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​​2021 APS Foundation Awardees

• Ashish Adhikari, University of Florida
• Rufus Akinrinlola, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
• Suzette Arcibal Baldwin, University of Idaho
• Allina Bennett, University of Georgia
• Jonathan D. Beutler, University of California-Davis
• Usha Bhatta, University of Georgia
• Manoj Choudhary, University of Florida
• Audrey M. Conrad, Purdue University
• Maria Izabel Costa de Novaes, Louisiana State University
• Austin Nathaniel Fife, The University of Florida
• Stratton John Georgoulis, University of California-Davis
• Mackenzie Gunn, University of Georgia
• Diego Ernesto Gutierrez Castillo, Colorado State University
• Waana Kaluwasha, Louisiana State University
• Santosh Koirala, University of Georgia
• Brett Robert Lane, University of Florida
• Emily K. Luna, Colorado State University
• Asha Mane, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Marcus Marin, University of Florida
• Arunabha Mitra, Washington State University
• Gabriel Dario Muñoz Herrera, Louisiana State University
• Natalia Pineros Guerrero, Purdue University
• Shannon Brianne Piper, University of Wisconsin
• Ambika Pokhrel, Auburn University
• Jacob Sharkey, Colorado State University
• Tammy Lynn Stackhouse, University of Georgia
• Madison Stahr, North Carolina State University​
• Tristan Wei Wang, Cornell University
• Xing Wei, Virginia Tech Tidewater AREC
• Peiqi Zhang, University of Florida​​

• Routhu Gowtham Kumar, Assam Agricultural University
  
• Jagmohan Singh, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute
  
• Sabiha Saeed, Aligarh Muslim University
  
• Sumaih Wani, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir
  

​	​ Andrea Alejandra Arrua Universidad Nacional de Asunción Paraguay
​	​​​Wadzani Dauda Palnam Federal University Gashua Nigeria​
​	​​Faheem Uddin Rajer Sindh Agriculture University Pakistan

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E​dilaine Mauricia Gelinski Grabicoski
Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Brazil

I.E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium

Features graduate student research around a central theme which changes annually. 2021 theme is Microbial life on a leaf: Building foundation for sustainable agriculture.​

​Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu The Pennsylvania State University​	​Prabha Liyanapathiranage Auburn University
​Carrie Fearer The Ohio State University	​Rishi Ram Bhandari Auburn University

Lafayette Frederick Diversity in Mentoring Award

The award enables mentors to enhance the academic and professional experiences of mentees and to increase the number of practicing plant pathologists from underrepresented groups, particularly those from historically Black colleges and universities, 1890 land-grant institutions, Tribal colleges and universities (1994 land-grant institutions), and minority serving institutions. 

Corri​ Hamilton
University of Wisconsin-Madison (PhD candidate)
​Will mentor students from the Vincent High​ School of Agricultural Sciences in a project to screen plant pathogenic bacteria for antimicrobial compounds.

Tiffany Lowe-Power
University of California-Davis (assistant professor)
Will mentor students from Fort Valley State University and from Tuskegee University in a remote-learning bioinformatics project to identify effectors in Ralstonia solanacearum. 

Additionally, both awardees will provide career guidance and networking opportunities to their mentees. 

Raymond J. Tarleton Student Fellowship

Additional funding opportunities ​are available through the APS Foundation. 

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