Randi C. Jimenez, PhD

Randi Jimenez with pepper plants in the greenhouse

Position Title
Major Professor: Allen Van Deynze

  • Seed Biotechnology Center
  • Plant Sciences Department
Plant Reproductive Biology Building
UC Davis, Extension Center Drive, Davis CA 95616
Bio

Ph. D in Horticulture and Agronomy

Areas of Defense: Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology, Quantitative Genetics, and Vegetable Production

Dissertation title: Utilizing wild Capsicum annuum germplasm for breeding Beet Curly Top Virus resistance in cultivated pepper


M. Sc. in Horticulture and Agronomy (UC Davis)

Areas of Concentration: Vegetable production and Crop improvement

Thesis title: Cloning, sequence and preliminary functional analysis of Dof (DNA-binding with One Finger) Transcription Factor homologues in Arabidopsis thaliana and Tomato (Solanum) species


B. Sc. in Biotechnology (UC Davis)

Area of Concentration: Plant Biotechnology