Welcome Fatima Kibbou who is joining the Musacchi Lab as a Post Doc.
Fatima Zahra Kibbou obtained a PhD (2016-2021) in Biology and Plant Physiology, from Hassan II University, Casablanca Morocco, and had an opportunity as a research scholar at North Carolina state university which included more than five years working in the Crop and Soil Sciences Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. Previously (2014) she received a master’s degree in Environmental Sciences.
Her Research focused on the influence of the abiotic environment on crop growth, development, and yield. Physiology studies include plant water relations, symbiotic nitrogen fixation, and developmental processes. Considerable attention has been focused on identifying genetic variation in these traits and using physiological information to expedite breeding efforts and to enhance crop management. Much research was synthesized into crop models to simulate growth and yield, environmental assessments for increasing crop productivity, and evaluation of societal issues including plant water use, climate change and food security.
As a postdoctoral Research Associate in Musacchi’s Lab, her research will focus on physiology and pomology (apple and pear) in tree crops.
