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Fall 2023 undergrads and GRCW teams

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)

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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

Katie Alcock, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Anudeep Reddy Banda, Graduate Research Assistant

Sydney Barker, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Manoj Choudhary, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Berea A. Etherton, Graduate Research Assistant

Robert Fontan, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Karen A. Garrett, PI [CV]

Neha Kallamvalli, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Krishna Keshav, Graduate Research Assistant

Richard Will McCoy, Undergraduate Research Assistant

David McDermott, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Romaric A. Mouafo Tchinda, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Aaron I. Plex Sulá, Graduate Research Assistant

Jacobo Robledo, Graduate Research Assistant

Stavan Shah, Programmer

Theodore Stronkowsky IV, Undergraduate Research Assistant

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

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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.

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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.

Lab people spring 2019 by Leah - cropped

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]

Recent Lab Alumni

Amogh Agarwal, University of Florida, USA

Ricardo I. Alcalá-Briseño, Oregon State University, USA [Ricardo's website]

Kelsey Andersen Onofre, Kansas State University, USA [Kelsey's website]

Jeanelle Brisbane, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, USA

Christopher E. Buddenhagen, AgResearch New Zealand [Chris' website]

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]

Joubert Fayette, University of Florida, USA

Lorena Gomez-Montano, Kansas State University, USA

John F. Hernandez Nopsa, AGROSAVIA, Colombia

Taylor Johnson, University of Florida, USA

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

Si Lin Lei, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

Jessica Malosh, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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

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

Lab people fall 2017 condensed

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.

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

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.

From left to right: Karen Garrett, John Hernandez Nopsa, Jeanelle Brisbane, Yanru Xing, Ravin Poudel, Si Lin Lei, Bryan Cordova

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)

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