USDA-ARS SY (PI) Peach Rootstock Breeder (2024-current) - USDA-ARS Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Station
Post-doctoral research associate (2021-2024) - Texas A&M University Department of Horticultural Sciences.
Graduate research assistantship (2015-2021) - Texas A&M University Department of Horticultural Sciences
Graduate research assistantship (2013-2015) - Auburn University Department of Horticulture
Student worker at Plant Science Research Center (2010-2013) - Auburn University Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Student Athlete Tutor - Auburn University Athletics Department

Description of Work Experience

I have had a wide variety of jobs ranging from proofreading technical papers to operating tractors with PTO implements. Below is a highlighted list of work experiences and skills. For more information please reach out via email.

Greenhouse

  • Pest scouting and pesticide application for 10,000 sq ft facility.
  • General maintenance of greenhouse.
  • Production of certified organic greenhouse grown tomatoes and micro greens.

Pesticide

  • Pesticide application calculations
  • Experience applying insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, using tank sprayers, air-blast sprayers.
  • Developing a plan for control of aphids, two-spotted spider mites, and scales.

Genetics and Genomics

  • Experience dosage calling in polyploids from both Array data and GBS data
  • Autopolyploid linkage mapping and QTL mapping
  • GWAS and Genomic Selection

Statistics and Big Data

  • Experience with large phenotypic datasets of more than 10,000 datapoints per trait
  • Good at analysis of replicated genotpye trials

USDA SCRI grants I have been employed on:

  • RosBREED: Combining Disease Resistance With Horticultural Quality in New Rosaceous Cultivars. Grant No. 2014-51181-22378
  • Combatting Rose Rosette Disease: Short and Long Term Approaches. Grant No. 2014-51181-22644
  • Tools for Genomics-Assisted Breeding in Polyploids: Development of a Community Resource. Grant No. 2020-51181-32156
  • Developing Sustainable Rose Landscapes via Rose Rosette Disease Education and Outreach, Socioeconomic Assessments and Breeding RRD Resistant Roses with Stable Black Spot Resistance. Grant No. 2022-51181-38330