People

Our mascot: Chewbacca

Faculty

Research Technician

Postdoctoral Associates

Past Project Manager

DR. JORGE A. REYES, LAMP Project Coordinator & Communications Assistant

Current Research Associates

BRAYLEN THOMPSON, Research Associate / UGA CENG REEU Program Student – Summer ’24

Past Research Associates

ALAN CHRISTOPHER HUBER, Research Assistant

ALEXANDER “SASHA” KEMP SEVERTSON, Research Associate

ANDREW RATCLIFF BENECCHI, Research Associate

ANGELA HIRST, Research Associate

ILLANA MCGILL, Research Associate

Current Research Assistants

NAYAB HAJIMOHAMED, Research Assistant

SARAH DUDLEY, Research Assistant

Past Research Assistants

SUVU GURUNG, Research Assistant

DELIA McELHANNON, UGA CAES Young Scholar Program Student – Summer ’24 (1st place in the presentation competition)

HALEY DUITSMAN, UGA Young Dawgs Program Student – Fall ’23

HOLLIS EVERSOLE, UGA Young Dawgs Program Student – Fall ’23 & Spring ’24

DEREK ETHAN BULLARD, Research Assistant – Fall ’23

LAN XUAN NGUYEN, Research Assistant

KIERSTIN SMITH, Research Assistant

HANNAH HOPE CHAFFEE, Research Assistant

SAMUEL DUPREE POOLE, Research Assistant

JABARI LOTTIE, Research Assistant

SAAHAS SWAROOP, UGA CAES Young Scholar Program Student – Summer ’23 (2nd place in the presentation competition)

MULANEY ABAGAIL TANT, Research Assistant

EMILY LARISCY, UGA CENG REEU Program Student – Summer ’24

ERIN HOWELL, UGA CENG REEU Program Student – Summer ’24

MARISHA TOWNER, UGA CAES Rising and Emerging Scholar Program Student – Summer ’24

NATHAN FINNELL, UGA CENG REEU Program Student – Summer ’24

PETER TUAN PHAN, UGA CENG REEU Program Student – Summer ’24

ASHA SANAA COLVARD, UGA CENG REEU Program Student – Summer ’24

Current Graduate Students

HUSNAIN RAUF, Ph.D. Student

SUYUN NAM, Ph.D. Student

MATTHEW JOSEPH HOUSLEY, MS Student under the UGA Tuition Assistance Program

Past Graduate Students

DR. THEEKSHANA “TC” JAYALATH, Dissertation: “Manipulating horticultural lighting to optimize crop production in controlled environmental agriculture”, PhD graduate, started April ’23 after the passing of his advisor Dr. Marc van Iersel and graduated with me in July ’23

PEYTON LOU PALSHA, MS graduate, started April ’23 after the passing of her advisor Dr. Marc van Iersel and graduated with me in Dec ’23

KAHLIN BRYAN WACKER, MS graduate, started April ’23 after the passing of his advisor Dr. Marc van Iersel and graduated with me in May ’24

MARK IRADUKUNDA, MS graduate, started April ’23 after the passing of his advisor Dr. Marc van Iersel and graduated with me in May ’24

GEORGE HUTCHINSON, MS graduate, started May ’22 and graduated in May ’24

JONATHAN STEVEN CARDENAS, MS graduate, started May ’22 and graduated in May ’24

CHRISTOPHER EUGENE NIETERS, MS graduate, started May ’22 and graduated in July ’24

PARKER EGAN PERSONS, MS graduate, started April ’23 after the passing of his advisor Dr. Marc van Iersel and graduated with me in July ’24

Current Visiting Scholars

None

Past Visiting Scholars

CAMILLE HAZARD, MS Student at UniLaSalle (France)

ESTEBAN GATARD, MS student at UniLaSalle (France)

THIAGO GASTALDO, Undergraduate student at University of Sao Paulo – School of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz” (Brazil)

DR. SILVIA LOCATELLI, Former Graduate student at University of Padua (Italy)

DR. HENRIQUE F. E. DE OLIVEIRA, Professor at Goiano Federal Institute (Brazil)

DR. MARCIO MESQUITA, Professor at University Federal of Goiânia (Brazil)

DR. JONGYUN KIM, Professor at Korea University (South Korea) / Research Scientist at the Ferrarezi Lab

DR. ONOFRIO DAVIDE PALMITESSA, Researcher at the University of Bari (Italy) / Visiting Scholar at the Ferrarezi Lab