News & Announcements

Allie Wright will be working with Peter in Betsy Beers’ program this summer.            

  Carmen Swannack has joined Stefano Musacchi’s team this summer on an internship from WSU. Welcome Carmen!          

Dylan Yant and Dakota McFadden recently joined Achour Amiri’s team to assist with program activities during the summer. We are happy to have these two young men around.

Guilherme Locatelli is a visiting Ph.D. student from Uberlândia, Brazil and graduated as an Agronomist from the Federal University of Roraima – Brazil in September 2013. He is supported by the Brazilian Government – CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel). He earned his Masters Degree in February 2015 at the Federal University […]

Rayane Barcelos Bisi is a visiting P.h.D. student from Brazil and graduated as an Agronomist from the Federal University of Viçosa in September 2013. Rayane came to the U.S. in 2012-2013 to do her trainee program at Glades Crop Care in Florida, where she worked with crop consulting in Pests and Diseases. She earned her […]

You may recognize Kellie Allen as she is a returning timeslip employee and will be, again, working with Vince Jones’ program. Welcome back, Kellie!        

Sumyya Waliullah came to us as a Visiting Scholar last year and has now been hired in Lee Kalcsits’ program as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. She will continue to work on histology, microscopy and the molecular mechanism involved in physiological disorder in apple and pear. We are happy to have her here!        

Leah Schell began working in Jones’ lab as a timeslip employee, effective March 27. She will be with us for the duration of the summer. Say hello if you get the opportunity.          

Louis (aka Louie) is a postdoctoral research associate working in Betsy Beers’ program on integrated pest management of insect pests in pear orchards. The goal of this program is to develop soft programs that conserve natural enemies while controlling primary pest outbreaks. They also hope to develop interactive tools that allow growers to stay involved […]

Chris Strohm will be working with Tianna DuPont, several TFREC scientists, and the local pear industry on sustainable IPM solutions for pear psylla and mites. Their aim is to measure grower benefits from soft and organic spray programs, to increase knowledge and confidence in biological control, to encourage area-wide information sharing, and to develop an […]