Martin Ganev

Food Systems & Global Change Graduate Research Assistant

• Project: MERLIN
• Major: Plant Breeding M.S. (Agronomy)
• Graduation year: 2023
• Email: mvg45 [at] cornell.edu (mvg45[at]cornell[dot]edu)
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About

Martin is currently a Master's student in Agronomy. He received his Bachelor's degree from Miami University, majoring in Botany and Sustainability. Before attending Cornell, he worked on various small integrated livestock-vegetable farms in Southwestern Ohio. 
Inspired by first-hand experience of livestock and pasture management, his current research focuses on pasture and forage-based food systems. Martin's Master's project in Dr. Virginia Moore's lab is on alfalfa breeding for seedling vigor and root development. He also works as a research assistant in the Department of Global Development on the MERLIN project(Modeling Environmental Ramifications of Livestock Intervention). 
In his free time, Martin enjoys being outdoors: gardening, birding or playing soccer.