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Pairwise berry projects Trait Testing Scientist Black Raspberry Breeding Program Lead in conjunction with Plant Sciences Inc. (Watsonville, CA)

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Capitalizing on the strong blueberry breeding program at NCSU, I developed my project using an established inter- and intraspecific hybrid population for SNP marker development researching key phenotypic traits conferred by native species in a genome wide association study (GWAS). Leveraging the previous crosses of NC State Blueberry Breeding program, I am studying trait introgression of native blueberry germplasm and inheritance of various flower and fruit phenotypes and their associated SNPs for the development of marker assisted selection of future progeny. Other research projects include identifying candidate genes for cold deacclimation/reacclimation ar critical bud developmental stages for blueberry production. What happens when a late spring freeze occurs to your blueberry crop? How critical is bud and inflorescence development? Will they recover? These are questions I am hoping to help you answer, as well as finding the right genes to understand blueberry hardiness or cold tolerance during inflorescence development. Finally, I am researching the transcriptional network of inflorescence bud and ovary development of native diploid blueberry, Vaccinium fuscatum, from initiation until bloom and connecting it to the histological survey of bud development. These data will provide insights into genes related to floral organ and ovule development as well as the hormonal and regulatory framework underlying floral development in blueberry.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Athens, Georgia Area

I researched blueberry bud cold hardiness of two commercial southern highbush varieties, frequently grown in the south. I used differential thermal analysis (DTA) in conjunction with a data logger to determine heat release correlated with a freezing event within the bud in addition to freeze-test thermal analysis wherein bud cold injury was measured though bud dissection.I confirmed that DTA is not an accurate measure of cold hardiness for blueberry buds as it did not correspond to cold injury results through dissection. Cold tolerance of the bud was highest in January, and decreased corresponding to weather. As buds swelled, denoted by significant size increase, cold tolerance decreased. I also determined that floral buds attached to the stem are more cold hardy than excised buds.Additionally, I sectioned and stained buds for microscopically viewing bud morphological progression from acclimation to budbreak, finding that contrary to northern highbush varieties, southern highbush blueberries do not cease development during dormancy.In a side study I looked at fertilization timing in correspondence to winter acclimation and cold tolerance of blueberries.

Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

In this position I teach English as a foreign language at a public Japanese elementary and middle school five days a week. The children range from five to fifteen.My primary duties out side of the classroom are reviewing, correcting, and supplementing graded assignments as well as creating lesson plans and preparing the necessary materials for them. I had sole responsibility for teaching all lessons with a Japanese English teacher present. My lessons are presented in an exciting and interesting manner and have a focus on the spoken language and its accuracy and natural inflection.In addition, I teach adult seminar business classes on how to present proposals and presentations in English and the accompanying formatting and language skills.

Yeongwol-Gun, Gangwon-Do, Korea

Full time position teaching English to public elementary school students in South Korea. Responsibilities included independently taught and co taught lessons. The age ranges of the children were from kindergarten to 6th grade.Position responsibilities included the creation of a year lesson plan for each grade and weekly lesson plan designs and formats to emphasize reading, listening, writing as well as new vocabulary and review. In addition to regular classes I also taught after school English classes and several English camps, including one adult camp.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Recipient of a grant under PhD. Craig Plante which explored antibiotic resistance relating to bacteria particular to the intestinal tract of marine worms. Discovered a slight but growing resistance to the antibiotic, tetracycline.Determined degrees of biosurfactancy of established strains of bacteria to which the conditions were altered to monitor the effects. This can have larger applications specifically towards water borne illnesses.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Specifically highlighting strong-base syntheses with multiple anions, as well as new monomer and polymer syntheses and structures, and heterocyclic syntheses with substituted hydrazines.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Horticultural Science

Master’S Degree, Horticultural Science, 3.81

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biology/Biological Sciences, General, 3.227

Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi Sigma member and historian, French National Honor Society, Chinese Club founder and vice president.

Distance Education, Botany/Plant Biology, 4.00

High School, General Studies, 4.04

Activities and Societies: Prince Book Club, National Honor Society, Swim Team