Faculty Expertise
Please join us August 6 for a Climate-Smart Field Day at the J. Phil Campbell Sr. Research & Education Center at the University of Georgia in Watkinsville, GA
Climate-Smart Field Day Events offer educational opportunities for farmers enrolled in the Southern Piedmont Climate-Smart Project and anyone interesting in learning climate-smart farming practices such as roller crimping, plasticulture and more. Participants will have the opportunity to interact one-on-one with Southern Piedmont Climate-Smart Project team members, take a field tour, learn more about the project, and more. Attendance is free and registration is required. Lunch is provided for all attendees.
At the 2024 APRES meeting held in Oklahoma City, Crop and Soil Sciences faculty members took home 3 of the 4 national professional awards:
- CortevaTM Agriscience Award for Excellence in Education - W. Scott Monfort (UGA Tifton campus)
- CortevaTM Agriscience Award for Excellence in Research - R. Scott Tubbs (UGA Tifton campus)
- Bailey Award (best presentation/paper from the 2023 Annual Meeting) - Cristiane Pilon (UGA Tifton campus)
Additionally, Nick Shay (advised by Dr. Prostko) received 3rd place in the Ph.D. Oral competition and Aasish Pokharel (advised by Dr. Brown) received 2nd place in the M.S. Poster competition.
Kaylyn Reagin (advised by Dr. Porter) was recognized by the Board of Directors as the 2024 Graduate Student Organization president.
Student Achievement
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!
M.S. student Anish Bhattarai is the 1st place recipient of the prestigious E. Broadus Browne Research Awards for Outstanding Graduate Student Research for 2024. This award recognizes the exceptional research work and effective communication skills of students within the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Bhattarai is the first Master's student from the Crop and Soil Sciences Department to receive this honor. He is advised by Dr. Leo Bastos.
Congratulations, Anish! You make the department proud!
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