Public Engagement


In addition to our research, we are committed to sharing knowledge and engaging with the community in crop sciences. We organize and participate in workshops, webinars, and seminars, working with students, farmers, schools, and industry partners to promote crop improvement, sustainable farming practices, and agricultural education. Through these activities, we aim to connect scientific research with real-world applications and help people better understand how our work supports productive, resilient, and sustainable cropping systems.

Workshops, seminars, outreach activities, and community-building initiatives



🌱 2025Plant Genome Investigators, MSU Science Festival.
🤖 2024Introduction to Machine Learning, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Annual Science Meeting.
💻 2023Introduction to Machine Learning, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia.
🌍 2020–2022Genomic Selection Capacity Building, NaCRRI and CIAT-Uganda.
🧬 2021Quantitative Genetics, MSU Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement (Eastern Africa).
🔗 Workshop website
📊 2021Workshop Series on Data Analysis in Biology and Agriculture, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia.
🔗 Workshop website
🎓 2021Online Seminar Series on Phytopathology and Plant Breeding, Universidad de Nariño, Colombia.
🔗 Seminar series
📈 2021Data Visualization with R, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia.
🔗 Workshop website
💻 2021Introduction to R, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia.
🔗 Workshop website
🎤 2020Presenter, Graduate Studies: Do's and Don'ts, Caribbean Microbial Meeting.
🚀 2020Co-Founder, Community Platform for Agricultural Sciences (COMPASS).
🔗 COMPASS website
🌐 2020Ciencia en línea: impulsando el uso de plataformas para la divulgación, colaboración e inspiración científica, symposium, SOCOLEN.
🧬 2020Quantitative Genetics, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia.
🔗 Workshop website
🌿 2019Co-Organizer, Phenomic Applications in Plant Breeding, Corteva-PBGB Symposium.