Blaze Johnson

Blaze Johnson considers hot, humid central Florida the closest thing to home. They graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Agricultural Operations Management. Blaze’s residency is in the Crop Protection Ecology lab, where they research silphium’s resistance to generalist pests using fall armyworm bioassays. They also designed and conducted an experiment with the Perennial Legume Program to measure the composition of alfalfa leafcutter bees and native pollinators in sainfoin plots. As a result, they have spent many days in front of a microscope identifying insects.