Meet the Fellows | 2025-2028
Alexis Alsdorf
North Carolina State University, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Sponsor:
Cotton Incorporated
Jackson Alsdorf
North Carolina State University, Crop Science
Sponsor:
Bayer
Diana Amaya Discua
Louisiana State University, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Sponsor:
Rockey FFAR Fellows Scholarship
Charles Bakin
Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Health and Engineering
Sponsor:
Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Kwabena Bayity
Purdue University, Agricultural Sciences Education & Communication
Sponsor:
Purdue University
Guilherme Chudzik
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences
Sponsor:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Claire Cooke
University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Entomology & Plant Pathology
Sponsor:
Corteva
Benjamin Fakunle
Oklahoma State University, Agricultural Education Leadership and Communication
Sponsor:
Rockey FFAR Fellows Scholarship
Caleb Fretz
Purdue University, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Sponsor:
Purdue College of Agriculture
Anita Giabardo
University of Georgia, Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
Sponsor:
Georgia Crop Improvement Association; Georgia Seed Development; University of Georgia
Arnol Gomez
The Ohio State University, Entomology
Sponsor:
Bayer
Libia Gómez-Trejo
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Complex Biosystems
Sponsor:
Nebraska Corn Board
Riley Harding
Cornell University, Plant Pathology & Plant Microbe Biology
Sponsor:
Summit Agro; Syngenta; NY State Department of Agriculture & Markets
Weilong He
North Carolina State University, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Sponsor:
Cotton Incorporated
Mekidani Salu Jacob
University of Georgia, Plant Pathology
Sponsor:
Corteva
Esha Kaler
University of Nebraska Lincoln, Entomology
Sponsor:
Perennial Agriculture Project/Land Institute
Mike Kamyabi
University of Idaho, Animal, Veterinary, and Food Sciences
Sponsor:
Rockey FFAR Fellows Scholarship
Pradeep Kumar
Texas Tech University, Plant & Soil Science
Sponsor:
National Sorghum Producers
Siman Liu
University of Connecticut, Nutritional Sciences
Sponsor:
New England Sea Farms; Connecticut Department of Agriculture; University of Connecticut Sea Grant
Teague McCracken
North Carolina State University, Electrical Engineering
Sponsor:
Syngenta
Amanda Mitchell
University of Guelph, Environmental Science
Sponsor:
Nutrien & University of Guelph School of Environmental Science
Renzo Negrini
University of Minnesota, Soil, Water and Climate
Sponsor:
Minn Dept of Ag & IMO Organic Intelligence
Dotun Olaoye
University of Missouri-Columbia, Animal Science
Sponsor:
Red Angus Association & Angus Genetics
Amrit Pokhrel
University of California Davis, Horticulture and Agronomy
Sponsor:
Rockey FFAR Fellows Scholarship
Sandesh Poudel
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Sponsor:
Farm-ng, Inc.
Abi Poudel
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Food Science & Human Nutrition
Sponsor:
Rockey FFAR Fellows Scholarship
Jeferson Prass Pimentel
Purdue University, Agronomy
Sponsor:
Beck’s Hybrids
Evelyn Reilly
University of Minnesota, Land and Atmospheric Science
Sponsor:
General Mills
Claire Schloemer
University of Wisconsin- Madison, Entomology
Sponsor:
Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association
Shiv Singla
University of Delaware, Plant and Soil Sciences
Sponsor:
Bayer
Dayne Tallier
North Dakota State University, Natural Resource Sciences
Sponsor:
North Dakota State University’s Agricultural Experiment Station
Vivian Usha
Auburn University, Biosystems Engineering
Sponsor:
Rockey FFAR Fellows Scholarship