Samantha Simard successfully defends her master's thesis

CONGRATULATIONS to Sam Simard who successfully defended her master's thesis last week! Her thesis is titled "Survey of Soilborne Pathogens Infecting Strawberry in Oxnard, CA & Effect of Planting Date and Chill Treatment on Strawberry" and you can watch her presentation here: https://youtu.be/G31z_hLspdI?si=CJA1EuSAo7LMqoG_

Her thesis committee is comprised of Drs. Gerald Holmes (chair), Shashika Hewavitharana and Mark Hoffman (NCSU).

We're incredibly proud of her and we can't wait to see her grow in her role as Pathology Research Associate!