Meet the Fellows | 2023-2026

Paul Adunola

University of Florida, Horticultural Science

Sponsor:
Syngenta

Personal website

Enoch Ametepey

University of Arkansas, Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology

Sponsor:
Rockey FFAR Fellows Fund

Robert Bruhn

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Sponsor:
Nutrien Ag Solutions

Emily Cason

University of Georgia, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine

Sponsor:
Ancera

Lab website

Oluwafemi Falade

University of California-Davis, Animal Biology

Sponsor:
Select Sires, Inc.

Hector Fajardo

North Carolina State University, Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Sponsor:
Rockey FFAR Fellows Fund

Lab website

Gwyneth Frederick

Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences – College of Human Ecology – College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

Sponsor:
Rockey FFAR Fellows Fund

Lab website

Delfina Grinspan

University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy and Management

Sponsor:
The Perennial Agriculture Project

Lab website

Marjorie Hanneman

Cornell University, Plant Breeding and Genetics

Sponsor:
Bayer

Lab website

Haowen Hu

Cornell University, Animal Science

Sponsor:
Cornell University

Lab website

Erika Ibarra-Garibay

Iowa State University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Sponsor:
Bayer

Lab website

Erin Jackson

Colorado State University, Ecology

Sponsor:
General Mills

Lab website

Eva Keohane

Colorado State University, Horticulture

Sponsor:
American Heart Association

Nicole Kucherov

Kansas State University, Entomology

Sponsor:
Rockey FFAR Fellows Fund

Lab website

Barakatullah Mohammadi

Washington State University, Food Science

Sponsor:
Washington State University

Abbeah Mae Navasca

North Dakota State University, Plant Pathology

Sponsor:
North Dakota State University

Lab website

Chelsea Newbold

Pennsylvania State University, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology

Sponsor:
PASA and Penn State University

Lab website

Yamikani Ng’ona

Ohio State University, Entomology

Sponsor:
Bayer

Lab website

Graham Oakley

Mississippi State University, Plant and Soil Sciences

Sponsor:
Mississippi State University

Lab website

Oluwatuyi Olowoyeye

Iowa State University, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Sponsor:
Iowa State University

Kevin Oluoch

University of Delaware, Geography and Spatial Sciences

Sponsor:
Rockey FFAR Fellows Fund

Erica Patterson

Colorado State University, Ecology

Sponsor:
Quivira Coalition

Xiomy Pinchi

University of Georgia, Plant Pathology

Sponsor:
University of Georgia

Personal website

Katlyn Smith

University of Tennessee, Entomology and Plant Pathology

Sponsor:
Rockey FFAR Fellows Fund

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Kairi Tanaka

North Carolina State University, Animal Science

Sponsor:
Hoofprint Biome

Zachariah Vice

Texas A&M University, Animal Science

Sponsor:
Texas A&M University

Grace Vincent

North Carolina State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sponsor:
Bayer

Lab website

Emma Waltman

Rutgers University, Ecology and Evolution

Sponsor:
Rutgers

Lab website

Yunqing Wang

California Institute of Technology, Biology and Biological Engineering

Sponsor:
Resnick Sustainability Institute at CalTech

Lab website

Elias Zuchelli

University of Tennessee, Entomology and Plant Pathology

Sponsors:
Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board
Cotton Corporate State Support