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

Mariana Neves

PhD Candidate

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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

Ryan Cullen

M.Sc.Student

There is no greater education than one that is self-driven" -Neil deGrasse Tyson

Justin Williamson

Greenhouse Assistant

Cultivate peace and harmony with all

Emily Rood

Field Team Leader

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Mark S Mattson

Field Biologist and Coordinator

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Juliana Benevenuto

Postdoctoral Associate

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Rodrigo Amadeu ​

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

Orville Deleon

Field Assistant

Team work is motivation with success, and comes with joy, happiness, and filled with abundance"

Maryjo Valle

Tissue Culture Technician

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Werner Collante

Sr. Biologist and Program Manager

Let's work together towards something better...

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.

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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Gonzalo Casorzo

M.Sc. Student

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Allyson Jones

Lab Team Leader

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Alexandra Frezer

Lab & Field Assistant

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Taylor Sawyer

Field & Lab Technician

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