Doug Phillips

Blueberry Extension Coordinator

The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from science, is love” - Luther Burbank

Luis Felipe Ferrao

Research Faculty

With great power comes great responsibility

Karina Lima Reis Borges

Postdoctoral Associate

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Mariana Neves

PhD Candidate

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Estefania Tavares Flores

PhD Student

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Paul Adunola

PhD Student

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Andre Soares Arcanjo

Data Manager, Webmaster and Logistic

If the walk is hard, it is because you are on the right path

Taryn Griffith

Field Team Leader

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Taylor Sawyer

Field & Lab Technician

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Mark S Mattson

Field Biologist and Coordinator

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Juliana Benevenuto

Biological Scientist

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Felix Enciso Rodriguez

Postdoctoral Associate

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Alexandria Garcia

PhD Student / Tissue Culture Specialist

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known" - Carl Sagan

Gabriel Matsumoto

PhD Student

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Anandi Karn

PhD Student

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Maryjo Valle

Tissue Culture Leader

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Justin Williamson

Greenhouse Assistant

Cultivate peace and harmony with all

Werner Collante

Sr. Biologist and Program Manager

Let's work together towards something better...

Camila Ferreira Azevedo

Postdoctoral Associate

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Lorenzo Bizzio

PhD Candidate

Curiosity is the very basis of scientific discovery; if one replies that curiosity killed the cat, I say only that the cat died nobly.

Juliana Cromie

PhD Student

Sometimes the greatest scientific breakthroughs happen because someone ignores the prevailing pessimism." - Nessa Carey Dunedin

Lushan Ghimire

PhD Student

“Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought.” – Albert Szent-Györgyi

Gonzalo Casorzo

M.Sc. Student

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Allyson Jones

Field Team Leader

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Vander Oliveira

Field Assistant

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