We are always looking for awesome people to join the lab, but available positions may vary. If you are interested in joining the Walters lab, please send a CV and statement of interest to waltersk@utk.edu
We are hiring! Seeking two graduate students, PhD students preferred, or MS students with some CE experience.
We are hiring! Seeking two graduate students, PhD students preferred, or MS students with some CE experience.
Walters Lab Spring of 2022 (minus Yuka)
Donating extra kale to Second Harvest food pantry. Left to right: Dustin, William, Kellie, Rose, Spencer, Jessica, Griff, Kathleen, Sarah, Ethan
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Dr. Kellie Walters
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Sarah Parker
Research Associate II The lab's right hand! |
Graduate Students
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Jessica Kurtis
MS Graduate Research Assistant Project: End of production lighting strategies to improve kale phytonutrient accumulation, color, and yield Honors and awards:
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Ethan Darby
MS Graduate Research Assistant Project: Modeling leafy greens physiological and biochemical responses to light intensity and successive harvest Honors and awards:
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Spencer Givens
MS Graduate Research Assistant Project: The interaction of air and nutrient solution temperature on culinary herb physiological and biochemical responses Honors and awards:
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Conlan Burbrink
PhD Graduate Research Assistant Project: Determining sole-source light requirements to keep turfgrass to FIFA standards. |
Undergraduate Students
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Kathleen Coffman
Undergraduate Research Assistant Major: Plant Sciences Concentration: Horticulture Production and Science Project: End of production lighting influences kale water soluble vitamins. Project: Effects of dry humic products when amended with soilless media on the growth of tomato. |
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William Smith
Undergraduate Research Assistant Major: Plant Sciences Concentration: Biotechnology and Genetics Project: The influence of daily light integral on lettuce phytonutrients - a project in conjunction with the Owen Lab at Ohio State University https://news.ca.uky.edu/article/rivalry-aside-uk-and-ut-undergrads-study-hydroponic-lettuce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2hEntZLW3w Honors and awards:
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Maggie Whittington
Undergraduate Research Assistant Major: Plant Sciences Concentration: Horticulture Production and Science Project: Characterizing the role of nutrient disorders on beneficial plant phytonutrients Honors and awards:
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Siena Jobkar
Undergraduate Research Assistant Major: Plant Sciences Concentration: Horticulture Production and Science Project: Successive harvests of leafy greens |
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Kaylei Malone
Undergraduate Research Assistant Major: Wildlife and Fisheries Science Concentration: Horticulture Production and Science |
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Julia Pope
Undergraduate Research Assistant Major: Aerospace Engineering |
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Hannah Schmidt
Undergraduate Research Assistant Major: Environmental and Soil Sciences and Anthropology |
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Caroline Fort
Undergraduate Research Assistant Major: Economics |
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Maria Bridges
Undergraduate Research Assistant Major: Plant Sciences Concentration: Horticulture Production and Science |
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Akela Martin
Undergraduate Research Assistant Major: Environmental and Soil Science Project: Sowing density of hydroponically grown parsley and cilantro |
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Kayla O'Mary
Undergraduate Research Assistant Major: Plant Sciences Concentration: Biotechnology and Genetics |
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Lauren Carver
Undergraduate Research Assistant Major: Plant Sciences Concentration: Horticulture Production and Science Project: Sowing density of hydroponically grown sage and mint |
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Evan Nease
Undergraduate Research Assistant Major: Plant Sciences Concentration: Horticulture Production and Science Project: The influence of end-of-production light intensity on water-soluble vitamins of kale grown indoors. |
