People

This program is grateful to the many individuals who contributed to making it successful and to the amazing and exceptional trainees who brought true success.

Where are they now?

DataFEWSion Alumni

Cohort 1: 2019-2021

 Chin-Yuan “Jeff” Chu

Assistant Professor

  Tunghai University, Taiwan

Program: Industrial Engineering

Advisor: Gul Kremer

Lindsey Murry

Lindsey Hartfiel

Research Program Manager UW Discovery Farms

UW-Madison Extension

Program: Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Advisor: Michelle Soupir

Charlie Labbuzetta

Charlie Labuzzetta

 

Ecological Data Scientist

USGS


Program: Statistics & Environmental Science

Advisor: Zhengyuan Zhu

Virginia “Gina” Nichols

Faculty

Department of Agroecology – Aarhus University


Program: Crop Prod & Physiology

Advisor: Matt Liebman & Sotirios Archontoulis

Tim Neher

Tim Neher

Nonpoint Source Sr. Project Manager

Indiana Dept of Environmental Mgmt.


Program: Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Advisor: Michelle Soupir

Gorkem EmirhuseyinogluGörkem Emirhüseyinoğlu

Senior Data Scientist

United Airlines


Dept: Industrial Engineering

Advisor: Sarah Ryan


Garrison Gunter

Program: Chemical Engineering
Projected Grad: 2024
Advisor: Robert Brown

   

 

Cohort 2 2020-2022

Meyer Bohn

Meyer Bohn

Postdoctoral Scholar

Iowa State University

Dept: Agronomy

Advisor: Bradley Miller

Loulou Dickey

Dept: Civil, Const, & Environ. Eng.

Advisor: Chris Rehmann
Tiffanie Stone

Tiffanie Stone

Postdoctoral Scholar
Iowa State University

Dept: Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM) and Env. Sci.

Advisor: Janette Thompson
Haleigh Summers

Haleigh Summers

Agricultural Geospatial Data Scientist

Sand County Foundation

Dept: Sustainable Ag

Co-Advisors: John Tyndall, Emily Zimmerman

Richard Magala

Dept: Natural Resource Ecology & Management
Projected Grad: 2024
Advisor: Lisa Schulte Moore

 

 

 

Cohort 3 2021-2023

Alex Cleveringa

Dept: Agronomy– Crop Production & Physiology
Projected Grad: 2025
Advisor: Fernando Miguez

Kyle DeLong

Dept: Agronomy – Agricultural Meteorology
Projected Grad: 2025
Advisor:  Brian Hornbuckle

Motahareh Kashanian

Dept: Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Projected Grad: 2026
Advisor: Sarah M Ryan

Holly Loper

Dept: EEOB-  Microbiology
Projected Grad: 2024
Advisor: Steven Hall

Gabrielle Myers

Research Hydrologist 

USDA Agricultural Research Services 

Dept: Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering

Advisor: Raj Raman & Daniel Andersen

Jarrett Morrison

Civil Engineer

The Foth Companies

Dept: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Advisor: Lu Liu

Kelly Nascimento Thompson

Dept: Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Projected Grad: 2025
Advisor: Dr. Richard Cruse & Dr. Brian K. Gelder
   

 

Cohort 4 2022-2024

Logan Johnson

Animal Science

Graduated Spring 2024

Advisor: Dr. Steven Lonergan

Júlia Brittes Tuthill

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Graduated Summer 2024

Advisor: Dr. Amy Kaleita

 

Elmin Rahic

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Graduated Summer 2024

Advisor: Dr. Zhiyou Wen & Dr. Robert Brown

 

Angelos Lagoudakis

Economics 

Projected Grad: Spring 2025

Advisor: Dr. Dermot J Hayes and Dr. Elizabeth Hoffman.

Matt Kavanaugh

Agricultural Meteorology

Projected Grad: Spring 2026

Advisor: Dr. Brian Hornbuckle

Nicole Kling

Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences

Projected Grad: Spring 2025

Advisor: Dr. Lorraine Lanningham-Foster

 

Emmanuel Padmore Mantey

Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Projected Grad: Fall 2027

Advisor: Dr. Lu Liu

 


Fatemeh Ganji

Civil, Construction and

Environmental Engineering

Projected Grad: Spring 2026

Advisor: Dr. Lu Liu 

 

Connor Thorpe

Materials Science and Engineering

Projected Grad: Fall 2025

Advisor: Dr. Shan Jiang

Taylor Vroman

Environmental Science

Projected Grad: Spring 2027

Advisor: Dr. Michelle Soupir

 

 

Luke Soko

Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering

Projected Grad: Spring 2026

Advisor: Dr. Dan Andersen

 

 

Alexandra Barron

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Projected Grad: Spring 2026

Advisor: Dr. Robert Brown

 

 

 

 

Trainees

The exceptional group of trainees, representing many disciplines and interests makes it possible to provide this program.

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Industry Advisory Board

Our industry board members are involved in helping us design and maintain the program.

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Diversity Advisory Board

Our advisory board insures that we are recruiting and addressing inclusion through many avenues.

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