Meet the Fellows | 2022-2025
Connor Balfany
North Carolina State University
Bioprocessing, Food Science, and Nutrition
Sponsor: The Leaf Protein Company
Lab website
Jonathan Beutler
The University of British Columbia
Plant Sciences
Sponsor: Alberta Wheat Commission
Lab website
Sujata Bogati
Purdue University
Agronomy
Sponsor: Purdue University
Lab website
Ruth Eunice Centeno Martinez
Purdue University
Animal Science
Sponsor: Purdue University
Lab website
Sarah Chu
Texas A&M
Crop and Soil Science
Sponsor: Cotton, Inc
Mira Conyers
University of California, Davis
Microbiology
Sponsor: Back of the Yards Algae
Lab website
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
Lushan Ghimire
University of Florida
Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology
Sponsor: Driscolls
Lab website
Katrina Klett
University of Minnesota
Natural Resources Science and Management
Sponsor: General Mills
Lab website
Lidia Komondy
Cornell University
Entomology
Sponsor: New York Farm Viability Institute
Lab website
Seldon Kwafo
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Plant Biology
Sponsor: KWS
Samuele Lamon
The University of Georgia
Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics
Sponsor: University of Georgia
Lab website
Autumn McLaughlin
University of Tennessee
Entomology and Plant Pathology
Sponsor: Syngenta and the Tennessee Corn Promotion Board
Lab website
Rose Mumbi
Purdue University
Agronomy
Sponsor: Purdue University
Heeduk Oh
North Carolina State University
Horticultural Science
Sponsor: NCSU Plants for Human Health Institute
Lab website
Stephen Onayemi
Washington State University
Entomology
Sponsor: Syngenta
Lab website
Kevin Orta
North Carolina State University
Entomology and Plant Pathology
Sponsor: UPL
Lab website
Mariana Prieto Torres
North Carolina State University
Entomology and Plant Pathology
Sponsor: Pickle Packers International
Lab website
Riley Reed
Washington State University
Entomology
Sponsor: Bejo Seed
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
Lab website
Samantha Surber
University of Georgia
Plant Biology
Sponsor: University of Georgia
Lab website
Federico Tarnonsky
University of Florida
Animal Sciences
Sponsor: BioZyme
Lab website
Destiny Tyson
North Carolina State University
Biological Sciences
Sponsor: Syngenta
Mei Ling Wong
Montana State University
Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology
Sponsor: FFAR Fellows