2019 FFAR Fellows Cohort Announced

The FFAR Fellows Program provides selected students with hands-on mentorship and valuable professional development experience. This fellowship not only invests in the research conducted by the students; it better prepares them for the scientific careers of the futures by broadening their skill sets.Sally Rockey, Ph.D.
Executive Director
The FFAR Fellowship program is led by the Academic Programs Office at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University.
“The Fellows are an impressive group of Ph.D. students whom we know will have a lasting effect on food and agriculture,” said Dr. John Dole, who manages the program at North Carolina State University. “The FFAR Fellows program will give them the tools and training to hit the ground running and make an impact from day one in their future positions.”
The following students comprise the 2019 FFAR Fellow cohort:
- Alex Batson, Washington State University
- Scott Cosseboom, University of Maryland
- Maria Gannett, Cornell University
- Natalie Goh, University of California-Berkeley
- Sihui Ni, North Carolina State University
- Nate Korth, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Miriam Martin, Kansas State University
- Kelsey Peterson, University of Minnesota
- Linda Beckett, Purdue University
- Gwen Donley, Case Western Reserve University
- Karlinton Flores, North Carolina State University
- Danielle Gelardi, University of California-Davis,
- Annemarie Krug, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Krista Marshall, University of California-Davis
- Dhruv Patel, University of California-Berkeley
- Inocent Ritte, Tuskegee University
- Danielle Stevenson, University of California-Riverside
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Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization originally established by bipartisan Congressional support in the 2014 Farm Bill, builds unique partnerships to support innovative and actionable science addressing today’s food and agriculture challenges. FFAR leverages public and private resources to increase the scientific and technological research, innovation and partnerships critical to enhancing sustainable production of nutritious food for a growing global population. The FFAR Board of Directors is chaired by Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum, Ph.D. and includes ex officio representation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and National Science Foundation.
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