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.
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
TBA
TBA
Advisor: TBA
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
Seminar Committe Members
Athens Faculty Representative
Griffin Faculty Representative
Tifton Faculty Representative
HGSA Representative
Graduate Program Administrator
Director of Graduate Studies
Past Seminar Schedules
- Academic Year 2025-2026 (contact hort@uga.edu)
- Academic Year 2024-2025 (contact hort@uga.edu)
- Academic Year 2023-2024
- Academic Year 2022-2023
- Academic Year 2021-2022
- Academic Year 2020-2021
- Academic Year 2019-2020
- Academic Year 2018-2019
- Academic Year 2017-2018
- Academic Year 2016-2017
- Academic Year 2015-2016