{"id":106,"date":"2026-02-05T15:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/unhsidemanlab\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:28:20","slug":"current-past-lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/unhsidemanlab\/current-past-lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\t\tOUR TEAM\t<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tStaff & Graduate Students\t<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Becky<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tBecky Sideman\t<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tProfessor\t<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Lily<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tLily Hartman\t<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tResearch Scientist\t<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Merci\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Marie Merci Uwimbabazi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Research Assistant<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Samantha Monohon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Research Assistant<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Kevin<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tKevin Fantinatti\t<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tGraduate Research Assistant\t<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tUndergraduate Lab Members\t<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tFormer Graduate Students\t<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alina Harris – M.S. Agricultural Sciences 2019. Integrated organic management of cabbage aphid on Brussels sprout. <\/em>After graduating, Alina took a position as Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management Specialist and NRCS Partner Biologist at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/em> Kaitlyn is now a Senior Analyst at McKinsey & Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connor Eaton – M.S. Plant Biology 2016. Year-round management of high tunnel production systems: spinach and tomato.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claire Collie – M.S. Plant Biology 2013. Bench-top production of baby salad greens in greenhouses. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elisabeth Hodgdon – M.S. Plant Biology 2013. Use of cover crops for weed suppression and nutrient capture.<\/em> Elisabeth is now a Vegetable Specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer Bonina-Noseworthy – Ph.D. Plant Biology 2012. Eating quality and variability in carotenoid content and profiles in winter squash and sweet potato. <\/em>Jen is now Professor at Indiana Wesleyan University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clifton Martin – M.S. Plant Biology 2011, Growing winter sprouting broccoli in unheated high tunnels in New Hampshire.<\/em> Clifton is now an Extension Educator with Ohio State University Extension, in Muskingum County, OH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tFormer Undergraduate Researchers\t<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Amber Tomasino – 2026 – Figs for high tunnels in New Hampshire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharon MacDougall – 2025 – Effects of cultivar and bloom stage on vase life in Hydrangea paniculata\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marley Gonsalves & Ella Lukacz – 2022 – Increasing table grape quality by cluster thinning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ella Lukacz – 2023 – Cut flower quality evaluation for several hydrangea cultivars<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caterina Roman – 2021 – Fruit cluster pruning to manage fruit load and cropping season in tomato<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabrina Beck – 2018 – Fruit quality analysis of five red raspberry (Rubus idaeus<\/em>) varieties<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacqueline Pondolfino – 2017 – Consumer acceptance of cold-hardy, seedless table grapes in southern NH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCONTACT US\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":280,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-106","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/unhsidemanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/unhsidemanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/unhsidemanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/unhsidemanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/unhsidemanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/unhsidemanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/unhsidemanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/unhsidemanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}