EREC-Student Association

05/03/2022

Thank you to all of the EREC students for volunteering to help with the annual Sweet Corn Festival! We appreciate you.

05/03/2022

The youngest of our team came to work last week on take your child to work day. The future (Dr.) Zenn :)

05/03/2022

Congrats to Dr. Saroop Sandhu! We are proud of you!

“Congratulations Dr. Saroop Sandhu and all UF graduates! ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ https://t.co/n4ZOmXfKFy”

05/03/2022

We had such a great time at our 3rd annual Everglades REC picnic! Thank you to everyone who organized this event!

04/21/2022

"Throwback Thursday" to November 2019 in San Antonio Texas at the Agronomy, Soil, And Crop Sciences Trisociety meeting! Looking forward to attending this year in Novemeber 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland!

04/21/2022

Congratulations to Lis on completing her masters research and successfully passing her defense! We are so proud of you!!

03/08/2022

Happy International Women's Day!

03/03/2022

EREC-SA Treasurer and Ph.D. student Xue Bai is
working on phosphorus fractionation technique using the Hedley method. Very cool!
Xue's advisor is Dr. Jango Bhadha in the Soil and Water Sciences Department.

03/03/2022

The EREC would like to officially welcome our newest faculty member: Dr. Katia Viana Xavier! To read a bit more about Dr. Xavier's plant pathology research, click this link: https://erec.ifas.ufl.edu/faculty-pages/dr-katia-viana-xavier/.

03/03/2022

Congratulations Dr. Daroub!!!!

Internationally acclaimed scientist to lead UF/IFAS Everglades Research and Education Center
image - Samira Daroub BELLE GLADE, Fla –Samira Daroub, an internationally acclaimed soil and water scientist and professor, has been named director of the UF/IFAS Everglades Research & Education Center (EREC). The appointment is effective immediately.

Daroub becomes the second woman in the history of the 100-year-old center to take the helm. Located in Belle Glade, Florida, the center’s campus includes offices, laboratories, greenhouses, a 700-acre research farm, and residential dormitories and housing for graduate students and visiting scientists, all in the heart of the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA).

“Dr. Daroub has impressed me every time I’ve gone to Belle Glade to visit with her,” said J. Scott Angle, UF senior vice president of agriculture and natural resources and leader of UF/IFAS. “I’ve also been impressed at every visit by what stakeholders, faculty, staff and community leaders say about her first-rate science and her leadership. It’s critical that we have such a trusted leader to navigate complex water quality challenges in this region.”

02/25/2022

Congratulations to Lis Natali Porto on your Masters degree!
Your presentation on your research Downy mildew in lettuce breeding was fascinating.
Lis's advisor is Dr. German Sandoya in the Horticulture department.
We are all so proud of you and look forward to wonderful things in your future!

02/18/2022

Congratulations to Dr. Samira Daroub on officially becoming the new EREC Center Director!