Meredith was awarded an American Society of Enology and Viticulture - Eastern Section scholarship and an American Wine Society Educational Foundation scholarship this year for her PhD work on the effects on heatwaves on grapevine dormancy induction and cold tolerance.
Congraulations Drew!
Congratulations to Drew Harner for a terrific dissertation defense! Drew’s thesis focused on grapevine physiology and fruit chemical responses to environmental stimuli of abiotic or biotic origin.
Congrats ‘Dottore’!
Congratulations Suzanne!
Suzanne passed her PhD defense for the Ecology program. Congratulations on a great dissertation defense on “belowground interactions at multiple scales in a grapevine-groundcover agroecosystem”
Congratulations “Dottoressa”
Congratulations Suzanne for winning the university-level dissertation award!
Lab member Suzanne Fleishman was awarded the university-level dissertation award for her research, “Belowground interactions at multiple scales in a grapevine-groundcover agroecosystem.” A well deserved honor!
Meredith begins Year 2 of her NIFA-AFRI Fellowship
Centinari Lab member Meredith Persico was awarded a USDA NIFA-AFRI Fellowship (2021-2024) to investigate the effect of late-summer and fall heatwaves on grapevine dormancy induction and cold tolerance. In Year 1, Meredith investigated the effects of heatwave time on V. vinifera cv. Cabernet Franc, and in Year 2, she will compare the effect of heatwaves on two grapevine species, V. vinifera and V. riparia.
Meredith harvesting dormant grapevine roots for carbohydrate analysis.
Congratulations Drew, Best Student Presentation - Viticulture at ASEV-ES Annual Conference!
Congratulations to Drew Harner for winning the best student presentation- viticulture at the 45th Annual Virtual Conference of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture-Eastern Section (ASEV-ES) held on July 7-8, 2021. Drew’s presentation was entitled “Spotted Lanternfly Infestation Can Disrupt Vine Primary Metabolism and Leaf Gas Exchange.” Well done, Drew!
Congratulations ASEV-ES Scholarship Winners!
Congratulations to lab members Drew Harner and Meredith Persico for earning scholarships from the American Society for Enology and Viticulture - Eastern Section (ASEV-ES) for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Congratulations Drew on the ASEV Best Student Presentation award!
Congratulations to Drew for the ASEV Best Student Video Presentation Award in Viticulture. The short video titled “Preliminary Insights into Grapevine Ecophysiological Responses to Spotted Lanternfly Population Density in Pennsylvania” is available on the ASEV (American Society for Enology and Viticulture) website (https://www.asev.org/best-student-presentation-awards).
Congratulations ASEV scholarship winners
Congratulations to our lab members Suzanne Fleishman, Andrew Harner, and Meredith Persico on earning American Society for Enology and Viticulture scholarships for 2020-2021!
Congrats to Meredith Persico on passing her PhD Candidacy Exam!
Congratulations to Meredith Persico on passing her PhD Candidacy Exam in Plant Science. Meredith joined the Centinari Lab in 2018 as a master’s student, and she will continue studying grapevine freeze tolerance and frost avoidance for her doctoral studies.