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Faculty

DR. RHUANITO SORANZ FERRAREZI
Associate Professor of CEA Crop Physiology and Production
(706) 201-4909 ferrarezi@uga.edu
Research Technician

Postdoctoral Associates

DR. KUAN QIN
Postdoctoral Research Associate
kuanqin@uga.edu
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