Meet the Fellows | 2021-2024

Jabeen Saeed Ahmad

Jabeen Ahmad

North Carolina State University, Plant & Microbial Biology

Sponsor:
Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk

Randi Nichelle Butler

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

Addison Carroll

Kansas State University, Genetics

Sponsor:
Kansas Wheat Commission

Shiang-Wan Chin

Shiang-Wan Chin

Cornell University, Computer Science & Systems Engineering

Sponsor:
Microsoft

Lab website

Chantel Jacquiline Chizen

Chantel Chizen

University of Saskatchewan, Soil Science

Sponsor:
University of Saskatchewan College of Agriculture and Biosciences

DeShae Dillard

DeShae Dillard

Michigan State University, Entomology and Plant Pathology

Sponsor:
Syngenta

Andrea Doblado

Andrea Osario Doblado

University of Georgia, Animal and Food Science

Sponsor:
Indunor SA

Elizabeth Marie Ellis

Elizabeth Ellis

Colorado State University, Soil Science

Sponsor:
Post Holdings

Jason Graham

Jason Graham

Purdue University, Animal Science

Sponsor:
Purdue University

Lab website

Caleb Jerome Grohmann

Caleb Grohmann

University of Missouri – Columbia, Informatics and Data Science

FFAR Fellow Alum

Current Position:
Data Scientist, Carthage Veterinary Service
Carthage, Illinois

Sponsor:
The Maschhoffs LLC

Rachel Ann Hammer

Rachel Hammer

North Carolina State University, Plant and Microbial Biology

Sponsor:
BASF

Lab website

Gambhir Lamsal

Gambhir Lamsal

Virginia Tech, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sponsor:
Virginia Tech College of Engineering

Lab website

Enrique Pena Martinez

Enrique Pena Martinez

North Carolina State University, Electrical Engineering

Sponsor:
Rockey FFAR Fellows and the NIFA National Needs Fellows Program

Conor John McCabe

Conor McCabe

University of California – Davis, Animal Biology

Sponsor:
Zoetis

Lab website

Alexa Lynn McDaniel

Alexa McDaniel

Washington State University, Horticulture

FFAR Fellow Alum

Current Position:
Viticulture Extension and Research Scholar, NC State University

Shana Monique McDowell

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

Swati Mishra

University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Entomology and Plant Pathology

Sponsor:
Bayer

Lab website

Nicolas Morales

Nicolas Morales

Cornell University

FFAR Fellow Alum

Current Position:
Data Scientist, Corteva Agriscience

Paul Oluwakayode Oladele

Paul Oladele

Purdue University, Animal Sciences

Sponsor:
Purdue University

Agustin J Olivo

Agustin Olivo

Cornell University, Animal Sciences

Sponsor:
Chobani

Lab website

Sujan Paudel

Sujan Paudel

University of Georgia, Plant Pathology

Sponsor:
University of Georgia

Lab website

Shreena Pradhan

Shreena Pradhan

University of Georgia, Plant Breeding Genetics and Genomics

Sponsor:
University of Georgia

Lab website

Tyler Austin Thomas

Tyler Thomas

Colorado State University, Animal Sciences

Sponsor:
Colorado State University

Ethan Loren Triplett

Ethan Triplett

Texas Tech University, Plant Physiology

FFAR Fellow Alum

Current position:
Research and Carbon Monitoring Coordinator,
National Sorghum Producers

Phoebe Marie Unger

Phoebe Unger

Washington State University, Food Science

FFAR Fellow Alum

Current Position:
Quality Control Manager, Ardent Mills

Aichatou Waziri

Aichatou Waziri

Washington State University, Crop and Soil Sciences

Sponsor:
Washington Grain Commission