Huan Chen studies the intersection of new technology and communication, particularly how that affects advertising and marketing practices as well as consumers’ responses to the new, artificial intelligence-driven digital landscape.

Zhanao Deng has been breeding ornamental plants and emerging crops for 22 years. In that time, he has released or co-released 64 new cultivars. In the last five years alone, Deng has issued 13 new caladium and lantana cultivars.

Rhoel Dinglasan works on developing new tools to combat malaria and arboviruses, which are transmitted by mosquitoes. Arboviruses – including dengue, Zika and West Nile – are increasingly a threat in Florida, while outbreaks of malaria are a persistent public health concern in the state.

In seven years at the University of Florida, Yiannis Ampatzidis has invented Agroview and AgroSense, artificial intelligence technologies that are giving farmers fast, accurate data. The information helps growers control pests and diseases and gives them knowledge on tree inventory, canopy and health.