Graduate student Maria Teresa Tancredi (advised by Jennifer Jo Thompson) has, in the past year, been working on a collaboration with American Farmland Trust’s Women for the Land for one of the studies for her Ph.D.
As part of the collaboration, Tancredi did a summer fellowship with them and created three reports and a blogpost to share some of the findings of her research.
Congratulations, Maria Teresa, on your excellent scholarship!
Four Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture (and department of Crop and Soil Sciences) graduate students were named “Outstanding Graduate Students” at the 16th International Conference on Precision Agriculture held in Manhattan, Kansas.
Congratulations to Binita Ghimire (advised by Dr. Lorena Lacerda, UGA-Athens), Emily Bedwell (advised by Dr. George Vellidis, UGA-Tifton , Cole Byers (advised by Dr. Glen Rains, UGA-Tifton, and Amrinder Jakhar (advised by Dr. Leo Bastos, UGA-Athens) for this achievement!
The 16th International Conference on Precision Agriculture highlights significant research and its applications in precision agriculture and showcase emerging technologies and information management for agriculture.
Emily Bedwell, a graduate student advised by Dr. George Vellidis, has been selected to participate in the International Soil Moisture School in Budapest, Hungary on July 14-17, 2024.
The school is intended for Ph.D. scholars, postdocs, and early career scientists interested in learning how to collect and utilize soil moisture resources from in situ and microwave satellite sensors.
Bedwell is one of only three graduate students in the United States awarded a Fulbright scholarship that will cover all her travel expenses.
Congratulations on this honor, Emily!
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