Alireza Pourreza

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Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
227 Frazier Rogers Hall, PO Box 110570 Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-1864 ext. 143

Alireza joined Gamma Sigma Delta - The Honor Society of Agriculture

April 15th, 2015

Video about the Citrus Greening (HLB) detection sensor

February 25th, 2015
This video received the Best Video Award in 2015 Two-Minute Research Video Contest at the University of Florida.

The Citrus Greening (HLB) detection sensor developed by Alireza Pourreza, has been highlighted in media and news

February 2nd, 2015
While a commercially available cure for crop-killing citrus greening remains elusive, University of Florida researchers have developed a tool to help growers combat the insidious disease: an efficient, inexpensive and easy-to-use sensor that can quickly detect whether a tree has been infected. Read the full story...

Alireza Graduated with his PhD (in three years and one semester)

December 19th, 2014
Alireza successfully defended his PhD dissertation, Citrus Huanglongbing Disease Identification Using Computer Vision and Machine Learning, on November 18th, 2014, and received his degree on December 19th, 2014.

Alireza received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award in the 12th ICPA conference

July 23rd, 2014
Alireza attended the 12th International Conference of Precision Agriculture (ICPA) on July 2014. He received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award, during the conference in Sacramento, California, USA.