2019 Committee

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Sara Tirado

Committee Chair

Sara is a third year PhD student within the Applied Plant Sciences Graduate Program at the University of Minnesota. Sara grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico before attending Iowa State University, where she acquired a bachelor's degree in Agronomy. Her current research is focused on developing and implementing phenomic approaches in maize fields to characterize the effects of genetic and environmental variability on plant growth.

 

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Tyler Nigon

Recruitment subcommittee

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Tyler is a PhD candidate in the Land and Atmospheric Sciences graduate program working with advisors Dr. David Mulla and Dr. Ce Yang. Tyler’s research aims to minimize nutrient loss from agriculture by integrating remote sensing and crop agroecosystem modeling.

 

 

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Linnea Graham

Website & Design subcommittee

Venues and Food subcommittee

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Linnea is a first year master’s student in the Applied Economics graduate program at the University of Minnesota. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of St. Thomas in Economics & French. She is most interested in research in agricultural and development economics.  

 

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Ali Moghimi

Recruitment subcommittee

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Ali is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems engineering. Ali has implemented hyperspectral imaging integrated with advanced machine learning/deep learning algorithms for indoor/outdoor high-throughput wheat phenotyping. He has recently published the results of his Ph.D. research in Frontiers in Plant Science and IEEE Access.

 

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Erika Magnusson

Recruitment subcommittee

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Erika is a second year PhD student in the Plant and Microbial Biology graduate program at the University of Minnesota. She is a native Minnesotan and received her Bachelor’s degree in Plant Science and Ecology at Minnesota State University-Mankato. Her research focuses on transcription-factor-based systems biology to improve agronomic traits in crop species.

 

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Julija Cubins

Advertising & Social Media subcommittee

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Julija is a second year Master’s student in the Applied Plant Sciences program at the University of Minnesota. She is from the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Ecological Agriculture from the University of Vermont in 2015. Her current research includes establishing agronomic best management practices for emerging oilseed crops.

 

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Sarah Moore

Website & Design subcommittee

Venues and Food subcommittee

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Sarah is a second year Master’s student in the Applied Plant Sciences program at the University of Minnesota. She is originally from New Hampshire and received her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Wheaton College in Massachusetts. Her current research investigates the productivity and feasibility of double-cropping systems in Minnesota.

 

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Hailey Shanovich

Exhibitors & Sponsorships subcommittee

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Hailey is a second year Master’s student in the Entomology program at the U of M working with Dr. Robert Koch. Hailey’s research aims to evaluate potential biological controls for the invasive brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) in Minnesota apple orchards and assess the insect’s feeding preferences among U of M developed apple cultivars.

 

 

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Vijaya Raj Joshi

Recruitment subcommittee

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Vijaya R. Joshi is a PhD Candidate in Applied Plant Sciences program advised by Dr. Axel Garcia y Garcia and Dr. Jeff Coulter. He holds a M.S degree in Agronomy from the University of Wyoming. His current research project focuses on weather-impact models and nitrogen management in corn using crop simulation and remote sensing tools.

 

 

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Cadan Cummings

Website & Design subcommittee

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Cadan is a first year Master's student in the Land and Atmospheric Science program working with advisor Dr. Yuxin Miao. His graduate research centers on studying remote sensing guided in-season nitrogen management in corn cropping systems.