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Congratulations to Susan Watkins, PBIO Admissions Counselor II for our Graduate Program, and Richard Hare, IT Professional Specialist for Franklin College and PBIO specifically!

Alex Johnson, a  4th year graduate student in the Devos lab, has been awarded a 2-year USDA-AFRI pre-doctoral fellowship on “The role of microRNAs in regulating arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization levels in switchgrass.” In recent years, around 40% of U.S corn cultivation has…

Pbio graduate students Uma Nagendra (mentor: Chris Peterson), Alex Pilote (mentor: Michelle Momany), and Jess Stephens (mentor: Peggy Brickman) received the Interdisciplinary Certificate in University Teaching at a reception held by the UGA Teaching Academy.

Kevin Tarner, a Research Technician III in our PBIO greenhouses, recently starred in an episode of Ranger Nick, hosted by Dr. Nick Fuhrman, UGA Professor with the Agricultural Leadership department.

Congratulations to PBIO graduate student John Spiekerman for winning 2nd place in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition held at Cine on April 6th.