Workshop Presenters

Workshops at Plant Yourself In Ag Day 2025 included multiple departments from across the College of Agricultural Sciences. Listed here are the departments, labs, researchers and principal investigators who shared their work and authentic science activities.

Agricultural Experiment Station

Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center
Drone Demo
Presenters: Justin Darlington, Austin Kirt

Department of Ag Economics Sociology and Education

Agricultural Extension and Education Program
Faculty and Staff: Kevin Curry, Laura Rice, John Ewing, Beth Mathie, Jon Seaman
AEE Undergraduate Preservice Educators, co-presenting with researchers: Grace Aurentz, Rick Bollinger, Ashley Brubaker, Leah Davis, Rylee Ewing, Sarah Grove, Sarah Munson, Mary Ribbeck, Jeremy Rose, Jenna Sassman, Katelyn Stringer, Erica Teagarden, Benjamin Torrey

Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Ag Robotics and Sensing Lab
Move. See. Repeat: The Science of Robots
Researchers: Long He (PI), Kangrui Han, Kittiphum Pawikhum, Lawrence Arthur, Luke Jeffery, Sadjad Mahnan, Hanjie Dou, Shirin Ghatrehsamani (PI)

Researchers and Ag robotics

Preisendanz Research Group
Water Quality in PA Streams
Researchers: Heather Preisendanz (PI), Henry Kibuye, Kelly Kosiarski

Members of the water quality workshop

Valappil Lab
Water on the Move
Researchers: Femeena Pandara Valappil (PI), Si Thu Khant Min

Department of Animal Science

Department of Animal Science
Precision Dairy Science
Researchers: Alana Michelle Lee, Sophia Wendt, Kathryn Bosley

Presenter discussing animal science topic.

Department of Ecosystem Science and Management

Groh Lab
Buffering for Better Streams
Researchers: Tyler Groh (PI), Helen Senerchia

Team members for stream buffers research

Hamilton Lab
Tree Traits
Researchers: Jill Hamilton (PI), Alayna Mead

Department of Entomology

Grab Applied Systems Ecology Lab
Bug Blitz - Bug Battle
Researchers: Heather Grab (PI), Kelly Bennett, Grace Tiwari, Mykala Robertson

Department of Food Science

Yi Zhang Lab
The Science Behind the Bite
Researchers: Yi Zhang (PI), Danielle Stroinski

Department of Plant Science

Kumar Lab 
Apple Explorers: maturity, meaning, and modern science
Researchers: Shan Kumar (PI), Lindsay Brown, Aashish Karki, Devansh Gupta, Marley Ewick, Michael Evans, Olivia Degreenia

Members of the Kumar apple research team

Burghardt Lab 
Fix Your Nitrogen
Researchers: Liana Burghardt (PI), Patrick Sydow, Kelsey Mercurio

Di Gioia Lab
Get the Skinny on the Greens
Researchers: Francesco Di Gioia (PI), Aline Seffrin, Rishi Ravichandran, Sanchita Saha

Pasto Agricultural Museum

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Pennsylvania Furnace, PA 16865
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Pasto Agricultural Museum

Address

Museum Address:
2710 West Pine Grove Road, Gate K
Pennsylvania Furnace, PA 16865
Directions