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| NEA 2023 Interns |
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| Jonathan Aponte |
| Finger Lakes Community College |
| Germplasm Curation, Extension, and Public Outreach |
| Skills acquired: Viticulture, conservation, phenotyping, outreach and extension |
| Anna Cohen |
| Cornell University |
| Tracking Tart Cherry Fruit Development |
| Skills acquired: liquid chromatography, statistics in R, pomology, and germplasm |
| Tori Ford |
| University of Florida |
| Feral Hemp Niche Modeling |
| USDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, NY |
Hello, I’m Tori Ford, I am an ORISE Scholar collaborating with the USDA’s PGRU Hemp Program. My interests lie in the interdisciplinary studies of botany, ecology, and computer science. In my time, I will be working to construct ecological niche models that predict the abiotically suitable area in the Midwestern United States for Feral Cannabis with hopes to use that information in the larger characterization of the feral subpopulation. In the future, I hope the mechanistic and computational skills I’ve learned during my time will help me become a better researcher and collaborator.
| Sam Page |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
| Chemical Analysis of Dihydrochalcones within Malus Leaves |
| Skills acquired: liquid chromatography, statistics in R, pomology, and germplasm |
| Micaela Patterson |
| Appalachian State University |
| Phenotyping Seeds from the USDA Bottle Gourd Collection to Increase Crop Resilience in the Face of Climate Change |
| Skills acquired: Seed science and conservation, phenotyping, and germplasm |
| Abraham Porschet |
| Swarthmore College |
| Characterization of Dihydrochalcones in Malus domestica: Identifying Expressed Genes |
| Skills acquired: Chromatography, bioinformatics, RNAseq |
| Marcella Venettozzi |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
| Pest Management and Plant Defense: Myzus cerasi and Extrafloral Nectaries in Cherry |
| Skills acquired: Gas chromatography, image analysis, horticulture, entomology, vineyard management |
