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PI Awards & Recognition<\/a><\/h3>

The PI received two major honors spanning 2025\u20132026 in recognition of research excellence and scientific leadership. In\u00a0August 2025,\u00a0Dr. Gadhave\u00a0was named a\u00a0Schroth Faces of the Future\u00a0recipient and delivered an invited talk titled\u00a0\u201cGenomic, phylogenetic, and functional characterization of novel resistance-breaking Tomato spotted wilt virus strains\u201d at\u00a0Plant Health 2025\u00a0in Honolulu. In January 2026, Dr. Gadhave received the Vice Chancellor\u2019s Award…<\/p>\n

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New PhD Students Join the Group!<\/a><\/h3>

We\u2019re excited to welcome two new PhD students to the lab, strengthening our work across ecological and molecular dimensions of plant\u2013virus\u2013vector systems. Richard Smith\u00a0joined the lab in August 2025 as a part-time PhD student in the Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences at\u00a0West Texas A&M University. Richard also serves as Assistant Vice President for…<\/p>\n

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Welcoming Our First Ph.D. Student, Ms. Udvashika Puri<\/a><\/h3>

We\u2019re delighted to share that\u00a0Ms. Udvashika Puri, our first graduate student, has completed her coursework for the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters at Texas A&M University and has now joined the Gadhave Lab full-time to begin her Ph.D. research. Ms. Puri will be working on our\u00a0FFAR-funded iRNA project\u00a0(see the\u00a0Research\u00a0page for more details). She holds…<\/p>\n

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Dr Singh joins the lab<\/a><\/h3>

We\u2019re excited to welcome\u00a0Dr. Rahul Singh, who joined our lab in March 2025. Dr. Singh comes to us from the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Kentucky. He earned his Ph.D. from the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India, and brings with him extensive experience in\u00a0virology and molecular biology, with…<\/p>\n

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PI Gadhave Receives William Dugas Early Career Award for Research Excellence<\/a><\/h3>

I am deeply honored and humbled to receive the 2024 William Dugas Early Career Award for Research Excellence. The award was presented by Dr. Cliff Lamb, Director of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, and Dr. William Dugas, Former Vice Chancellor and Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University. The ceremony…<\/p>\n

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Lab wins two federal awards. Here’s the full story!<\/a><\/h3>

https:\/\/agrilifetoday.tamu.edu\/2025\/01\/14\/texas-am-agrilife-research-aims-for-better-control-of-widespread-tomato-spotted-wilt-virus<\/p>\n

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