Visiting Scientist

Gökhan Öztürk is a visiting researcher from Isparta, Turkey. He completed his Ph.D. in 2010 at the Süleyman Demirel University of Isparta, Turkey. He studies fertilization biology and breeding of pear, apple, and quince in the Tree Fruit Research Institute in Turkey. He has breeding programs for both pear scion and rootstocks. Pear cultivar breeding […]

Sumyya Waliullah joined the Tree Fruit Physiology Lab under the supervision of Dr. Lee Kalcsits on December 1, 2016, as a Visiting Scholar. Sumyya completed her Ph.D. in Plant molecular biology from Ehime University, Japan. Her doctoral work focused on the molecular basis of plant-microbe interactions. Previously, she worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the […]