Maria Teresa Tancredi won Future Leaders in Science Award 2024

13.03.2024

Congratulations to Maria Teresa Tancredi, former Master's student of the 'Sustainable Agriculture' course jointly organized by the University of Padua and the University of Georgia. Maria Teresa, now a Ph.D. student at UGA, has been awarded the 2024 Future Leaders in Science Award by the Soil Science Society of America.

Maria Teresa recently participated in a delegation of 40 ASA, CSSA, and SSSA members on Capitol Hill for Congressional Visit Day. Representing Georgia, she advocated for crucial USDA funding for agricultural research initiatives, including the Agriculture & Food Research Initiative (AFRI) and the Agriculture Advanced Research & Development Authority (AgARDA).