Award Highlights
Thank you Chris Peters for 40 years of service to the Department and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Chris has been a dedicated team member coming to the rescue whenever we had IT struggles and keeping the computer labs running smoothly. We will miss you! Congratulations on your retirement.
Sean Snarey, a current M.A.B. student and graduate of the Terry College of Business with a degree in Economics, received the $10,000 grand prize in this year's FABricate competition. His proposal was a system which automates a labor-intensive step in poultry processing, that of hanging poultry, which has some of the highest labor turnover rates in the industry.
Read more about his proposal and win
Faculty Awards
Dr. Berna Karali was selected as one of the new editors for the American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE), the flagship journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA). This prestigious appointment reflects her expertise and contributions to the field, and we look forward to her leadership in shaping impactful research in agricultural and applied economics.
Dr. Esendugue Greg Fonsah was selected as President of the Food Distribution Research Society (FDRS). Under his leadership, the FDRS successfully hosted its 65th Annual Conference in Puerto Rico. Themed "Resilient AgriFood Systems," the conference gathered researchers, educators, and industry professionals to discuss advancements in food distribution over time.
Esendugue Greg Fonsah
Dr. Gopi Munisamy was awarded the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Borealis Award in recognition of his significant contributions to the University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural, and Natrual Resources Related Sciences in his greater community.
Gopinath (Gopi) Munisamy
Dr. Yukiko Hashida has been honored with the prestigious Japanese Economic Association Award for Young Female Researchers. The esteemed award, sponsored by Nippon Life Insurance and the Japanese Economic Association, celebrates the achievements of female economists who are emerging as role models for the next generation. To accept her award, Dr. Hashida will be traveling to Japan.
Learn more about Dr. Hashida and this award.
Dr. Chen Zhen served as the Keynote Speaker for the 5th Annual UGA Obesity Research Initiative Symposium! In his presentation, he discussed using scanner data to inform food and nutition policymaking. As a UGA Athletics Association Professor in Food Choice, Obesity & Health, Dr. Zhen is a leading scholar in the field of consumer behavior with impactful research on sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes, shelf nutrition labeling, and much more.
Dr. Michael Adjemian, with is co-PI Qingxiao Li at Lousiana State University, received a USDA NIFA grant of $800,000 for "PARTNERSHIP: Contributions of Supply and Demand Shocks to Food Price Inflation in the United States and Their Policy Implications."
