Vegetable Crop Team Members
Personnel
Graduate Students
Guilherme Bueno
M.S. Student
Marcos de Barros
Ph.D. Student
Austin Dorminey
M.S. Student & Manager of the Organic Unit
Olivia Fuller
M.S. Student & ACES Regional Extension Agent
Paulo Nakazawa
M.S. Student
Jessica Paranhos
Ph.D. Student
Thiago Rutz
Ph.D. Student
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Sthefani Oliveira
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Raira Pelvine
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Members
Contact
124 Funchess Hall,
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
HORT News
Ru part of national team to receive $5.2 million for specialty crop breeding research
Blueberry breeding and research at Auburn University received new support in the form of a $5.2 million award from the USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative Program. Sushan Ru, an assistant professor and blueberry breeder in the Department of Horticulture, was part...
Andre da Silva named national winner of Professional Early Career Award
Andre da Silva, assistant professor and extension vegetable specialist in the Auburn University Department of Horticulture, was recently named the national winner of the 2023 Professional Early Career Award from the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) at...
Mariannah Harding earns master’s in horticulture at 18
As 18-year-old Mariannah Harding straightened her master’s regalia on Samford Lawn, she reflected on the days she worked in Auburn University’s most iconic building. “I watered the plants in Samford Hall,” she said. “I remember looking outside, watching students take...