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We started the ‘Horticulture Innovators’ podcast series to highlight the societal, economic, and research impact of horticulture and spread awareness about the amazing opportunities that exist to further the mission of sustainability, wellness, and food security.
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- 3 weeks ago48 min
S5: Episode 4: Paul Christou and Teresa Capell - The Art of Science
Dr. Teresa Capell is a Principal Investigator within the Agricultural Biotechnology Group at the UdL, since 2004. She became a full professor in 2011. Dr Capell is also an associate researcher of the CERCA Center, AGROTECNIO. She has been the PI of 5 different national projects since 2004. She discovered and developed a novel approach to engineer complex multistep metabolic pathways in plants exemplified by the creation of a combinatorial transgenic maize population accumulating extraordinary...
- 3 weeks ago57 min
S5: Episode 1: Lorenzo Rossi - Inspiring Aggie Horticulturalists
Dr. Lorenzo Rossi joined Texas A&M University in January 2025 as an Assistant Professor of Horticultural Plant Physiology, with 60% research, 30% teaching, and 10% service appointment. Before joining Texas A&M, he served as an Assistant and then Associate Professor at a University of Florida off-campus research center, where he began in 2018 and earned tenure in 2024. Motivated by a desire to work more closely with undergraduate students and collaborate across disciplines in a main ca...
- 3 weeks ago48 min
S5: Episode 2: Ahmed Darwish - Metabolizing Horticulture
Dr. Ahmed Darwish is an Assistant Professor of plant secondary metabolism at the Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University. He also serves as a member of the TAMU Faculty Advisory Council (FAC). He received his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from Hiroshima University, Japan, in 2015. He has excellent experience in isolating, characterizing, and testing phytochemicals from natural sources like plants, fungi, bacteria, insects, and other organisms using different techniques, ...
- 3 weeks ago45 min
S5: Episode 3: Krishna Bhattarai - Producing the Future of Crops
Krishna Bhattarai is an Assistant Professor of Controlled Environment Plant Breeding at Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, based in Dallas, Texas. He leads the Breeding for Controlled Environments program, focused on developing CEA-optimized cultivars through genetic discovery, high-throughput phenotyping, and genome-informed breeding to improve productivity, resilience, and profitability in controlled environmen...
- Mar 24, 202647 min
Special Feature: Dr. Heath Mills and Dr. Laura E. Fackrell - Horticulture Goes to Space
Dr. Heath Mills (Co-I): Dr. Heath J. Mills is an extreme environment microbial ecologist with academic degrees from Duke University and the Georgia Institute of Technology and has held two faculty positions at Texas A&M University and the University of Houston. As the current Chief Scientific Officer for Rhodium Scientific, he leads initiatives to expand terrestrial and space research capacities into the advanced commercial biotechnology sector. Dr. Mills has been Principal Investigator a...
- Mar 6, 202645 min
S4: Episode 4: Shane Moore - Follow the Crush, A Winemaker's Journey
A native of Orofino, Idaho, Shane had an early interest in wine and agriculture which led him to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Enology and Viticulture from Washington State University. Throughout his college years Shane worked in various winery cellars and upon graduation he decided to take his passion abroad. Shane spent three years gaining international winemaking experience in Canada, Western Australia and Israel’s Golan Heights. Shane met his wife while working in Australia’s Margaret R...
- Mar 6, 20261h 1m
S4: Episode 3: Andreea Botezatu - The Wine Doctor
Undergraduate Education: B.S., Oenology, University of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences, Iasi, Romania Graduate Education: Ph.D., Oenology, Brock University, St. Catherine's, Canada M.S., Agricultural Management, University of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences, Iasi, Romania Areas of Expertise: Enology Sensory Science Professional Summary: Dr. Botezatu received her honors bachelor’s degree in Horticulture, majoring in Oenology from the University of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences ‘Ion Ion...
- Mar 6, 202645 min
S4: Episode 2: Aidan Souder & Hikari Skabelund - Future Innovators
Aidan Souder is currently a Senior majoring in Horticultural Sciences at Texas A&M University. Throughout his undergraduate studies, he has set out to explore a wide range of topics in horticulture. Some of his favorites include research in genetic engineering, courses in controlled environments, work in horticultural therapy, and internships related to the ornamental horticulture sector. Additionally, he is currently working with Dr. Amit Dhingra on an undergraduate research project in g...
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We started the ‘Horticulture Innovators’ podcast series to highlight the societal, economic, and research impact of horticulture and spread awareness about the amazing opportunities that exist to further the mission of sustainability, wellness, and food security.
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