Barley World Alum: Ph.D. Student
USDA Agricultural Research Service (Salinas, California): Research Geneticist
For 10 years, I ran the sugar beet breeding team working on pre-breeding for disease resistance and characterizing California’s wild beet populations. In 2018 I moved to lettuce where my team and I work on identifying and characterizing resistance to diseases impacting production including Impatiens necrotic spot virus, Fusarium wilt, and Verticillium wilt.