Tag: Kennedy Space Center

Three-panel image showing a rocket launch, a gloved researcher handling a small plant sample in a laboratory tube, and a ripe passion fruit growing on the vine.

Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Garcia Uses Plant Science to Support Future Space Exploration

by Eva Sailly
August 24, 2026

Ellen Garcia is a recent graduate of Horticultural Sciences, earning her Ph.D. in August 2025 and immediately starting as a postdoctoral research associate with NASA at Kennedy Space Center in September 2025.  Her research uses hyperspectral ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth
Tags: Alumni, Alumni-feature, Dr. Ali Sarkhosh, Dr. Ellen Garcia, Dr. Tie Liu, Horticultural Sciences, Horticultural Sciences Department, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Ph.D., Postharvest And Handling, Space Science, Student, UF/IFAS CALS

UF develops first high-altitude device to help detect health threats from the sky

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 5, 2013

Click here for high-resolution version. Caption at bottom. African dust video GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida researcher is exploring whether the latest plant, animal or human health threats will come from the sky. Using the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: African Dust, Andrew Schuerger, Cape Canaveral, DART, Dust, Dust At Altitude Recovery Technology, Emerging Pathogens Institute, Florida, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Kennedy Space Center, Pathogens, Plant Pathology, University Of Florida

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