CANVAS 2025 Student Award Winners
We’re proud to celebrate the success of our graduate students at CANVAS 2025 - the premier event where Crop, Agronomic, Environmental, and Soil Sciences come together to inspire innovation and drive scientific progress.
Formerly known as the ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, CANVAS fosters collaboration and sparks ideas that shape the future of agricultural and environmental research.
Congratulations!
Award winning students from Crop and Soil Sciences.
Awards
Dr. Leonardo Bastos, advisor
- Lucas Peranzoni Deponti
- 2nd place, Undergraduate Research Symposium Oral Contest II (SASES) session
- Pedro Rodolfo Zolin
- 1st place, Undergraduate Research Symposium Oral Contest I (SASES) session
- Anish Bhattarai
- 1st place, Ph.D. Oral Presentation Competition, Precision Agriculture Systems Community
- Member, 1st place in the Hackathon
- Amrinder Jakhar
- Member, 1st place team in the Hackathon
- Kriti Poudel
- Member, 2nd place team in the Hackathon
Dr. David Jespersen, advisor
- Saptarshi Modal
- Member, 3rd place team in the Hackathon
Dr. Lorena Lacerda, advisor
- Binita Ghimire
- 1st place, Poster Presentation in the ASA Airborne and Satellite Remote Sensing Community
Dr. Matt Levi, advisor
- Shea Hoffman
- 2nd place, Oral Presentation Pedology Division
Dr. Cristiane Pilon, advisor
- Anshul
- 1st Place in the Poster competition of the Crop Ecology, Management, and Quality
- 1st Place in the Poster and 5-Minute Rapid competition of the Seed Physiology, Production, and Technology
- Jimmy Awori
- 2nd Place in the PhD Poster competition of the Crop Physiology and Metabolism Division
- 2nd Place in the PhD Oral competition of the Crop Physiology and Metabolism Division
- Luke Sykes
- 1st Place in the MS Poster competition of the Crop Physiology and Metabolism Division
- 2nd Place in the MS Oral competition of the Crop Physiology and Metabolism Division
Dr. Wes Porter, advisor
- Marco Torresan
- 1st place, M.S. Oral Presenation Competition in the Precision Agriculture Systems Community
Dr. Henry Sintim, advisor
- Md Ariful Islam Sohag
- 3rd place, ASA Nutrient Management Professionals
Dr. John Snider, advisor
- Emmanuella Bredu
- 2nd Place Oral Competition. Cotton, Hemp, and Other Fiber Crops Community, Agronomy Society of America.
- Jhansy Katta Reddy
- 3rd Place Oral Competition. Crop Irrigation Strategies and Management Community, Agronomy Society of America.
- Comfort Adegbenro
- 1st Place PhD Poster. Crop Physiology and Metabolism Division, Crop Science Society of America.
- 2nd Place Oral. Global Climate Change Division, Agonomy Society of America
- Amit Godara
- 3rd Place PhD Poster. Crop Physiology and Metabolism Division, Crop Science Society of America.
- Ashbin Bhat
- 3rd Place MS Oral. Crop Physiology and Metabolism Division, Crop Science Society of America.
- 3rd Place MS Poster. Airborne and Satellite Remote Sensing Community, Agronomy Society of America.
Dr. Aaron Thompson, advisor
- Joshua Falkowski
- 3rd place, Oral Presentation (Soil Chemistry Division)
Dr. George Vellidis, advisor
- Vinicius Trevisan
- 1st Place in the Graduate Student Oral competition of the ASA Crop Irrigation Strategies and Management Community
- Jasia Jannat
- 2nd place, Poster Presentation in the Evapotranspiration Measurement and Modeling Community
SASES Quiz Bowl Success
Huge congratulations to our CRSS students who placed Top 8 out of 26 teams at their first national SASES Quiz Bowl competition!
Meet the team:
- Matthew Bruder (4th year, Agriscience and Environmental Systems)
- Troy Loggins (3rd year, Water & Soil Resources)
- Brianne Bracewell (4th year, Water & Soil Resources)
- Alejandra Cerron-Palomino (2nd year, Environmental Resource Science)
They had an amazing time competing, meeting SASES students from across the country, attending research sessions, and even exploring the State Capitol!
A special shout-out to Lily Chen (2nd year, Water & Soil Resources) for presenting her undergraduate research poster “Temperature and Relative Humidity Effects on Water Absorption and Dissolution of Urea Fertilizer” with Dr. Miguel Cabrera.
We are SO proud of everything they accomplished!
Members of the CRSS 2025 SASES Quiz Bowl Team!