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ATRP-E9: Harrison Foundation Fellows

Nov 29, 2023

As we continue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of GTRI’s Agricultural Technology Research Program (ATRP), host Stephanie Richter, a GTRI Research Scientist, talks to GTRI researchers Dr. Konrad Ahlin and Dr. Chris Heist about The R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Research Faculty Fellowship, which recognizes innovative, promising early-career research faculty interested in exploring select AgTech fields.

This episode of the Georgia Tech Research Podcast is the ninth in a special series commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s Agricultural Technology Research Program (ATRP). Host Stephanie Richter, a GTRI Research Scientist, talks to Dr. Konrad Ahlin and Dr. Chris Heist about The R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Research Faculty Fellowship.

The R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Research Faculty Fellowship recognizes innovative, promising early-career research faculty interested in exploring breakthrough applied engineering and science research to address poultry industry challenges.  The fellowship is a prestigious three-year funded fellowship for early-career research engineers and scientists.

Robotics engineer Konrad Ahlin was named the first R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Research Faculty Fellow in Poultry Technologies in February 2022. Analytical chemist Christopher Heist received the same honor in August of this year.

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