Martha
Hincapie is also working as a scholar in Natalia Peres' Plant
Pathology program. Marta also comes to us from Costa Rica as a
graduate from EARTH University in Limon, Costa Rica.
If
this new hire looks familiar to you, it is because Marcia Barquero
Quiros was here in November 2006, working for a short time with
Steve MacKenzie in the Plant Pathology department to receive training in
techniques required for Natalia Peres' T-Star grant. She has
returned now as a scholar after receiving her Masters degree from the
University of Costa Rica in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.
Kenneth Sorensen, a PhD graduate from
Kansas State, and resident of Raleigh, North Carolina joins us as a
Visiting Adjunct Professor. Ken will be working with David
Schuster and Jim Price in conducting research to evaluate the efficacy
of new insecticides for management of the melonworm and pickleworm on
squash. He will also participate in defining the damage of Asian
cockroaches to strawberries. Ken has extensive background
experience as an Extension Entomologist at North Carolina State
University and has even participated in GCREC entomology programs in the
past when he visited the Bradenton Center in 1986 and again in
1994. Although
recently retired, he has not retired his knowledge and experience, but
continues to share that expertise in collaborative research.
Pauline Bansept has joined
Gary Vallad's Plant Pathology program as an OPS research assistant and trainee from
France, sponsored by Global Outreach. Pauline did her initial
training here in the US with Syngenta Seeds, Inc. before joining Dr.
Vallad's program until December 2008. She received her Masters
degree from ENESAD in Dijon France.
Our
newest OPS research assistant/scout for David Schuster's entomology
program is Lynne Bullerman. Lynne is teaming up with
another scout collecting data for graduate student, Shine Taylor's
entomology research. Lynne received her BA degree in
Geology/Natural Science from USF. She and her husband live in
Lithia.Donna Moeller, is a graduate of Florida A&M and has been teaching for the past 17 years at Plant City High School in Plant City. She is teaching the spring semester Reading Secondary Level course at Plant City campus.