It is a great pleasure and honor for everyone in Gatorsense that one of our labmates has achieved his goal. Congratulations to Dr. Justin Pitts for graduating with his Ph.D.! During his time with the lab, Justin utilized machine learning to better understand the physiological responses of both coffee and peanut crops to environmental stressors. His research helped improve our understanding of the impacts that future climate change will have on crop function (and dysfunction) as well as the role that these stressors play in mycotoxin formation. Justin graduated in August of 2024 with his Ph.D and is currently working as an environmental consultant for a large infrastructure company

Great Job Dr. Pitts! We look forward to your future accomplishments.