Bio

• Degree Program: M.S., Crop Science
• Previous Degree: B.S., Agronomy and Soils, Auburn University
• Advisors: Dr. Susana Milla-Lewis; Dr. David Livingston
• Thesis: Genomic Approaches for Improving Freezing Tolerance in Zoysiagrass.
• Thesis Date: 2016-12-13
• Completion Date: December 2016

Research

My research focuses on winter hardiness traits in zoysiagrass, a warm-season perennial turfgrass. My projects include: 1) creating a high-density SNP- and SSR-based linkage map using genotyping-by-sequencing techniques and using this map for quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis in a zoysiagrass mapping population, and 2) using proteomics and controlled freeze testing to investigate cold acclimation effects in zoysiagrass.