Our lab is heading the ARO table grape breeding program, with commercial cultivars grown globally, and is involved in the development of marker-based breeding tools.
Education
2007-2009
B.Sc. Biochemistry and Food Science at The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2010 – 2012
M.Sc. Viticulture and Enology at ENSA SupAgro, Montpellier, France (year 1)
ETSI Agrónomos Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain (year 2)
2013-2018
Ph.D. The French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Thesis: Modulation of grape berry development and metabolic profile by solar irradiance
2018 – 2021
Postdoctoral fellow, The Department of Food Science, Cornell University
Dr. Gavin L. Sacks Lab
Research Interests
We study the genetic basis of grape berry quality traits and the molecular mechanisms that modulate its chemical composition.
