Graduate Student Email: peterjacek.pietrzyk@uga.edu Lab Website: http://www.computational-plant-science.org/joomla30/ Lab: Bucksch Computational Plant Sciences Lab Research Research Areas: Genomics & Bioinformatics Research Interests: My wider interest is to develop imaging algorithms that characterize the variability across multiple architectural scales in various crop roots. The goal of my research is to quantify mechanisms underlying the adaption of roots to drought and nutrient availability. Currently I am working on a project to develop machine learning and image processing algorithms to characterize the variability in root hairs from microscopy images. Dissertation/Thesis Title: Quantifying variation in root system architecture of Maize and common bean using shape descriptors derived from 2D and 3D measurements. Selected Publications Selected Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ctGeN4EAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Education Education: PhD, Plant Biology, University of Georgia, 2025. Admission to PhD Program in the Plant Biology Department at the University of Georgia, 2017. M.Sc. Geomatics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands 2015. B.Sc. Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands 2012. Other Information Of note: 2020 James L. Carmon Scholarship Award (UGA) 2019 2nd place, Best Graduate Student Poster Award, UGA Plant Center Fall Retreat 2019 Palfrey Grant, Department of Plant Biology (UGA) to attend ASPB Plant Biology 2019 2019 Graduate School Travel Award (UGA) to attend ASPB Plant Biology 2019 2018 Travel grant to attend Phenome 2018 conference 2017 Travel grant to attend Field-Based High Throughput Phenotyping Workshop in Maricopa, AZ Other Affiliations: Peter Pietrzyk | Updated CV
