Valeria Fonseca Turcios is a new intern visiting scholar in Dr. Meyers’ weed science lab. Born and raised in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Valeria is currently a senior undergraduate student majoring in Agribusiness Management at Zamorano University. She joined the Meyers’ lab to fulfill a professional experience requirement for her degree, but her motivation goes beyond that;[Read More…]
Nemali Lab is hosting an overseas visiting doctoral fellow from India under the Purdue-India Partnership for a period of one to one-and-half years. Ms. Uzma Gulzar is currently doing her Ph.D. in the Division of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir, India. She will be conducting research with[Read More…]
HLA professor Lori Hoagland traveled to Chivay, Peru to meet with the advisory panel for the Arequipa Nexus Institute’s Phase 3 research and engagement projects. The goal of the projects is to help the people of the Colca Canyon become more productive and sustainable by transitioning to organic agriculture, improving alpaca fiber quality, and developing[Read More…]
Ali Jewell, Brittany Weerts, and Nathan Liberty Brittany Weerts and Ali Jewell traveled to Boston last week for a 2-day intensive training for the new Freight Farm container farms at the Purdue Student Farm. While there, they met with Nathan Liberty – Freight Farm’s growing manager and also a former HLA graduate. Nathan and the rest[Read More…]