Faculty

DR. RHUANITO SORANZ FERRAREZI
Associate Professor of Controlled Environment Agriculture
(706) 201-4909 ferrarezi@uga.edu
Research Technician

Postdoctoral Associates

DR. KUAN QIN
Posdoctoral research associate
kuanqin@uga.edu
Project manager

DR. JORGE ALBERTO REYES PINEDA
LAMP Project Communication and Coordination Assistant
jorgereyes155@uga.edu
Current Research Associates

ALEXANDER “SASHA” KEMP SEVERTSON
Research associate
Alexander.Severtson@UGA.EDU

Current Research Assistants

ALAN CHRISTOPHER HUBER
Research assistant
Alan.Huber@uga.edu

ILLANA MCGILL
Research assistant
iam05457@uga.edu

HOLLIS EVERSOLE
UGA Young Dawgs Program

SAAHAS SWAROOP
UGA Young Scholars Program

HALEY DUITSMAN
Volunteer (FFA)

NAYAB HAJIMOHAMED
Research assistant
nayabh@uga.edu
Past Research Assistants

ANGELA HIRST
Research assistant
angela.hirst@uga.edu

LAN XUAN NGUYEN
Research assistant
Lan.Nguyen@uga.edu

KIERSTIN SMITH
Research assistant
Kierstin.Smith@uga.edu

HANNAH HOPE CHAFFEE
Research assistant
Hannah.Chaffee@uga.edu

SAMUEL DUPREE POOLE
Research assistant
Samuel.Poole@uga.edu

JABARI LOTTIE
Research assistant
jabari.lottie@uga.edu
Current Graduate students

HUSNAIN RAUF
Ph.D. student
hrauf@uga.edu


GEORGE HUTCHINSON
MS student
George.Hutchinson@uga.edu

JONATHAN STEVEN CARDENAS
MS student
Jonathan.Cardenas@uga.edu

ANDRES MAURICIO MAYORGA
Ph.D. student
mayorga@uga.edu

SUYUN NAM
Ph.D. student
suyun.nam@uga.edu

MARK IRADUKUNDA
MS student
mark.iradukunda@uga.edu

PARKER EGAN PERSONS
MS student
parker.persons@uga.edu

KAHLIN BRYAN WACKER
MS student
kahlin.wacker@uga.edu

PEYTON LOU PALSHA
MS student
Jonathan.Cardenas@uga.edu
Past Graduate Students

DR. THEEKSHANA JAYALATH
Dissertation: “Manipulating horticultural lighting to optimize crop production in controlled environmental agriculture”
tcjay@uga.edu
Current Visiting Scholars

SILVIA LOCATELLI
Graduate student at University of Padua (Italy) / Research Scientist at the Ferrarezi Lab
silvia.locatelli@unipd.it

DR. JONGYUN KIM
Professor at Korea University (South Korea) / Research Scientist at the Ferrarezi Lab
jongkim@korea.ac.kr
Past Visiting Scholars

CAMILLE HAZARD
MS student at UniLaSalle (France)
Camille.Hazard@etu.unilasalle.fr

ESTEBAN GATARD
MS student at UniLaSalle (France)
Esteban.Gatard@etu.unilasalle.fr

THIAGO GASTALDO
Undergraduate student at University of Sao Paulo – School of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz” (Brazil)
thiago.gastaldo11@gmail.com

DR. HENRIQUE F. E. DE OLIVEIRA
Professor at Goiano Federal Institute (Brazil)
henrique.fonseca@ifgoiano.edu.br

DR. MARCIO MESQUITA
Professor at University Federal of Goiânia (Brazil)
marcio.mesquita@ufg.br