University of Georgia

Crop Genetics and Genomics REEU Fellows and Their Accomplishments

Extension Publications and Articles by REEU Fellows

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:

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:

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)

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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)