Jack is a PhD student in the Mazourek lab at Cornell University where he studies how to leverage genomics to breed for machine harvestability and fruit quality traits in chile pepper. For his undergraduate studies, he attended Oberlin College where he received a BA majoring in biology. His interest in plant genetics arose from working in an undergraduate laboratory chiefly concerned with phase dependent gene regulation as it relates to lateral root development. Jack looks forward to growing his first giant pumpkin in 2020.
