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The Root Alliance Researchers and Educators
Dr. Celina Gómez, Purdue University
Research areas:
- Improving propagation practices of high-value crops using indoor farming technologies
- Urban gardening to help growers produce resilient vegetable plants that can thrive in consumer environments
- Evaluating plant responses to light spectrum or quantity
Dr. Paul Fisher, University of Florida
Research Areas:
- Nutrients, water quality and substrates
- Heavy metal contamination
- Vapor pressure deficit, climate control and irrigation
- Training
Dr. Rhuanito Ferrarezi, University of Georgia
Research Areas:
- Precision irrigation, plant nutrition and crop physiology
- Cropping systems for indoor soilless cultivation, including hydroponics
- Imaging, high throughput phenotyping and lighting strategies
- His work aims to optimize water usage, enhance crop productivity and resource utilization, and develop sustainable agricultural practices.
Dr. Ryan Dickson, University of Arkansas
Research Areas:
- Nutrient and pH balance in recirculating hydroponics, substrates
- Food and waterborne pathogens
- Crop scheduling
- Soft fruit production, “long-cane” blackberry/raspberry
Dr. Rosa Raudales, University of Connecticut
Research Areas:
- Plant pathology
- Beneficial microbes in roots
- Microbiome in hydroponics
- Water quality and treatment
- Water footprint
- Bilingual training in English and Spanish
