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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 21, 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...
    Time Management: A Must-Have Life Skill
    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.
    How to Talk Science with Your Aunts?
    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."
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