Congratulations to Matteo Luberti who has successfully completed his studies, defended his thesis and been awarded a PhD. The title of Matteo’s project was: Investigating durable resistance to Phytophthora cactorum in strawberry and apple
Congratulations to Carlota Gonzalez-Noguer who has successfully completed her studies, defended her thesis and been awarded a PhD. The title of Carlota’s project was: Apple dormancy break in the context of climate change. Carlota has secured employment as a Quantitative Crop Physiologist with NIAB at East Malling.
Congratulations to Raymond Kirk who has successfully completed his studies, defended his thesis and been awarded a PhD. The title of Raymond’s project was: Strawberry detection, imaging and deep learning. Raymond has secured employment as Chief Technology Officer of FruitCast, a start-up business who plan to offer a crop forecasting service to strawberry growers.
Congratulations to Christina Conroy who has successfully completed her studies, defended her thesis and been awarded a PhD in 2021. The title of Christina’s project was: Developing a ‘push-pull’ strategy for the management of Drosophila suzukii. Christina has secured employment in the fruit industry as a Technical Account Manager at Berry Gardens Growers.
Congratulations to Sophia Bellamy who has successfully completed her studies, defended her thesis and been awarded a PhD in 2021. The title of Sophia’s PhD project was: Biocontrol as a key component to manage brown rot diseases on stone fruit
