PhD Fellows | Food Systems Research Center | The University of Vermont(title)

The Food Systems Research Center is proud to fund graduate students at UVM across multiple colleges and departments, all working to answer pressing issues in food systems.

FSRC PhD Fellows engage in meaningful research across a broad spectrum of Vermont and global food systems. Their transdisciplinary studies represent the diversity of food systems, addressing aspects ranging from agricultural practices to human nutrition to the management of food waste. There is currently a call for applications for the 2025-2026 PhD Research Assistantships.

Current FSRC PhD Fellows

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Ihsan Akili

FSRC PhD Fellow

Cardiometabolic Diseases, Public Health, Epidemiology, Public Health Emergency Response Planning

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Jasmine Hart

FSRC PhD Fellow

Plant breeding, genomics, transcriptomics, plant pathology, participatory plant breeding.

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Kacey Paige LaBonte

FSRC PhD Fellow

Extreme weather events, public health, farmer behavior, community development

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Pindar Yawulda Mbaya

FRSC PhD Fellow

Food insecurity, Food Safety, Vulnerable population (elderly), Chronic diseases of nutritional origin.

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Hannah Shafer

FSRC PhD Fellow

Plant biology, evolutionary developmental biology, genetics, temperate grasses/cereal crops

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Patrick Shafer

FSRC PhD Fellow

Edible insects, food product development, consumer preference

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Sarra Talib

FSRC PhD Fellow • Gund Fellow

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Regina Visconti

FSRC PhD Fellow

Intracellular trafficking in Arabidopsis roots


 

Former PhD Fellows

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