Fall 2021 PSLA Seminars

Seminars for this semester will be held on Mondays at 12PM virtually and in person where indicated. If you are interested in meeting with any of the speakers, please notify the host faculty member. Questions? Contact Seminar Co-Chairs Dr. Nidhi Rawat or Dr. Macarena Farcuh.

Date:	Guest Speaker:	Presentation Title:	Virtual/In-Person	University/Institution:	Host:	Sponsor:	Recordings:
9.13.21	Wesley Porter	Developing A Practical Extension Agricultural Engineering Program in Georgia	Virtual	University of Georgia	Nicole Fiorellino		9.13.21 (pw: C^pBR954)
9.20.21 (postponed. To be rescheduled)	Lindsay Thompson	Turning Farmer Dollars into Research Outcomes	In person	Thompson Ag Consulting	Vijay Tiwari
9.27.21	Daniel and Melanie Foster	Global Learning in Agriculture: Connecting Global Issues to Local Solutions	In person	Penn State University	Melissa Leiden Welsh		9. 27.21 (pw: 3.#&e0zm)
10.4.21	Jared Westbrook	The Multi-century effort to restore the American Chestnut Tree	Virtual	American Chestnut Foundation	Lovepreet Singh (PSLA GSA)		10.4.21
10.11.21	Randy Beaudry	Fruit aroma biosynthesis: A near death experience	In person	Michigan State University	Macarena Farcuh		10.11.21
10.18.21	Beat Keller	Molecular Diversity in the Resistance Interactions of Wheat and its Fungal Pathogens	Virtual	University of Zurich	Nidhi Rawat		10.18.21
10.25.21	Dave Rudell	Transitions: Finding Hidden Events in the Apple and Pear Cold Chain	Virtual	USDA-ARS	Macarena Farcuh
11.1.21	Philipp Simon	Why Are Carrots Orange? And Insights Into Other Questions About Carrots You May Have Been Afraid to Ask	Virtual	USDA -ARS	Yiping Qi
11.8.21	Lindsay Thompson	Turning Farming Dollars into Research Outcomes	Virtual	Thompson Ag Consulting	Vijay Tiwari
11.15.21	CL Bohannon	Notes on Community Engagement: A Leaderful Practice for Social Change	In person	Virginia Tech	Naomi Sachs
11.22.21	Stephen Harrison	A Perspective on Four Decades of Wheat Breeding	Virtual	Louisiana State University	Vijay Tiwari
11.29.21	Adrian Hegeman	Ecological Biochemistry: Plant colors and Aromas and the Animals that Love Them	In person	University of Minnesota	John Erwin
12.6.21	Libo Shan	Non-self recognition in plant immunity: Cell Surface Immune Receptors and Beyond	Virtual	Texas A&M University-Norman E. Borlaug Center	Shunyuan Xiao

Spring 2021 Seminar Series