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	Personnel	University	email	Job Title	Education
Plant Biology	Neha Potnis (lead)	Auburn University	nzo0024@auburn.edu	Endowed Associate Professor	Ph.D., Plant Pathology — University of Florida Microbiology — University of Pune Microbiology — University of Pune

	Yongsig Kim	Michigan State University	yskim@msu.edu	Senior Research Associate	Ph.D. Department of Plant Science, University of Arizona; M.S. Agricultural Biology, Division of Plant Pathology, Seoul National University; B.S. Agricultural Biology, Division of Plant Pathology, Seoul National University

	German Sandoya	University of Florida	gsandoyamiranda@ufl.edu	Assistant Professor	Ph.D. Plant Breeding, University of Vigo M.S. Agricultural and Horiticulturla Plant Breeding, CIHEAM Zaragoza, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza B.S.

Greenhouse production	Daniel Wells (lead)	Auburn University	wellda@auburn.edu	Associate Professor	Ph.D. – Horticulture, Louisiana State University M.S. – Horticulture, Auburn University B.S. – Horticulture, Auburn University

	Desmond Mortley	Tuskegee University	dmortley@tuskegee.edu	Research Professor of Plant and Soil Science	Ph.D. Horticulture (Plant Nutrition/Physiology), Pennsylvania State University M.S. Plant and Soil Science Tuskegee University; BS Animal Sciences Tuskegee University

Energy and Wastewater	Sushil Adhikari (lead)	Auburn University	sza0016@auburn.edu	Professor; Director, Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts	Ph.D. Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, M.S. Energy Technology, Asian Institute of Technology-Thailand, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Tribhuvan University-Nepal

	Hossein Jahromi	Auburn University	hzj0048@auburn.edu	Assistant Research Professor	Ph.D. Biological Engineering, Utah State University, M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Kerman, B.S. Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University

	Brendan Higgins	Auburn University	bth0023@auburn.edu	Associate Professor	Ph.D. Biological Systems Engineering, University of California-Davis; M.S. Transportation Technology and Policy, University of California-Davis; B.S. Civil Engineering, Northwestern University

	David Blersch	Auburn University	dmb0040@auburn.edu	Associate Professor	Ph.D. Biological Resources Engineering, University of Maryland; M.S. Biological Resources Engineering, University of Maryland; B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame

Modeling	Ying Zhang (lead)	University of Florida	yingzhang409@ufl.edu	Assistant Professor, Controlled Environments	Ph.D. Biosystems Engineering, University of Arizona M.S. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Arizona; B.S. Light Chemistry Engineering, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University;

	Vakhtang Shelia	University of Florida	vakhtang.shelia@ufl.edu	Research Assistant Scientist	Ph.D. Agrophysics. Agrophysical Research Institute in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

	Brendan Higgins	Auburn University	bth0023@auburn.edu	Associate Professor	Ph.D. Biological Systems Engineering, University of California-Davis; M.S. Transportation Technology and Policy, University of California-Davis; B.S. Civil Engineering, Northwestern University

Economics	Rui Chen (lead)	Tuskegee University	rchen@tuskegee.edu	Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics	Ph.D. Applied Economics, Auburn University; M.A. in Applied Economics, Ocean University of China; B.A. Applied Economics, Inner Mongolia University

	Youssouf Diabate	Tuskegee University	ydiabate@tuskegee.edu	Association Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics	Ph.D. Applied Economics, Auburn University; M.S. Agricultural Economics, Tuskegee University; B.S. Engineer of Applied Sciences in Animal Sciences, Institute Polytechnic Rural of Katibougou

Extension	Jeremy Pickens (lead)	Auburn University	jeremy.pickens@auburn.edu	Assistant Extension Professor	Ph.D. Auburn University, M.S. Auburn University, B.S. Auburn University

	Bob Hochmuth	University of Florida	bobhoch@ufl.edu	Assistant Center Director and Regional Specialized Extension Agent	M.S. Entomology, University of Maryland; B.S. Agriculture and Extension Education. University of Maryland

	George Hunter	Tuskegee University	ghunter@tuskegee.edu	Agriculture and Natural Resources Coordinator

Education	David Cline (lead)	Auburn University	clinej@auburn.edu	Associate Extension Professor	Ph.D. Auburn University M.Aq Auburn University B.S. Colgate University;

	Daniela Marghitu	Auburn University	marghda@auburn.edu	Professor; Director, Research Laboratory for Education and assistive Technology	Ph.D. Automation and Computing. University of Craiova B.S. Automation and Computing, Polytechnic University of Bucharest;

Project Manager	Caroline Whiting	Auburn University	clg0024@auburn.edu	Project Manager; Research Engineer	M.S. Engineering Management (2024) B.S. Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University

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