Get to Know Our Team F3 Team Joshua Viers, PhD VISTA Faculty Director Leigh Bernacchi, PhD VISTA F3 Executive Director Luyen Hoang, MS VISTA F3 Senior Program Manager Tamika Flores VISTA Center Manager Gurpartap Dhaliwal Senior Financial Analyst Kimberly Gibson, PhD F3 Inclusive Innovation Postdoctoral Scholar Emery Silberman ESF Ag-Tech Specialist Bárbara Maressa dos Santos ESF Research Coordinator Alli Sweigard, BA VISTA F3 Communication Coordinator Jose Cobos Industry Relations Coordinator Ellie Feliciano VISTA Administrative Officer 2 Jaimie Colores-Flores VISTA Administrative Assistant Adrian Buitron Boada VISTA F3 Inclusive Innovation Specialist Ana Calderon Sandoval VISTA Inclusive Innovation Research Specialist Agrifood Technology Faculty Joshua Viers, PhD VISTA Faculty Director Abel Chuang Associate Professor Gerardo Diaz Professor Jian Qiao Sun Professor Rebecca Ryals Associate Professor & Presidential Chair in Climate Change Reza Ehsani Professor Ricardo de Castro Professor Stefano Carpin Professor Tea Lempiälä Professor Xuan Zhang Assistant Professor Yanbao Ma Professor YangQuan Chen Professor Teamrat Ghezzehei Associate Professor Sarah Kurtz Professor Venkatt Ayyaswamy Associate Professor Roummel Marcia Professor Shijia Pan Professor Boaz Ilan Associate Professor Graduate Students Jennifer Alvarez PhD Candidate Hossein Ashrafpour PhD Candidate Shiang Cao PhD Candidate Michael Difrieri PhD Candidate Mohsen Farajijalal PhD Candidate Zachary Malone PhD Candidate Hassan Jafari Mosleh PhD Candidate Yulissa Perez-Rojas PhD Candidate Hui Wei PhD Candidate Adam Weingram PhD Candidate Kyle Wright PhD Candidate Yuanlin Yang PhD Candidate Postdoctoral Researchers Elham Jamshidi Postdoctoral Scholar Rui Gao Postdoctoral Scholar Student Intern Team Ajitpal Singh Clean Energy & AgTech Intern Alex Yanez VISTA F3 Web Developer Intern Ethan Vu AgTech Design Innovation Intern Alumni Lorenzo Booth, PhD Former F3 Graduate Student Arav Gupta Agtech Innovation Intern Kang Yang, PhD Former F3 Graduate Student Nicolas Goncalves PhD Student Shahriyar Hekmat PhD Student Lucia Barboza Web Development Intern Adrien Badakhsh F3 Intern Tynique Williams FACTS Intern Jacob Ramirez FACTS Intern Kamila Dilmurat Postdoctoral Scholar Arash Toudeshki Postdoctoral Scholar Shangjie Du PhD Candidate Aren Aguila Web Development Intern Sean James-Hickey Videography Intern Alonso Ortiz Web Development Intern
Joshua Viers, PhD VISTA Faculty Director Leigh Bernacchi, PhD VISTA F3 Executive Director Luyen Hoang, MS VISTA F3 Senior Program Manager Tamika Flores VISTA Center Manager Gurpartap Dhaliwal Senior Financial Analyst Kimberly Gibson, PhD F3 Inclusive Innovation Postdoctoral Scholar Emery Silberman ESF Ag-Tech Specialist Bárbara Maressa dos Santos ESF Research Coordinator Alli Sweigard, BA VISTA F3 Communication Coordinator Jose Cobos Industry Relations Coordinator Ellie Feliciano VISTA Administrative Officer 2 Jaimie Colores-Flores VISTA Administrative Assistant Adrian Buitron Boada VISTA F3 Inclusive Innovation Specialist Ana Calderon Sandoval VISTA Inclusive Innovation Research Specialist
Joshua Viers, PhD VISTA Faculty Director Abel Chuang Associate Professor Gerardo Diaz Professor Jian Qiao Sun Professor Rebecca Ryals Associate Professor & Presidential Chair in Climate Change Reza Ehsani Professor Ricardo de Castro Professor Stefano Carpin Professor Tea Lempiälä Professor Xuan Zhang Assistant Professor Yanbao Ma Professor YangQuan Chen Professor Teamrat Ghezzehei Associate Professor Sarah Kurtz Professor Venkatt Ayyaswamy Associate Professor Roummel Marcia Professor Shijia Pan Professor Boaz Ilan Associate Professor
Jennifer Alvarez PhD Candidate Hossein Ashrafpour PhD Candidate Shiang Cao PhD Candidate Michael Difrieri PhD Candidate Mohsen Farajijalal PhD Candidate Zachary Malone PhD Candidate Hassan Jafari Mosleh PhD Candidate Yulissa Perez-Rojas PhD Candidate Hui Wei PhD Candidate Adam Weingram PhD Candidate Kyle Wright PhD Candidate Yuanlin Yang PhD Candidate
Ajitpal Singh Clean Energy & AgTech Intern Alex Yanez VISTA F3 Web Developer Intern Ethan Vu AgTech Design Innovation Intern
Lorenzo Booth, PhD Former F3 Graduate Student Arav Gupta Agtech Innovation Intern Kang Yang, PhD Former F3 Graduate Student Nicolas Goncalves PhD Student Shahriyar Hekmat PhD Student Lucia Barboza Web Development Intern Adrien Badakhsh F3 Intern Tynique Williams FACTS Intern Jacob Ramirez FACTS Intern Kamila Dilmurat Postdoctoral Scholar Arash Toudeshki Postdoctoral Scholar Shangjie Du PhD Candidate Aren Aguila Web Development Intern Sean James-Hickey Videography Intern Alonso Ortiz Web Development Intern
