Graduate Student Email: momosan@uga.edu Lab: 2408 Miller Plant Sciences Office: 2408 Miller Plant Sciences Research Research Areas: Evolutionary Biology Systematics Research Interests: My research interest is to study the origins of root architectures diversity in crops. By combining knowledge from biology, statistics, and computer science: (1) I develop a computing pipeline to describe and measure the diversity of root architectures using mathematical shape descriptors. (2) I dissect the genetic components that regulate root architectures under water-sufficient and drought conditions. (3) I question whether the maternal effect of seed size and kin recognition of root neighbors contribute to root architecture diversity Selected Publications Selected Publications: Xie, L., Klein, P., Crosby, K., & Jifon, J. (2019). A Genotyping-by-sequencing Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Map and Genetic Analysis of Root Traits in an Interspecific Tomato Population, Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 144(6), 394-404. Education Education: 2018 Admission to the PhD Program in Plant Biology Department at the University of Georgia, GA, USA 2016 M.S. Horticultural Science, Texas A&M University, TX, USA 2014 B.S. Agronomy, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China 2012 Exchange Student, Japanese, Saga University, Kyushu, Japan Other Information Of note: 2020 Jaworski Travel Award, Department of Plant Biology, UGA 2020 Travel Scholarship for Root Short Course, University of Florida 2016 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Texas Plant Protection Association
