace Elements and Radionuclides
Won Jun	Structure-function relationships of periplasmic membrane-derived oligosaccharides in salmonella growth and virulence
Minggang Wu	Characterization of PtFD1, a bZIP transcription factor using transgenic poplars
Amy Kremen	Nitrogen Mineralization from Brassica Cover Crops
Jill Elise Dean	Brassica Cover Crops for Nitrogen Retention in the Maryland Coastal Plain
Banu Saritas-Yildirim	Characterization and Expression of RUB1 Conjugase and Cullin1-like Genes in Poplar Associated with Vegetative Bud Development and Dormancy

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Name	Thesis/Dissertation Title
Mitchell Louis Scott	Mapping and Characterization of the Marlboro Clay Formation
Joseph Robert Ferrari	GRAPH THEORETIC CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION OF THE UNITED STATES
Darren Albert DeStefano	Chemotherapeutic Treatment Options to Manage Xylella fastidiosa in Shade Trees
Robert Edward Vaughan	Agricultural Drainage Ditches: Soils and Implications for Phosphorus Transport and Retention
Steven James McDonald	DOLLAR SPOT AND GRAY LEAF SPOT SEVERITY AS INFLUENCED BY IRRIGATION PRACTICE AND PLANT PROTECTION MATERIALS
Justin Tyler Pearce	Double-Cropped Soybean Response to Various Wheat Stubble Managements
Matthew Dexter Stevens	Sustainability of Cold-climate Strawberry Production Systems
Amy Neal	Utilizing Hybrid Poplar Trees to Phytoremediate Soils with Excess Phosphorus
Rachel Esther Gilker	WATER QUALITY IN MANAGEMENT INTENSIVE GRAZING AND CONFINED FEEDING DAIRY FARM WATERSHEDS
Shu-fei Lin	TRANSCRIPT PROFILING AS A METHOD TO STUDY FRUIT MATURATION, TREE-RIPENING, AND THE ROLE OF "TREE FACTOR" IN 'GALA' AND 'FUJI' APPLES
David Lee Hyten, Jr.,	GENETIC DIVERSITY AND LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM IN WILD SOYBEAN, LANDRACES, ANCESTRAL, AND ELITE SOYBEAN POPULATIONS
Jennifer Theresa Renz	Assessing evapotranspiration rates of a Mid-Atlantic red maple riparian wetland using sap flow sensors.

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Name	Thesis/Dissertation Title
David Slak	The Establishment and Persistence of American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) in Maryland Forests.
Shawn Thomas Lucas	EVALUATION OF LABILE SOIL CARBON TEST FOR PREDICTION OF SOIL PRODUCTIVITY RESPONSE TO ORGANIC MATTER MANAGEMENT
Jackson Fisher	Spatial Distribution of Surface Soil Moisture under a Cornfield
Shengchum Wang	Efficiency and Ecological Risks of Reducing Soil pH during Thlaspi caerulescens Phytoextraction of Cadmium and Zinc
John Kaminshki	Biology of Ophiosphaerella agrostis, epidemiology of dead spot, and a molecular description of the pathogen
Carinne A. Raymond	FACTORS AFFECTING MEDIA pH AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE IN GERANIUMS
Katherine Diane Salmon	CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MYO-INOSITOL (3) PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE GENE (MIPS) AND MAPPING OF A LPA MUTANT IN SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERRILL).
Carol Sue Gordon	Soil Properties and Native Plant Communities in a Kansas Prairie
Tonya Suzanne Mallozzi	Assessment of select isolates of Trichoderma virens as a potential biocontrol against Meloidogyne incognita
Eva Claire Creighton Synkowski	Breeding Considerations for Improving Cadmium and Zinc Hyperaccumulation in Two Thlaspi caerulescens Populations
Andrew George Ristvey	WATER AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS IN CONTAINER-NURSERY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Karen Lynn Castenson	Hydromorphology of Piedmont Floodplain Soils

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Name	Thesis/Dissertation Title
John Stuart Wah	The Origin and Pedogenic History of Quaternary Silts on the Delmarva Peninsula in Maryland
Mbisin Diagne	Management of White Rust (Caused by Albugo Occidentalis) Of Spinach and Its Impact on the NonTarget Invertebrate Community
Kristine Ann Nichols	CHARACTERIZATION OF GLOMALIN, A GLYCOPROTEIN PRODUCED BY ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI

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