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GFSI Team

Adegbola Adesogan

Adegbola Adesogan

Associate Vice President
Global Food Systems Institute

 
 
 
 
 
Billy Field

Billy Field

Fiscal Assistant
Global Food Systems Institute & LSIL

 
 
 
 
 

Valerie Kessler

Program Assistant
Global Food Systems Institute - Advancing Agricultural Excellence Project

 
 
 
 
 

Alejo Sanchez

Communications Specialist
Global Food Systems Institute

 
 
 
 
 
Jessica Baker

Jessica Baker

Assistant Director
Global Food Systems Institute

 
 
 
 
 
Elizabeth Jones

Michelle Jones

Executive Assistant
Global Food Systems Institute

 
 
 
 
 

Dorothy Mwachiro

Project Manager II
Global Food Systems Institute - Precision Livestock Farming Project

 
 
 
 
 
MaryBeth Dowling

Mary Beth Dowling

Research Administrator II
Global Food Systems Institute

 
 
 
 
 
Kay Kelsey

Kay Kelsey

Professor, Evaluation Specialist, Project Manager
Global Food Systems Institute

 
 
 
 
 
Andy Orgam

Andy Ogram

Associate Director
Global Food Systems Institute

 
 
 
 
 

Faculty A-B

Hayley Adams

Veterinarian
Maples Center for Forensic Medicine

 
 
 
 
 
Jeanette Andrade

Jeanette Andrade

Assistant Professor
Food Science and Human Nutrition

 
 
 
 
 

Fernanda Batistel

Assistant Professor
Ruminant Nutrition, Animal Sciences

 
 
 
 
 

Ziynet Boz

Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 

Sarah Brunnig

Lecturer
Food Science and Human Nutrition

 
 
 
 
 
Adegbola Adesogan

Adegbola Adesogan

Associate Vice President
Global Food Systems Institute

 
 
 
 
 
Juan E Andrade Laborde

Juan E. Andrade-Laborde

Associate Professor
Global Nutrition

 
 
 
 
 
Haimanote Bayabil

Haimanote Bayabil

Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 

Jeffrey Brecht

Research Foundation Professor
Horticultural Sciences

 
 
 
 
 
Sarah Bush

Sarah Bush

Assistant Professor
Agricultural Education and Leadership

 
 
 
 
 
James Anderson

James Anderson

Professor
Food and Resource Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Frank Asche

Frank Asche

Professor
Forest Resources and Conservation

 
 
 
 
 
Cora Best

Cora Best

Assistant Professor
Human Nutrition

 
 
 
 
 

Shari Bresin

Extension Agent
Pasco County

 
 
 
 
 

Faculty C-D

Ed Camp

Assistant Professor
Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

 
 
 
 
 
Kara Casy

Kara Casy

Lecturer
Agronomy

 
 
 
 
 
Kathleen Colverson

Kathleen Colverson

Associate Research Scientist
Animal Sciences

 
 
 
 
 

John Diaz

Associate Professor
Agricultural Education and Comm

 
 
 
 
 

Nicolas DiLorenzo

Professor
Animal Sciences

 
 
 
 
 

Catherine Campbell

Assistant Professor
Family, Youth, & Community Sciences

 
 
 
 
 
Charlene Chase

Carlene Chase

Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences

 
 
 
 
 
Geoffrey Dahl

Geoffrey Dahl

Harriet B. Weeks Professor
Animal Sciences

 
 
 
 
 
Raquel Dias

Raquel Dias

Assistant Professor
Microbiology and Cell Science

 
 
 
 
 

Jose Dubeux

Associate Professor
Agronomy

 
 
 
 
 

Natalie Coers

Instructional Asst. Professor
Agricultural Education and Comm

 
 
 
 
 

Michelle Danyluk

Professor
Food Science and Human Nutrition

 
 
 
 
 
Albert De Vries

Albert De Vries

Associate Professor
Animal Sciences

 
 
 
 
 

Lauren Diepenbrock

Research Assistant Scientist
Plant Pathology

 
 
 
 
 

Luann Duncan

Extension Agent
Sumter County

 
 
 
 
 

Faculty E-H

Antonio Faciola

Associate Professor
Animal Sciences

 
 
 
 
 
Sebastian Galindo

Sebastian Galindo

Associate Professor
Agricultural Education and Comm

 
 
 
 
 
Karen Garett

Karen Garrett

Professor
Plant Pathology and Systems Analysis

 
 
 
 
 
Jorge Hernandez

Jorge Hernandez

Professor
Veterinary Medicine

 
 
 
 
 

Saskia Hendrickx

Deputy Director
Feed the Future - Livestock Systems

 
 
 
 
 

Jose Huguet-Tapia

Research Assistant Scientist
Plant Pathology

 
 
 
 
 
Di Fang

Di Fang

Associate Professor
Food and Resource Economics

 
 
 
 
 

Lisa Garcia

Research Assistant Scientist
North Florida REC

 
 
 
 
 

Angela Gonella

Assistant Professor
Animal Sciences

 
 
 
 
 
Arie Havelaar

Arie Hendrik Havelaar

Professor
Global Food Safety and Zoonoses

 
 
 
 
 

Lisa Hickey

Extension Agent III
Manatee County

 
 
 
 
 

Razieh Farzad

Assistant Professor
Food Science and Human Nutrition

 
 
 
 
 
Yvette Goodiel

Yvette Goodiel

Extension Agent
Martin County

 
 
 
 
 

Erica Goss

Associate Professor
Plant Pathology

 
 
 
 
 
Gerrit Hoogenboom

Gerrit Hoogenboom

Professor & Preeminent Scholar
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 
Sadie Hundemer

Sadie Hundemer

Assistant Professor
Agricultural Education and Comm

 
 
 
 
 

Faculty I-L

Kwang Cheol Jeong

Professor
Animal Sciences

 
 
 
 
 

Davie Kadyampakeni

Associate Professor
Soil and Water Sciences

 
 
 
 
 
Greg Kiker

Greg Kiker

Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 

Wonsuk (Daniel) Lee

Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 
Song Liang

Song Liang

Professor
Environmental and Global Health

 
 
 
 
 
Lin

Yang Lin

Assistant Professor
Soil, Water, and Ecosystems Sciences

 
 
 
 
 
Jamie Loizzo

Jamie Loizzo

Associate Professor
Agricultural Education and Comm

 
 
 
 
 
Xinde James Ji

Xinde "James" Ji

Assistant Professor
Food and Resource Economics

 
 
 
 
 

Subhashinie Kariyawasam

Chair and Professor
Veterinary Medicine

 
 
 
 
 

Muthusami Kumaran

Associate Professor
Family, Youth & Community Sciences

 
 
 
 
 
CHANGYING

Changying "Charlie" Li

Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 
Oscar Liburd

Oscar Liburd

Professor
Entomology and Nematology

 
 
 
 
 

Zhoumeng Lin

Associate Professor
Environmental and Global Health

 
 
 
 
 
Nargiza Ludgate FSI faculty

Nargiza Ludgate

Research Assistant Scientist
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 

Bachir Kassas

Assistant Professor
Food and Resource Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Kay Kelsey

Kay Kelsey

Professor, Evaluation Specialist
Global Food Systems Institute

 
 
 
 
 
Michael Kung

Michael Kung

Associate Director, Office for Global Research Engagement
UFIC

 
 
 
 
 

Xiaoying Li

Assistant professor
Horticultural Sciences

 
 
 
 
 
Dina Liebowitz

Dina Liebowitz

Program Director
Plant Science

 
 
 
 
 

Tie Liu

Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences

 
 
 
 
 

Faculty M-P

Greg MacDonald

Greg MacDonald

Professor
Agronomy

 
 
 
 
 

Tina McIntyre

Extension Agent
Seminole County

 
 
 
 
 
Carlos Messina

Carlos Messina

Professor
Horticulture Science

 
 
 
 
 
Conner Mullally

Conner Mullally

Assistant Professor
Food and Resource Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Rao S. Mylavarapu

Rao S. Mylavarapu

Professor
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

 
 
 
 
 

Nelly Nelson

Extension Agent
Manatee County

 
 
 
 
 
Andy Orgam

Andy Orgam

Professor & Associate Director
Soil Microbiology & GFSI

 
 
 
 
 

Mathews Paret

Professor, Dept. Chair
Plant Pathology

 
 
 
 
 

Anna Prizzia

Program Director
Field and Fork

 
 
 
 
 

Ana Martin-Ryals

Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 
Sarah McKune

Sarah McKune

Associate Professor
Environmental and Global Health

 
 
 
 
 
Bill Messina

Bill Messina

Extension Coordinator
Food and Resource Economics

 
 
 
 
 

Michael J. Mulvaney

Associate Professor
Agronomy

 
 
 
 
 
Satya Nadukuduti

Satya Swathi Nadakuduti

Assistant Professor
Environmental Horticulture

 
 
 
 
 
Marcio Nunes

Marcio Nunes

Assistant Professor
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences

 
 
 
 
 
Matt Orwat

Matthew Orwatt

Extension Agent
Washington County

 
 
 
 
 
Hector Pérez

Hector Pérez

Professor
Environmental Horticulture

 
 
 
 
 

Anne Mathews

Associate Professor
Food Science and Human Nutrition

 
 
 
 
 

Geoffrey Meru

Associate Professor
Horticultural Sciences Department

 
 
 
 
 
Naim Montazeri

Naim Montazeri

Assistant Professor
Food Science and Human Nutrition

 
 
 
 
 

Philipe Moriel

Associate Professor
Range Cattle REC

 
 
 
 
 

Rafael Muñoz-Carpena

Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 

Corwin Nelson

Associate Professor
Animal Sciences

 
 
 
 
 

Erica Odera

Associate Scientist
Feed the Future - Livestock Systems

 
 
 
 
 

David Outerbridge

Extension Agent
Lee County

 
 
 
 
 

Morgan Pinkerton

Extension Agent
Seminole County

 
 
 
 
 

Faculty Q-T

Jiangxiao Qiu

Jiangxiao Qiu

Assistant Professor
Landscape Ecology

 
 
 
 
 

Esteban Rios

Assistant Professor
Agronomy

 
 
 
 
 

Norma Samuel

Central District Extension Director
Central District

 
 
 
 
 
Steven Sargent

Steven A. Sargent

Professor and Associate Chair
Horticultural Sciences

 
 
 
 
 
Vakhtang Shelia

Vakhtang Shelia

Research Assistant Scientist
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 
Amy Simonne

Amarat (Amy) Simonne

Professor
Family, Youth and Community Sciences

 
 
 
 
 
Catherine Striley

Catherine Striley

Associate Professor
Epidemiology

 
 
 
 
 
Katherine Thompson-Witrick

Katherine Thompson-Witrick

Assistant Professor
Food Science

 
 
 
 
 

Jack Rechcigl

Center Director and Professor
Gulf Coast & Ft. Lauderdale REC

 
 
 
 
 

Grady Roberts

Professor
Agricultural Education and Comm

 
 
 
 
 
Germán Sandoya-Miranda

Germán Sandoya-Miranda

Assistant Professor
Horticulture Science

 
 
 
 
 
Olesya Savchenko

Olesya Savchenko

Assistant Professor
Food and Resource Economics

 
 
 
 
 

Karla Shelnutt

Associate Dean for UF/IFAS Extension Engagement


 
 
 
 
 

Aditya Singh

Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 

Ricky Telg

Professor and Director
Agricultural Education and Comm

 
 
 
 
 
Jose Reyes

Jose Reyes de Corcuera

Associate Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 
Geralyn Sachs

Geralyn Sachs

4-H Regional Specialized Extension Agent 3
St. Augustine, FL

 
 
 
 
 
Jose Santos

Jose E. P. Santos

Professor, Associate Chair
Animal Science

 
 
 
 
 

Renata Serra

Senior Lecturer
Center for African Studies

 
 
 
 
 
Sanjay Shukla

Sanjay Shukla

Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 
GFSI faculty member Ian Small

Ian Small

Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology

 
 
 
 
 
Matthew Thomas

Matthew Thomas

Professor and Director
Invasion Science Research Institute

 
 
 
 
 

Faculty U-Z

Gary Vallad

Gary Vallad

Professor
Plant Pathology, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

 
 
 
 
 

Olivier Walther

Assistant Professor
Geography

 
 
 
 
 

Adam Watson

Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 

Katherine Witrick

Assistant Professor
Food Science and Human Nutrition

 
 
 
 
 
Ziwen Yu

Ziwen Yu

Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 
Chang Zhao

Chang Zhao

Assistant Professor
Agronomy, Ecosystem Services Artificial Intelligence

 
 
 
 
 

Diwakar Vyas

Research Assistant Professor
Animal Sciences

 
 
 
 
 

Yu Wang

Associate Professor
Food Science and Human Nutrition

 
 
 
 
 
Weizhe Weng

Weizhe Weng

Assistant Professor
Food and Resource Economics

 
 
 
 
 

Wendy Wood Lynch

Regional Specialized Agent Central District FCS/FCS Food Systems Agent
UF/IFAS Extension - St. Johns County

 
 
 
 
 

Shouan Zhang

Professor
Plant Pathology

 
 
 
 
 

Marcelo Wallau

Assistant Professor
Agronomy

 
 
 
 
 

Patrick S. Ward

Associate Professor
Food and Resource Economics Department

 
 
 
 
 
Bruce Welt

Bruce Welt

Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 
Hanah Wooten

Hannah Wooten

Extension Agent
Orange County

 
 
 
 
 
Ying Zhang

Ying Zhang

Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 

GFSI Student Fellows

Sharon Xin Ying Chuah

Ph.D. Student
Food Science

 
 
 
 
 

Jordan Moor

Ph.D. Student
Food and Resource Economics

 
 
 
 
 
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Roberto Cardenas Retamal

Ph.D. Student
Food and Resources Economics

 
 
 
 
 

Paula Rios Glusberger

Ph.D. Student
Microbiology and Cell Science

 
 
 
 
 

Ketsira Pierre

Ph.D. Student
Plant Pathology

 
 
 
 
 

Kelsey Vought

Ph.D. Student
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 
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Jack Harling

Ph.D. Student
Interdisciplinary Ecology

 
 
 
 
 

Justin Pitts

Ph.D. Student
Interdisciplinary Ecology

 
 
 
 
 

Internal Advisory Committee

Linda Cottler

Professor
Epidemiology

 
 
 
 
 
Katie Migliaccio

Kati Migliaccio

Department Chair
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

 
 
 
 
 

Glenn Morris

Director
Emerging Pathogens Institute

 
 
 
 
 

External Advisory Board

Robert Bertram

Robert Bertram

Chief Scientist
USAID

 
 
 
 
 
Matthew Johnston

Matthew Johnston

Global Head of Vegetables
Syngenta

 
 
 
 
 
John Ellenberger

John Ellenberger

President
Land O'Lakes Venture37

 
 
 
 
 
Samuel Thevasagayam

Samuel Thevasagayam

Deputy Director
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

 
 
 
 
 
Jan Henderson

Jan Henderson

Farm Manager
Alliance Dairies

 
 
 
 
 
Felicia Wu

Felicia Wu

Professor
Michigan State University