
2024 Global Research Collaboration Workshop R2M teams at UF, left: Romaric Mouafo-Tchinda, Hannah Amaya, Jennifer Laman, Claudia-Elena Johnson-Cuellar; right: Aaron Plex Sulá, Alejandra Alzamora, Lauren Jaworski, Daniel George, Jacobo Robledo; Virtual: Ashish Adhikari, Robert Fontan, Stavan Shah (logo image: R. Malosh and B. Etherton; right photo: cacao from Goss Lab)

2023 Global Research Collaboration Workshop R2M teams at UF, top left to right: Aaron Plex Sulá, Neha Kallamvalli, Sydney Barker, Jacobo Robledo, Ted Stronkowsky IV, David McDermott, Robert Fontan, Romaric Mouafo Tchinda; bottom left to right: Aaron Plex Sulá, Ashish Adhikari, Ted Stronkowsky IV, Katie Alcock, Robert Fontan; Virtual: Manoj Choudhary, Berea Etherton, Richard Will McCoy, Anudeep Reddy Banda, Krishna Keshav. (Top photo: J. Kaleita, banana plants at Field & Fork Farm; logo image: R. Malosh and B. Etherton; bottom photo: S. Vergish, rice plants in Song Lab)

Spring 2023, left to right: Aaron Plex Sulá, Romaric Mouafo Tchinda, Richard Will McCoy, Anudeep Reddy Banda, Ashish Adhikari, Karen Garrett, Berea Etherton, Manoj Choudhary, and Krishna Keshav. Virtual: Nattapol Kraisitudomsook, Chris Perez. Bivens Arm in Paynes Prairie, Gainesville, with alligators, herons, anhingas, osprey, and mosquitos.
Members of the Lab
Ashish Adhikari, Postdoctoral Research Associate
Robert Fontan, Software Developer
Karen A. Garrett, PI [CV]
Amber Hansen, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Vicky Jung, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Amitha Karuppiah, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Atquiya Labibah, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Amanda Pilozo, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Aaron I. Plex Sulá, Graduate Research Assistant
Jacobo Robledo, Graduate Research Assistant
Sharvya Sama, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Stavan Shah, Software Developer
Samantha Waterston, Undergraduate Research Assistant

2022 research workshop team UF, working on R2M: Jessica Malosh, Ivette Zerry, Taylor Johnson, Silas Rickards, Chris Perez. Virtual: Ekaterina Krysova, Richard Will McCoy.

Spring 2022, left to right: Caijun Qin, Romaric Mouafo Tchinda, Aaron Plex Sulá, Berea Etherton, Karen Garrett, Piotr Suder, Eleni Stilian. Virtual: Joubert Fayette, Richard Will McCoy, Yanru Xing.

2021 research workshop team UF, from left to right: Amogh Agarwal, Jiahe Yao, Kyle Schroeder, Eleni Stilian, Aaron I. Plex Sulá, Richard Will McCoy, Piotr Suder, Vasilios Kosmakos, Lejla Ramic. Not shown: Berea Etherton, Yanru Xing.

Spring 2019 from left to right: Karen Garrett, James Fulton, Wanita Dantes, Yanru Xing, Ricardo Alcalá-Briseño, Joubert Fayette, Leah, Robin Choudhury, Kelsey Andersen Onofre. Not shown: Si Lin Lei. Drawing by Leah.
Recent Visiting Scientists
Erik Delaquis, CIAT, Hanoi, Vietnam
Xinqiang Liang, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Carolyn Malmstrom, Michigan State University, USA [Malmstrom Lab website]
Laura Valbuena Gaona, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Recent Lab Alumni
Amogh Agarwal, University of Florida, USA
Ricardo I. Alcalá-Briseño, Penn State University, USA [Ricardo's website]
Katie Alcock, University of Florida, USA
Alejandra Alzamora, University of Florida, USA
Hannah Amaya, Ball Horticultural Company, Chicago
Kelsey Andersen Onofre, Kansas State University, USA [Kelsey's website]
Sydney Barker, University of Florida, USA
Jeanelle Brisbane, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, USA
Christopher E. Buddenhagen, AgResearch New Zealand [Chris' website]
Manoj Choudhary, ICAR - National Research Institute for Integrated Pest Management, India
Robin A. Choudhury, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, USA [Robin's website]
Bryan Cordova, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Germany
Cindy Cox, USAID BHA, Washington, DC, USA
Wanita Dantes, Clemson University, USA [Wanita's website]
Berea A. Etherton, Santa Fe University, USA
Joubert Fayette, University of Florida, USA
Daniel George, University of Florida, USA
Lorena Gomez-Montano, Kansas State University, USA
John F. Hernandez Nopsa, AGROSAVIA, Colombia
Lauren Jaworski, North Carolina State University, USA
Taylor Johnson, University of Florida, USA
Claudia-Elena Johnson-Cuellar, University of Florida, USA
Neha Kallamvalli, University of Florida, USA
Krishna Keshav
Vasilios Kosmakos, University of Florida, USA
Nattapol Kraisitudomsook, Faculty of Science and Technology, Muban Chombeung Rajabhat University, Ratchaburi, Thailand
Laurent Lagos Mendoza, University of Florida, USA
Jennifer Laman, University of Florida, USA
Si Lin Lei, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Jessica Malosh, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Richard Will McCoy, University of Florida, USA
David McDermott, University of Florida, USA
Romaric A. Mouafo Tchinda, Biopterre, Canada
Christopher Perez, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
Ravin Poudel, USDA, Gainesville, Florida, USA [Ravin's website]
Caijun Qin, University of Florida, USA
Lejla Ramic, University of Florida, USA
Silas Rickards, University of Florida, USA
Kyle Schroeder, University of Florida, USA
Theodore Stronkowsky IV, University of Florida, USA
Piotr Suder, Duke University, USA [Piotr's website]
Sara Thomas-Sharma, Louisiana State University, USA [Sara's website]
Bo Tong, AbbVie Pharmaceuticals, USA
Sienna Turner, Cornell University, USA
Ethan Weinrich, Michigan State University, USA
Yanru Xing, Eli Lilly, USA
Jiahe Yao, University of Florida, USA
Ivette Zerry, University of Florida, USA

Fall 2017 from left to right: Wanita Dantes, Karen Garrett, Ricardo Alcalá-Briseño, Ravin Poudel, Kelsey Andersen, Joubert Fayette, James Fulton, Yanru Xing, Robin Choudhury, Chris Buddenhagen. Not shown: Lorena Gomez-Montano, Si Lin Lei, Sienna Turner.

Fall 2016 from left to right: Ravin Poudel, Lorena Gomez-Montano, Yanru Xing, James Fulton, Si Lin Lei, Karen Garrett, Chris Buddenhagen, John Hernandez Nopsa, Robin Choudhury, Kelsey Andersen. Not shown: Jeanelle Brisbane, Sienna Turner.

Spring 2016 from left to right: Karen Garrett, John Hernandez Nopsa, Jeanelle Brisbane, Yanru Xing, Ravin Poudel, Si Lin Lei, Bryan Cordova, at the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems (now Global Food Systems Institute)