Meet the SAME Project Team
The SAME Project Team includes expertise in the areas of Plant Pathology, Plant Physiology and Horticulture, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Molecular Biology, Modeling, Behavioral Economics, and Extension.

Leslie Holland
Project Director
Plant Pathology and Extension
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Amaya Atucha
Co-PD
Plant Physiology/Horticulture and Extension
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jyostna Mura
Co-PI
Plant Physiology/Molecular Biology
USDA ARS

Jill Fiztsimmons
Co-PI
Behavioral Economics
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Peter Oudemans
Co-PI
Plant Pathology and Breeding/Genetics
Rutgers University

Jeffrey Neyhart
Co-PI
Breeding/Genetics and Modeling
USDA ARS

Leela Uppala
Co-PI
Plant Pathology
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Giverson Mupambi
Co-PI
Plant Physiology/Horticulture
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Peter Jeranyama
Co-PI
Plant Physiology/Horticulture
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Virginia Stockwell
Co-PI
Plant Pathology
USDA ARS

Juan Zalapa
Co-PI
Breeding/Genetics
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Josie Russo
Communications Specialist
Life Sciences Communication
University of Wisconsin-Madison