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!


CANVAS award winners from the department of Crop and Soil Sciences.
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    
  • 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. 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. 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. 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