Meet the Experts
![A photo of Dr. Kelly Balmant](/media/ifasufledu/artificial-intelligence/images/directory/balmant_K.jpg)
Kelly Balmant
Asst. Professor, Designing Biological Systems for Breeding Horticultural Crops
Horticultural Sciences
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Daeun "Dana" Choi
Asst. Professor, Precision Agriculture in Specialty Crops
Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
![A photo of Raquel Dias, Assistant Professor at Microbiology & Cell Science.](/media/ifasufledu/artificial-intelligence/images/directory/Dias,-Raquel.png)
Raquel Dias
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Microbiology and Cell Science
![A photo of Diego Jarquin, Assistant Professor at Agronomy.](/media/ifasufledu/artificial-intelligence/images/directory/jarquin,-Diego.jpeg)
Diego Jarquin
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Agronomy
![A photo of Charlie Li, Professor at Agricultural and Biological Engineering.](/media/ifasufledu/artificial-intelligence/images/directory/Li,-Charlie.jpg)
Changying "Charlie" Li
Professor, Ph.D.
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
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Henry Medeiros
Assoc. Professor, AI for Agricultural Robotics and Precision Systems
University of Florida - Main Campus
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Carlos Messina
Professor, AI for Precision Breeding
Horticultural Sciences
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Jose Reyes
Assoc. Professor, Biosensors and AI
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
![A photo of Dr. Diana Taft](/media/ifasufledu/artificial-intelligence/images/directory/Taft_D.jpg)
Diana Taft
Asst. Professor, Omics of the Organism
Food Science and Human Nutrition
![A photo of Nikolaos Tziolas, Assistant Professor at SWFREC.](/media/ifasufledu/artificial-intelligence/images/directory/Tziolas,-Nikos.jpg)
Nikolaos "Nikos" Tziolas
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Southwest Florida REC - Immokalee
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Xu "Kevin" Wang
Asst. Professor, Machine Vision and Phenomics
Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
![A photo of Haipeng Yu, Assistant Professor at Animal Sciences.](/media/ifasufledu/artificial-intelligence/images/directory/Yu,-Haipeng.png)
Haipeng Yu
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Animal Sciences
![A photo of Dr. Bock Zhang](/media/ifasufledu/artificial-intelligence/images/directory/Zhang_B.png)
Boce "Bock" Zhang
Asst. Professor, Food Safety and Microbiology
Food Science and Human Nutrition
![A photo of Xiaoya Zhang, Assistant Professor at Family Youth and Community Sciences.](/media/ifasufledu/artificial-intelligence/images/directory/Zhang,-Xiaoya.jpg)
Xiaoya Zhang
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Family Youth and Community Sciences
![A photo of Chang Zhao, Assistant Professor at Agronomy.](/media/ifasufledu/artificial-intelligence/images/directory/Zhao,-Chang.jpg)
Chang Zhao
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Agronomy