News & Announcements

Welcome to Candelario Garcia, Rosendo Garibay and Audulio Perez who all are starting at the Orchard today.   No Pictures

Md Jebu Mia has a PhD from the Polytechnic University of Marche and an MS from the University of Florence, Italy. Previously, he received another MS along with a BS from the Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh. His past research included the impact of alternative orchard floor management practices on tree growth, fruit yield and quality, […]

The Grad students had fun yesterday carving pumpkins.               

Please welcome Astrid Lima to the Musacchi lab as a timeslip.

Say Hi to Aina who is joining Tianna’s program. Dr. Aina Baró Sabé is a biotechnologist, graduated at the University of Barcelona (2016), and specialized in food biotechnology by the University of Girona (2017). She has recently completed her Ph.D. in technology at the University of Girona, working on the mechanisms of action of functional […]

Welcome back to Jill who is joining Carolina’s lab  

Welcome back to Cameron Burt who will be returning to his position as Farm Manager

Welcome back to Jim Johnson who is joining Betsy’s lab as a timeslip.

Please welcome Joseph Katon to Achour’s Lab. Joseph has studied molecular biology at CSU Monterey Bay and at that time worked on the molecular characterization of Santa Cruz fungi at the CSUMB Plant Pathology lab, researched the fungicide resistance of cucurbit downy mildew during his summer internship at North Carolina State University, and studied emerging […]

Welcome Molly Sayles to Louie’s Lab. Molly is joining Louis Nottingham’s lab as a Ph.D. student in the fall of 2021. She earned a BS in systems ecology at Oberlin College, where she developed an interest in insect science and plant-insect interactions. Her research in the lab will focus on the ecology and management strategies […]