This semester at UGA we had three of Dr. Ignacy Misztals students defend their masters/Ph.D. thesis!
Congratulations to
- Mary Kate Hollifield on the successful defense of her masters thesis titled ‘Persistence of Genomic Estimated Breeding Values and Impact of Censoring in Commercial Pig Evaluations’ on April 15th, 2021
- Dr. Jorge Angel Hidalgo Moreno on the successful defense of his Ph.D. thesis titled ‘Changes in Genetic Parameters and Accuracy of Genomic Selection’ on May 26th, 2021
- Dr. Matias Bermann on the successful defense of his Ph.D. thesis titled ‘Cross-validation in Genomic Predictions with Single Step GBLUP for Complex Models and Datasets’ on May 27th, 2021
Check out some photos from the defenses below!
Mary Kate Hollifield, Dr. Daniela Lourenco, Dr. Matias Bermann, Dr. Jorge Angel Hidalgo Moreno 
Mary Kate Hollifield, Dr. Matias Bermann, Dr. Jorge Angel Hidalgo Moreno 
Dr. Matias Bermann 
Mary Kate Hollifield 
Mary Kate Hollifield 
Dr, Jorge Angel Hidalgo Moreno