Seminar Series

Fall and Spring seminars support Horticulture's graduate research program. Graduate students fill much of the schedule with required MS/PhD exit seminars. The Horticulture Seminar Committee and Horticulture Graduate Student Association (HGSA) strive to support professional development with academic and industry guest speakers as well.

UGA faculty, students, staff and their guests are welcome to join each week. Zoom links are provided through the weekly seminar distribution lists via email. For security purposes, zoom information is not provided to non-UGA individuals without a professional or personal connection.

Join us on Tuesdays from 3pm – 4pm for our weekly seminars through each Fall and Spring semester. In-person meeting locations are available as noted below. 

  • Athens: Miller Plant Sciences (MPS), room 2201
  • Tifton: Tift Building, room 102
  • Griffin: Cowart, room 214

HORTICULTURE FALL 2026 SEMINAR SERIES

 

Tuesday, September 8 - Guest Speaker

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Reimagining the Peach Orchard: High-Density Systems, Cold Hardiness, and Technologies for Resilience

Dr. Brent Arnoldussen
Assistant Extension Professor and State Fruit Extension Specialist, Dept of Horticulture, University of Kentucky

Presenting from Griffin campus, Cowart, room 214
Tifton viewing: Tift Building, room 102
Athens viewing: MPS, room 2201

 

Tuesday, September 15 - Guest Speaker

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Reproductive barriers in Chicory

Fabio Palumbo
University of Padua

Presenting from Athens campus, MPS, room 2201
Tifton viewing: Tift Building, room 102
Griffin viewing: Cowart, room 214

Tuesday,  September 22 - Guest Speaker

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Introduction and new immigration law and how it affects visas

Ashley Johnson
UGA Director of Immigration Services

Presenting from Athens campus, MPS, room 2201
Tifton viewing: Tift Building, room 102
Griffin viewing: Cowart, room 214

Tuesday,  September 29 - Guest Speaker

3:00pm - 4:00pm

TBA

Shinsuke Agehara
University of Florida

Presenting from Athens campus, MPS, room 2201
Tifton viewing: Tift Building, room 102
Griffin viewing: Cowart, room 214

Tuesday,  October 6 - TBA

3:00pm - 4:00pm

TBA

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Advisor
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Presenting from Athens campus, MPS, room 2201
Tifton viewing: Tift Building, room 102
Griffin viewing: Cowart, room 214

Tuesday,  October 13 - Guest Speaker

3:00pm - 4:00pm

TBA

Alfie Vick
CED Professor; Georgia Power Professor in Environmental Ethics
Director, Environmental Ethics Certificate Program

Presenting from Athens campus, MPS, room 2201
Tifton viewing: Tift Building, room 102
Griffin viewing: Cowart, room 214

Tuesday, October 20 - TBD

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

TBA

TBD, TBD

Advisor: TBD

Presenting from Athens campus, MPS, room 2201
Tifton viewing: Tift Building, room 102
Griffin viewing: Cowart, room 214

Tuesday, October 27 - PhD Exit Seminar

3:00pm - 4:00 pm

TBA

Nirmala Acharya, PhD GRA

Advisor: Dr. T. McAvoy

Presenting from Tifton campus: Tift Building, room 102
Griffin viewing: Cowart, room 214
Athens campus, MPS, room 2201

Tuesday, November 3 - PhD Exit Seminar

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Loci, Candidate genes associated with Fruit shape in watermelon

Samuel Manthi, PhD GRA

Advisor: Dr. C. McGregor

 

Presenting from Athens campus, MPS, room 2201
Tifton viewing: Tift Building, room 102
Griffin viewing: Cowart, room 214

Tuesday, November 11 - MS Exit Seminar

300 pm - 4:00 pm

Evaluating Hop Cultivar Suitability for Cultivation in Georgia

Zachary Hutzell, MS GRA

Advisor: Dr. D. Zhang

Presenting from Athens campus, MPS, room 2201
Tifton viewing: Tift Building, room 102
Griffin viewing: Cowart, room 214

Tuesday, November 17 - Guest Speaker

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

TBA

Ignazio Grazioso
TBA

Presenting from Athens campus, MPS, room 2201
Tifton viewing: Tift Building, room 102
Griffin viewing: Cowart, room 214