Three Iowa State University PhD students were recently selected for the 2026-2029 Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) Fellows Program. The program provides professional development and career guidance across FFAR’s challenge areas and strategic initiatives to the next generation of food and agriculture scientists.
The students are Mayowa Aderoju, plant pathology (Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology), ISU Seed Science Center; Nate Bowser, plant breeding, Department of Agronomy; and Oliver Nell, rural sociology and sustainable agriculture, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice.
For more on Aderoju’s research, which is focused on bacterial wilt in dry beans and tan spot in soybeans, read the announcement from Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology. For the full list of the 2026 FFAR Fellows, visit the FFAR Fellows website.
