Plant Breeding Ph.D. student in Messina's lab working with broccoli 🥦 Developing a Crop Growth Model for broccoli under high temperatures through a mapping population study. Generating technologies for phenotyping and breeding to be implemented in the broccoli breeding program. Leading the establishment of a broccoli breeding program at the University of Florida.

I am interning at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center as a research intern endorsed by the NSF. I am analyzing salt tolerance data in Paspalum vaginatum. This data was collected at the Bellwether Foundation Phenotyping Facility at the Danforth Center where each plant is monitored and pictured everyday. These images were processed through PlantCV, an image processing toolkit for plant phenotypic analysis. My job consisted of cleaning, analyzing, and interpreting the phenotypic data for the different paspalum species and salt treatments to better understand salt tolerance and the genetics driving it.

Spearheaded my own research study to investigate the relationship between a Chinese boring beetle (Acanthotomicus suncei) and its associated fungi Geosmithia Luteobrunnea which is killing American Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar styraciflua) in China. Understanding the complex relationship between all three organisms will allow us to be better prepared if A.suncei were to be imported into North America.

Peru Health and Air Quality II: Leveraging Earth Observations and Health Data to Map Outbreak Risk and Inform Public Health Interventions for Zoonotic Disease Prevention. Utilizing R code, Google Earth Engine, and ArcGIS to develop interactive risk matrices and static maps to inform decision-making of the Peru Health Ministry.

Identified the major differences between the susceptible and resistant basil to downy mildew, to highlight the molecular mechanism of resistance in the hybrid. The focus of my research consisted in molecular cloning of 5 genes that were identified as candidate resistance genes using de novo transcriptomic data such that they may be further investigated.

Finalize all of Dr. Anton's research documents by adding references for his manuscripts with EndNote Pioneered gathering information for research related to mobility in older adults and how to improve their quality of life through interviews with the elderly and database research.Co-author the following published article:

Breed, propagate, and trial thousands of plants with distinct genetics to identify the elite for commercial release.