OUR TEAM
Staff & Graduate Students
Becky Sideman
Professor
Lily Hartman
Research Scientist
Marie Merci Uwimbabazi
Graduate Research Assistant
Samantha Monohon
Graduate Research Assistant
Kevin Fantinatti
Graduate Research Assistant
Undergraduate Lab Members
Former Graduate Students
Radhika Rani – M.S. Agricultural Sciences 2025. Effects of gibberellic acid (GA3) and cluster thinning on fruit quality, cluster quality, and yield in seedless table grape cultivars. Radhika is starting her PhD in fall 2026 at Trent University in Ontario, Canada.
Alina Harris – M.S. Agricultural Sciences 2019. Integrated organic management of cabbage aphid on Brussels sprout. After graduating, Alina took a position as Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management Specialist and NRCS Partner Biologist at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.
Kaitlyn Orde – M.S. Biological Sciences: Agricultural Science 2018. Using day-neutral cultivars and low tunnels to extend the strawberry season in the Northeastern United States. Kaitlyn is now a Senior Analyst at McKinsey & Company.
Connor Eaton – M.S. Plant Biology 2016. Year-round management of high tunnel production systems: spinach and tomato.
Claire Collie – M.S. Plant Biology 2013. Bench-top production of baby salad greens in greenhouses.
Elisabeth Hodgdon – M.S. Plant Biology 2013. Use of cover crops for weed suppression and nutrient capture. Elisabeth is now a Vegetable Specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Jennifer Bonina-Noseworthy – Ph.D. Plant Biology 2012. Eating quality and variability in carotenoid content and profiles in winter squash and sweet potato. Jen is now Professor at Indiana Wesleyan University.
Clifton Martin – M.S. Plant Biology 2011, Growing winter sprouting broccoli in unheated high tunnels in New Hampshire. Clifton is now an Extension Educator with Ohio State University Extension, in Muskingum County, OH.
Former Undergraduate Researchers
Amber Tomasino – 2026 – Figs for high tunnels in New Hampshire
Sharon MacDougall – 2025 – Effects of cultivar and bloom stage on vase life in Hydrangea paniculata
Marley Gonsalves & Ella Lukacz – 2022 – Increasing table grape quality by cluster thinning
Ella Lukacz – 2023 – Cut flower quality evaluation for several hydrangea cultivars
Caterina Roman – 2021 – Fruit cluster pruning to manage fruit load and cropping season in tomato
Sabrina Beck – 2018 – Fruit quality analysis of five red raspberry (Rubus idaeus) varieties
Jacqueline Pondolfino – 2017 – Consumer acceptance of cold-hardy, seedless table grapes in southern NH
Talia Levy – 2017 – Analyzing organic techniques to manage cabbage aphid on Brussels sprouts: A synthesis of field research, available literature, local grower experience, and cost calculations