Assistant Professor of Agricultural Statistics and Quantitative Genetics

University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture (UADA)

Center for Agricultural Data Analytics (CADA)

Director Experiment Station (DREX)

Phone: 479-575-5677

Email: samuelbf@uark.edu

Research Interests:

• Statistics

• Genetics

• Plant Breeding

• Machine Learning

Education:

D.S. in Genetics and Plant Improvement - Federal University of Lavras (Brazil)

M.S. in Genetics and Plant Improvement - Federal University of Lavras (Brazil)

B.S. in Agronomy - University of Brasilia (Brazil)

Post Doctoral Fellow

University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture (UADA|AES)

Email: melinapr@uark.edu

Research Interests:

• Quantitative Genomics

• Predictive Plant Breeding

• Enviromics

• Evolutionary Genomics

Education:

Ph.D. in Genetics and Plant Breeding - "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture (Brazil)

M.S. in Genetics and Plant Breeding - "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture (Brazil)

MBA - "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture (Brazil)

B.S. in Biotechnological Engineering - "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" São Paulo State University (Brazil)

Research Technician

University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture (UADA)

Phone: 215-934-9601

Email: ezmo@uark.edu

Research Interests:

• High Dimensional Data Analysis

• Deep Learning Frameworks

• Machine Learning Models

• Feature Engineering

• GxE Predictions

• Data Curation

• GIS Modeling

Education:

M.S. in Data Analytics - Penn State University

M.P.S. in Engineering Management - Penn State University

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Energetics) - University of Tizi Ouzou (Algeria)

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering - University of Tizi Ouzou (Algeria)

Research Interests:

• Data Science

• Machine Learning

• Deep Learning

• Feature Engineering

• Genetics

Education:

B.S. in Computer Engineering - Paraná Federal University of Technology (Brazil)