Thorobred Express Recruiting Event – Keynote Speaker
Hopkinsville, Kentucky; January 31, 2015
Service to the Community:
• Work with Spark Community Café (Non-Profit) in Woodford County
• Work with FoodChain, Inc. (Non-Profit) in Fayette County
Serve as Den Leader of the Lion Den in Cub Scout Pack 32, Woodford County, KY
Serve as Assistant Scout Master in BSA Troop 14, Woodford County, KY
• Gave a Presentation to the Butler County Adult Farmers Organization
• Organized and Hosted the First Ever KSU Indoor Shrimp Farming Workshop
• Extend Research to Farmers
Guest Instructor for the Jefferson County Master Gardeners Class
• Presentation at a Former Mentor's Retirement Celebration
Presentation to the Frankfort, KY Kiwanis Club
Presentation at the Rosenwald Center for Families and Children
Departmental Seminar at the University of Kentucky
• Judge at the Kentucky Junior Academy of Science Symposium
Guest Lecture at the University of Kentucky
Periodically donate shrimp to their food program which provides meals for underserved community members, as part of a grant-funded partnership.
2019 to present
Set up a shrimp aquaculture system and made improvements to aquaponics systems as part of a grant-funded partnership. These systems are used to help educate the community about urban agriculture methods.
2019 to present
2023 – present
2023 – present
Presentation was an overview of aquaculture and the work being done at KSU
February 5, 2019
September 14 and 15, 2018
216 attendees from 5 countries and 28 US states. 27 of the attendees were from Kentucky
Focused a global aquaculture spotlight on Kentucky
Led over 120 people on tours of the KSU Aquaculture facilities
Interactive and engaging discussions with World leaders in aquaculture
Largest indoor shrimp farming workshop, perhaps the largest shrimp workshop of it's kind
Answered over 300 inquiries into shrimp farming from farmers globally
Currently working with new shrimp farmers in Henry and Fayette Counties
Helped design and get these farms started. They are currently producing shrimp.
October 17, 2017; two hour long course on aquaculture
Ray, A.J. An Early Career in Ecology. Pre-Retirement Research Symposium, Dr. Stephen Wilson. April 28, 2017, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO, USA.
June 30, 2016; hour-long lunchtime presentation on KSU and KSU Aquaculture
August 25, 2016; hour-long presentation on KSU Aquaculture
March 26, 2016; hour-long seminar in the Plant & Soil Sciences Department
At KSU, Spring 2016
October 1, 2014; hour-long lecture in Agricultural Biotechnology (ABT 101)