Subash Thapa stands in a wheat field at Dakota Lakes Research Farm near Pierre. ( Courtesy photo)
A graduate student at South Dakota’s land-grant university is drawing increasing attention from the science and agriculture industries for research at the intersection of wheat breeding and plant disease.
And a recent international research grant, a trip to Ghana as the only U.S. student selected for a global training program and several academic honors are adding to the growing list of accomplishments for Subash Thapa, a doctoral student at South Dakota State University.
In recent months, Thapa has received a $20,400 Global Wheat Health Alliance Seed Grant, participated in an international plant research program in Ghana, won an Innovation Sprint quiz competition and received a $1,000 Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Award.
