Maria Carolina Souza

Maria Carolina Souza is a P.hD. student under the advisement of Dr. Tommy Butts. She is originally from Minas Gerais, Brazil, and obtained her B.S. in Agronomy from the Federal University of Lavras in 2022. She also obtained a Master's degree in Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences from the University of Arkansas in 2025. Her P.hD. research focuses on spray drone applications for weed management by investigating weed control efficacy, spray coverage, and deposition patterns to enhance application uniformity across varying swath settings, droplet sizes, and drone platforms relative to ground sprayers.