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Arkansas, United States

-Managing Breeding & Screening projects-Strawberry screening: germplasm evaluation and trait characterization (25+ varieties)-Leafy Green & Herb variety trials for new product development (60+varieties)-Team leading, mentorship, coaching-Internal and external collaboration-Cross-location project coordination and management

-Tomato program establishment -Tomato Speed Breeding (4-5 generations/year, 20+elite inbred lines, 3 provisional patents)-Tomato yield optimization (25+trials, 100% yield increase)-Germplasm evaluation/variety screening (leafy&fruiting crops, 200+ varieties)-Seed processing management, seed increase and production-Research reports and updates.

-Initiation & management of screening and breeding projects-Variety screening: 35+crops (leafy greens, herbs, edible flowers, fruiting crops), 1000+varieties-Variety selection and recommendation for new product development resulted in commercial SKU's-Creating an extensive variety catalog-Leafy Green yield optimization & production recipes (25+ trials).

Department Of Plant Sciences Laramie, Wyoming, United States

-Participated in all aspects of the dry bean breeding project for the development of resource-efficient genotypes; supported yield trials -Contributed to the development of the proposal for the Specialty Crop Grant Program, focusing on breeding popping beans, and performed early hybridizations and progeny development both in greenhouse and field settings

Central Research Institute For Field Crops, Ankara-Türkiye

-Secured a competitive research grant from the Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) for a two-year research fellowship-Screened a total of 112 pea and common-vetch germplasm accessions for cold tolerance under field and controlled environments, and selected cold tolerant lines for future cultivar development -Shared the research findings.

-Participated in every aspect of the field pea breeding program from early generations to advanced breeding lines to variety release-Identified superior parents, designed and maintained breeding nurseries, planned cross combinations, made hybridization, collected seeds, produced progeny, made selections, and developed breeding lines-Managed field and.

Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Laboratory Instructor | Agroecology | two sections x 25 | Fall 2008Discussion Instructor | Genetics | two sections per semester x 25 | Fall 2008 and Spring 2011, 2012Laboratory Instructor | Biology of Plants and Fungi | two sections per semester x 24 | Fall 2010, 2011 -Developed engaging course materials for 296 students, explained biological and.

M.S. Agronomy. Specialization: Plant Breeding And Genetics, Soybean Breeding, 3.8 Gpa

Thesis: 'Using Bulked Segregant Analysis to Detect SSR Marker (s) Linked to Phytophthora Resistance Loci of Soybean' -Identified the map.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Agronomy. Specilization In Plant Breeding And Genetics, 4.0 Gpa

Dissertation: Breeding Winterhardy Pea for the Central Great Plains, USA -Actively participated in an Applied Plant Breeding program.