Meet the Fellows | 2020-2023
Dr. Felipe Alves Correa Carvalho da Silva
FFAR Fellow Alumni
University of Florida, Animal Science
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept of Animal Science, NC State University
Lauren Anderson
NC State University
Animal Science
Sponsor: AgBiome
Sarah Burtnett
Penn State University
Animal Science
Sponsor: Milk Specialties Global
Maria Chavez
Colorado State University
Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Sponsor: EVO Conversions Systems
Lab website
Ekramul Ehite
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
Sponsor: University of Tennessee
Lab Website
Shane Hansen
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Plant Pathology
Sponsor: Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association
Lab website
Siwook Hwang
Colorado State University
Ecology
Sponsor: The Perennial Agriculture Project
Lab website
Nicholas Karavolias
UC Berkeley
Plant and Microbial Biology
Sponsor: Good Ventures Foundation
Sarah Kezar
Texas A&M University
Agronomy
Sponsor: Cotton Incorporated
Lab Website
Alison Lui
University of California – Berkeley
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Sponsor: Syngenta
Lab website
Jamila Mweta
Tuskegee University
Integrative Biosciences
Sponsor: Tuskegee University
Echo Pan
NC State University
Functional Genomics
Sponsor: North Carolina State University
Lab website
Dr. Daniela Pezzini
FFAR Fellow Alumni
NC State University, Entomology & Plant Pathology
Current Position: Crop Protection Technology Development Representative at Bayer Crop Science
Aaron Prairie
Colorado State University
Ecology
Sponsor: General Mills
Lab website
Abigail Roche
Case Western Reserve University
Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
Sponsor: Case Western Reserve University
Lab website
Manuel Sabbagh
University of Minnesota
Soil, Water, and Climate
Sponsor: Minnesota Corn Research & Promotion Council
Lab website
Xiaonan Shi
NC State University
Horticultural Science
Sponsor: BASF
Lab website
Simon Sretenovic
University of Maryland College Park
Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Sponsor: Inari Agriculture
Lab website
Renan Stefanini Lopes
Washington State University
Biological Systems Engineering
Sponsor: Washington State University
Jeremy Sutherland
Penn State University
Bioinformatics and Genomics
Sponsor: Pasa Sustainable Agriculture
Lab website
Sara Tondini
University of Illinois
Animal Sciences
Sponsor: Arm & Hammer
Lab website
Lauren Whitt
University of Missouri
Plant Sciences
Sponsor: Bayer Crop Science
Lab website