Elliot Meyers
MSc student - Plant Breeding and Genetics
Elliot joined us after completing his BSc at Cornell University. Elliot is studying the genetic basis of grape volatiles, under the combined supervision of Dr. Ron Ophir and Dr. Noam Reshef
Asfaw Degu
Postdoctoral research fellow
Based on his rich experience in grapevine research and expertise in cell culture growth and transformation, Asfaw is a fundamental part of our lab, as he analyzes the functionality of specific genes of interest in grape tissue and cell culture
Mika Meiry
BSc for Agroecology and Plant Health at The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Mika is helping our lab in various types of analyses related to fruit quality traits, anatomy, and cell culture growth
Archana Prasad
Postdoc
Archana’s research involves the genetic determinants of resistance to grape berry splitting/cracking. Archana is also assisting our collaborative research on grapevine root microbiome