Ana María Vázquez-Catoni
Meet Dr. Leslie Holland, Assistant Professor in Plant Pathology
Starting with a proactive and transparent mentorship approach, Leslie established a lab that bridges the gap between research and growers.
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Ana María Vázquez-Catoni
- Oct 2
- 4 min
Meet Dr. Marietta Marcano, Systems Optimization Engineer at Bayer Crop Science
Adapting to adversity, Marietta develops solutions to agricultural challenges from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Ana María Vázquez-Catoni
- Mar 20
- 3 min
Dr. Tina Wu, University Relations Coordinator with MANRRS
Enthusiastic and engaged, Tina works to support underrepresented groups in the agricultural sciences through outreach and education.
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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."
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...
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?
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