Faculty Expertise
Pam Knox, Director of the UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist, was awarded the Henry T. Harrison Award for Outstanding Contributions by a Consulting Meteorologist at the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), held January 28 - February 1 in Baltimore, Maryland.
The award was established to recognize a consulting meteorologist for outstanding contributions to the profession, clients, and society. Nominees should demonstrate expertise in weather or climate and their applications, adherence to ethical behavior, and a high level of service to clients and/or the weather and climate enterprise.
Congratulations, Pam!
Cristiane Pilon, Associate Professor in Row Crop Physiology was awarded the Early Career Award from the American Society of Agonomy (ASA) Southern Regional Branch.
The ASA Early Career Award recognizes individuals who have made an outstanding contribution in agronomy within seven years of completing their final degree (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.).
Congratulations, Dr. Pilon!
Student Achievement
Emily Bedwell and Amrinder Jakhar, CRSS Ph.D. students, made invited presentations of their research during a Precision Agriculture Workshop hosted by the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) in Brazil.
Pictured from left to right are Dr. Leticia Moreno, former CRSS Ph.D. student and now postdoctoral researcher at UFLA, Emily Bedwell, CRSS Assistant Professor and workshop co-organizer Dr. Lorena Lacerda, Amrinder Jakhar, UFLA Professor and workshop co-organizer Dr. Adão Felipe dos Santos, and CRSS Assistant Professor Dr. Leo Bastos.
Emily is advised by Dr. George Vellidis and Amrinder is advised by Dr. Bastos.
Maria Teresa Tancredi, a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Dr. Jennifer Jo Thompson, is a 2024 recipient of the Future Leaders in Science Award.
Thanks to this program, on March 5, 2024, Maria Teresa joined a group of 40 fellow ASA, CSSA, and SSSA members to attend a Congressional Visit Day on Capitol Hill. During the visit, the group met with Senators' and House of Representatives' staffers to advocate for continued USDA funding for agricultural research. Maria Teresa was part of the Georgia-Florida team, and the only one representing the Peach State.
The team visited with the Elected Officials’ staffers from the two states to urge them to allocate funds towards the Agriculture & Food Research Initiative (AFRI) and the Agriculture Advanced Research & Development Authority (AgARDA) Programs.
Coleman Byers (Dr. Virk) won second place in the oral poster competition at the 2024 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers' (ASABE) Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Louisville, KY.
Byers' poster was titled "Spray Deposition and Efficiency of Fungicide Applications in Corn with a Spray Drone."
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