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Meet Dr. Martha Malapi, Branch Chief at USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Women in Ag Science Team

Dec 1, 2021
7 min

Meet Dr. Martha Malapi, Branch Chief at USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Profoundly motivated to reduce hunger, Dr. Malapi is paving her career working on national aspects of food security and helping in the...

Key questions when applying for grad school

Juliana González-Tobón

Nov 19, 2021
5 min

Key questions when applying for grad school

Applying to graduate school is a very interesting experience. You are probably super excited and also nervous, absolutely normal. As an...

Meet Dr. Taylor Pini, Faculty Lecturer in Veterinary Reproduction

Carolina Gonzalez-Berrios

Nov 3, 2021
6 min

Meet Dr. Taylor Pini, Faculty Lecturer in Veterinary Reproduction

Science discovery and generating new knowledge drives her to pave the road for cracking how to improve artificial insemination in sheep....

Roots as my teachers of success, failures, and intersectionality in graduate school

Edauri Navarro-Pérez

Oct 19, 2021
6 min

Roots as my teachers of success, failures, and intersectionality in graduate school

Edauri invites us on her reflection about roots and how these can be extrapolated to her experiences, privileges, oppressions...

Meet Marivier Rojas Lopez, Agronomic Research Specialist at Bayer Crop Science

Women in Ag Science Team

Oct 10, 2021
5 min

Meet Marivier Rojas Lopez, Agronomic Research Specialist at Bayer Crop Science

With her progressive and ambitious attitude, Marivier Rojas takes leadership initiatives as a scientist and as an educator. Agronomist...

Meet Helena Jaramillo Mesa, Plant Pathology Ph.D. Student

Juliana González-Tobón

Sep 20, 2021
5 min

Meet Helena Jaramillo Mesa, Plant Pathology Ph.D. Student

Strong and determined, Helena is paving her path as a plant pathologist one virus at a time. Helena Jaramillo Mesa is a Colombian...

Patricia Marie Cordero Irizarry

Sep 11, 2021
7 min

Time Management: A Must-Have Life Skill

Detailed techniques and suggestions to start mastering time management. By Patricia Marie Cordero Irizarry.

Key practices to manage diseases and pests in your garden: Part 2

Marlia Bosques-Martínez

Aug 16, 2021
7 min

Key practices to manage diseases and pests in your garden: Part 2

By: Marlia Bosques Martínez (Part 1) 2. Increasing beneficial insects/microbes When thinking about gardening, we also want to mimic...

Key practices to manage diseases and pests in your garden: Part 1

Marlia Bosques-Martínez

Aug 15, 2021
5 min

Key practices to manage diseases and pests in your garden: Part 1

By: Marlia Bosques Martinez There are 3 essential factors that will help you have a healthy farm or garden with minimum diseases and...

From Farm to Table: Educating the next generation

Carolina Gonzalez-Berrios

Jul 29, 2021
5 min

From Farm to Table: Educating the next generation

The United Nations estimated in 2019 that the world’s population would increase by 2 billion in 2050. To feed such population growth, the...

Meet Daniela Orjuela-Díaz, Soil Sciences M.Sc. and incoming PhD student

Juliana González-Tobón

Jul 13, 2021
5 min

Meet Daniela Orjuela-Díaz, Soil Sciences M.Sc. and incoming PhD student

Passionate and persistent, Daniela works closely with farmers and their needs in the field to make her research work useful and...

7 Commonly asked questions in Poultry Science

Ismael J. Pérez Cordero

Jul 3, 2021
5 min

7 Commonly asked questions in Poultry Science

In Animal Science, there is a lot of enthusiasm to learn as much as possible about the animal or types of animals you like the most. In...

Meet Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Soil Science Professor

noelymargonzalez

Jun 2, 2021
8 min

Meet Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Soil Science Professor

From soil to social justice, Dr. AA Berhe is an advocate of soil health, anti-racism and equity.

Meet Katherine Rivera-Zuluaga, Plant Pathology Ph.D. Student

Ana María Vázquez-Catoni

May 19, 2021
4 min

Meet Katherine Rivera-Zuluaga, Plant Pathology Ph.D. Student

With sheer tenacity and contagious excitement, Katherine transmits her passion for science and self-empowerment.

Transitioning from a Plant Biology Ph.D. to a Career in Technology Transfer

Julia Miller, PhD

Apr 30, 2021
6 min

Transitioning from a Plant Biology Ph.D. to a Career in Technology Transfer

"Just like transitioning to any new job, there was a long list of things I needed to learn."

Meet Dr. Paige Castellanos, Gender & Agriculture Assistant Research Professor

Marlia Bosques-Martínez

Apr 23, 2021
6 min

Meet Dr. Paige Castellanos, Gender & Agriculture Assistant Research Professor

Whatever the future holds for Dr. Paige, one thing is clear: she will keep working with marginalized agricultural communities and...

Communicating Science to the Public: The Why and How

Carolina Gonzalez-Berrios

Apr 3, 2021
5 min

Communicating Science to the Public: The Why and How

Are scientists trained to effectively communicate science to the public?

Meet Dr. Emma Hernández-Sanabria, Microbial Ecologist

Ana María Vázquez-Catoni

Mar 24, 2021
8 min

Meet Dr. Emma Hernández-Sanabria, Microbial Ecologist

From uncertainty to adventure, from macro to micro, from challenge to triumph, Emma's pursuit of science is nothing short of bold.

Juliana González-Tobón

Mar 16, 2021
5 min

How to Talk Science with Your Aunts?

In this pandemic-crazy world, there is a very high chance that your family has been overwhelmed with scientific information.

Unlock the Blackbox of Finding a Postdoc

Yingyu Liu

Mar 4, 2021
7 min

Unlock the Blackbox of Finding a Postdoc

"To my surprise, almost everyone I talked with had a different experience of how they searched for a postdoc position."