Carly Skelton

Years in the program: June 2024- February 2025
Mentor: Dr. Julio Bernal
Title of Projects/Products:
- Carly A. Skelton, Gayan Abeysinghe, Sanjay Antony-Babu, Lucia Gonzalez. Investigating Interactions Between Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum Race 4 and Hyphospheric Bacteria. 2023 annual Subtropical Agriculture and Environment Society meeting, February 27, 2025
Where I am now:
As of May 2024, I am an undergraduate Bioenvironmental Science Major. I currently work part-time at the Plant Pathology and Microbiology labs as well as part-time at the Wheat lab for Agrilife extension. I am blessed to be a junior under my hours classification but will technically be a senior next semester. Through working with the PLPM lab, I have begun to make connections that have helped me learn more about microbiology, genetics, and horticulture. I hope to continue after my undergraduate years to work as either a master’s or doctorate student, researching plant pathology and horticulture practices that could level up sustainable agriculture in the future.