Meet the Fellows | 2022-2025
Connor Balfany
North Carolina State University, Bioprocessing, Food Science, and Nutrition
Sponsor:
The Leaf Protein Company
Jonathan Beutler
The University of British Columbia, Plant Sciences
Sponsor:
Alberta Wheat Commission
Mira Conyers
University of California, Davis, Microbiology
Sponsor:
College of Agricultural and Environmental Science
Matt Davis
University of California, Davis, Plant Biology
Sponsor:
California Pistachio Research Board
Monroe Lab and PJB Lab
Madeline Desjardins
Washington State University, Crop and Soil Sciences
Sponsor:
King County Wastewater Treatment Division
Lindsay Garcia
Oregon State University, Food Science and Technology
Sponsor:
Oregon State University
Vinicius Castelli Garnica
North Carolina State University, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Sponsor:
UPL
Katrina Klett
University of Minnesota, Natural Resources Science and Management
Sponsor:
General Mills
Samuele Lamon
The University of Georgia, Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics
Sponsor:
University of Georgia
Autumn McLaughlin
University of Tennessee, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Sponsor:
Syngenta and the Tennessee Corn Promotion Board
Heeduk Oh
North Carolina State University, Horticultural Science
Sponsor:
NCSU Plants for Human Health Institute
Stephen Onayemi
Washington State University, Entomology
Current Position:
Lead Pesticide Regulator, Washington State Department of Agriculture
Mariana Prieto Torres
North Carolina State University, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Sponsor:
Pickle Packers International
Olanrewaju Shittu
Penn State University, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Sponsor:
Bayer
Nikee Shrestha
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Complex Biosystem
Sponsor:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
