University of Arizona – U.S.A.

 

Postdoctoral Research Associate

School of Plant Sciences, Controlled Environment Agriculture Center.

 

Topic: Transplant production under controlled environment with artificial light for greenhouse, vertical Farms and open field cultivation.

 

Conducting research in plant physiology under controlled environment. Current project focuses on the evaluation of LED lights as supplemental and sole source technology for greenhouse crops including plant responses to spectral evaluation, and supplemental LED lighting comparison with conventional High Pressure sodium lighting and cool white fluorescent lighting.

 

Co Founder- Grafted Grower LLC : A venture focused on the production of vegetable grafted plants under closed-type growing systems. Responsibilities include the development of new closed-type growing technologies and the production of high quality grafted vegetable plants for the retail and commercial markets. Current product line is grafted tomato transplants sold in AZ greenhouses and retail centers