Meet the Fellows | 2021-2024
Jabeen Ahmad
North Carolina State University
Plant & Microbial Biology
Sponsor: Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk
Randi Butler
North Carolina State University
Biosystems Analytics
Sponsor: NC State University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences and the NIFA National Needs Fellows Program
Lab website
Addison Carroll
Kansas State University
Genetics
Sponsor: Kansas Wheat Commission
Shiang-Wan Chin
Cornell University
Computer Science & Systems Engineering
Sponsor: Microsoft
Lab website
Chantel Chizen
University of Saskatchewan
Soil Science
Sponsor: University of Saskatchewan College of Agriculture and Biosciences
DeShae Dillard
Michigan State University
Entomology and Plant Pathology
Sponsor: Syngenta
Andrea Osario Doblado
University of Georgia
Animal and Food Science
Sponsor: Indunor SA
Elizabeth Ellis
Colorado State University
Soil Science
Sponsor: Post Holdings
Jason Graham
Purdue University
Animal Science
Sponsor: Purdue University
Lab website
Caleb Grohmann
University of Missouri – Columbia
Informatics and Data Science
Sponsor: The Maschhoffs LLC
Rachel Hammer
North Carolina State University
Plant and Microbial Biology
Sponsor: BASF
Lab website
Gambhir Lamsal
Virginia Tech
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sponsor: Virginia Tech College of Engineering
Lab website
Enrique Pena Martinez
North Carolina State University
Electrical Engineering
Sponsor: NC State University College of Engineering and the NIFA National Needs Fellows Program
Conor McCabe
University of California – Davis
Animal Biology
Sponsor: Zoetis
Lab website
Alexa McDaniel
Washington State University
Horticulture
Sponsor: Washington State Wine Commission
Shana McDowell
North Carolina State University
Bio & Ag Engineering
Sponsor: NC State University Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering and the NIFA National Needs Fellows Program
Swati Mishra
University of Tennessee – Knoxville
Entomology and Plant Pathology
Sponsor: Bayer
Lab website
Nicolas Morales
FFAR Fellow Alumni
Cornell University
Sponsor: BASF
Current Position:
Data Scientist, Corteva
Paul Oladele
Purdue University
Animal Sciences
Sponsor: Purdue University
Agustin Olivo
Cornell University
Animal Sciences
Sponsor: Chobani
Lab website
Sujan Paudel
University of Georgia
Plant Pathology
Sponsor: University of Georgia
Lab website
Shreena Pradhan
University of Georgia
Plant Breeding Genetics and Genomics
Sponsor: University of Georgia
Lab website
Tyler Thomas
Colorado State University
Animal Sciences
Sponsor: Colorado State University
Ethan Triplett
Texas Tech University
Plant Physiology
Sponsor: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Phoebe Unger
Washington State University
Food Science
Sponsor: Washington State University
Lab website
Aichatou Waziri
Washington State University
Crop and Soil Sciences
Sponsor: Washington Grain Commission