Crop Genetics and Genomics REEU Fellows and Their Accomplishments
Extension Publications and Articles by REEU Fellows
2023
First place: Kimberly Casares & Camren Cordell, Cultivating future scientists at the Marigold Farmers Market. Shades of Green. Athens-Clarke County Agriculture and Natural Resources E-Newsletter, Sept. 2023.
Second place: Jacob Mayne & Sheena Lim, Gardening with Intent and Gentle Dispositions
Third place: Kenzington Deal & Kyle Miller, The Joy is in The Jam Bridging Science and Community
Honorable mentions:
- Jayivey Brown & Emily Mathus, An Outlook To Our Future
- Lola Hammond & Nyiefa Cumberbatch, Local Farmers with the Heart of a Lion
2022
First place: Reham Azab, Abby Jensen & Audree’Auna Morris-Garrett, Room to Grow, An Organic Farm Experience. Shades of Green. Athens-Clarke County Agriculture and Natural Resources E-Newsletter, Sept. 2022.
Second place: Caroline Beuscher & Jevon Clarke, Beyond the Field and the Lab Bench
Third place: Jeremiah Jackson & Ashlynn Little, The Crop Connection
Honorable mentions:
- Dianah Anderson & Dawson Childs, Crop Genetics: From Field to Lab Table.
- Chloe Dela Cerna & Christian Ona, Developing a Green Thumb – Cultivating a Lifestyle of Organic Farming.
- Ian Nelson & Margarita Ramirez, Summer Crop Genetics and Organic Farm Outing
2021
First place: Marin Lonnee and Haley McMillan, A Love Affair for a Better World: The Future of Agriculture. Shades of Green. Athens-Clarke County Agriculture and Natural Resources E-Newsletter, August 2021.
Second place: Anaya Arnold and Douglas Vines, STEM and Stem: UGA REEU Interns Look into Farming.
Third place: Natalie Miller and Katie Toomey, Shine Bright like a Diamond Hill Farmer.
Honorable mentions:
- Gabriel Harris and Aishat Lawal, Organic Farmers Market Extension at UGA.
- Orrie Feitsma and Adam Mauzy, Our UGA Summer Research and Extension Experience.
2019
First place: Kamaya Brantley and KeAndre Leaks, Behind the Greens: Our Research and Extension Summer Experiences at UGA, Shades of Green. Athens-Clarke County Agriculture and Natural Resources E-Newsletter, August 2019.
Second place: Addison Bralick and Jenna Mathwig, Farm to Table.
Honorable mentions:
- Anisha Jayachandran, Seeding to Feeding.
- Aurelia Espinoza and Charvea Aguilar, From Hand-picking to Customer Satisfaction.
- Derrick Ousley and Tahj Moore, Cultivating Connections and Experiences: Our Research and Extension Summer Experience at UGA.
- Jennifer Tyler and Raeanne Herrera, Veggie Tale.
2018
First place: Jaimie Seymour, Ryan Ward, and Sydney Dilworth, From the Field to the Table REEU Experiences, Shades of Green. Athens-Clarke County Agriculture and Natural Resources E-Newsletter, June 2019.
Second place: Kasandra Velarde, Makayla Mitchell and Raven Harvey, Life as a REEU Student.
Third place: Ben Parker, Francisco Chacon, and Hadley Figueroa, Our Research and Extension Summer Experiences at UGA.
Honorable mention: Amaja Andrews and Chanais Martinez, From The Lab, to The Field, to The Table!
REEU Fellows
2022
Reham Azab
Abby Jensen
Audree’Auna Morris-Garrett (cosponsored by Georgia Research Alliance)
Caroline Beuscher
Jevon Clarke
Jeremiah Jackson 1rst Place Undergraduate Poster Award, 2022 Plant Center Fall Retreat
Ashlynn Little 3rd Place Undergraduate Poster Award, 2021 Plant Center Fall Retreat
Dianah Anderson (cosponsored by Georgia Research Alliance)
Dawson Childs
Chloe Dela Cerna (cosponsored by NSF)
Christian Ona
Ian Nelson
Margarita Ramirez
2021
Anaya Arnold
Jaimey Fastnacht
Orrie Feitsma
Gabriel Harris (cosponsored by Georgia Research Alliance)
Aishat Lawal
Marin Lonnee
Adam Mauzy
Haley McMillan
Natalie Miller
Katie Toomey (Katie’s blog), 2nd Place Undergraduate Poster Award, 2021 Plant Center Fall Retreat
Douglas Vines, UGA CURO scholar, 3rd Place Undergraduate Poster Award, 2021 Plant Center Fall Retreat
2019
Charvea Aguilar
Addison Bralick
Kamaya Brantley, UGA LSAMP scholar, 2021 FABricate inspiring finalist
Aurelia Espinoza
Raeanne Herrera (cosponsored by NSF)
Anisha Jayachandran
KeAndre Leaks
Jenna Mathwig
Tahj Moore
Derrick Ousley
Jennifer Tyler
2018
Amaja Andrews, 2021 McNair Scholar, 2021 UGA CAES Ratcliffe Scholar
Francisco Chacon
Sydney Dilworth
Hadley Figueroa
Raven Harvey
Chanais Martinez, 1st place presentation at the Annual Mid-Atlantic Food Day Summit, 2019
Makayla Mitchell, read Makayla’s experience here
Ben Parker, UGA 2019 CAES Congressional Agricultural Fellow
Jaimie Seymour
Kasandra Velarde, 1st poster presentation at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2019
Ryan Ward (cosponsored by NSF)