| Education | ||
| Ph. D. M.S. Agr. Eng. Graduate
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Vegetable Crops/Physiology, University of Florida, Gainesville,1990 Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, 1986 Horticulture, Universidad del Comahue, Neuquen, Argentina, 1977 Training. Vegetable Crops, University of Wageningen, Holland,1983 |
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| Employment | ||
| 1977/1984 1986/1990 1991/1996 1997/2003 2004 - 2006 - |
Assistant Professor, Horticulture, Univ. del Comahue, Argentina Research Assistant, Transplant Physiology, University of Florida Assistant Professor, Vegetable Physiology, Texas A&M University Associate Professor, Vegetable Physiology, Texas A&M University Professor, Vegetable Stress Physiology, Texas A&M University Assistant Director–Outreach. Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center |
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| Awards and Honors | ||
| 1983 Dutch Government Fellowship for graduate training in vegetable crops, Holland; 1984 Fulbright Fellowship for M.S. degree program at UC Davis; 1985 Pacific Seed Association Annual Award, California; 1986 Chiles Fellowship, Oregon; 1990 John Carew Scholarship, Michigan; 1990 Gamma Delta Sigma - Honorary Agricultural Society; 1990 Best Paper Award, Florida State Hort. Society; 1995 Brazil-Dutch Fellowship for Research/Extension review; 2006 Fellowship for US-India Knowledge Initiative in Water Conservation, USDA sponsored program; 2007 Vice Chancellor Award in Excellence for Research – Texas A&M System; 2008 Texas Environmental Excellence Award for the Rio Grande Basin Initiative (Team Award).
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| Professional Activities | ||
| 1993 Co-Chair Seedling Establishment Working Group (WG); 1994 Chair Seedling Establishment WG; 1995 & 2001 Vegetable Publication Award Committee ASHS; Secretary (2004), Vice-Chair (2005), and Chair (2006) of W-1168 Multi-State Regional Project : ‘Environmental and Genetic Determinants of Seed Quality and Performance’; 2006 Member of the Scientific Committee Artichoke Symposium, Murcia, Spain; 2006. Co-Convener IHC S-13 Symposium ‘Seedling Production and Technology’, Seoul, Korea; 2006, Convener 4th ISHS Symposium on Seed, Transplant and Stand Establishment, San Antonio, Texas; 2007 Chair ISHS V01 Working Group on Crop Establishment, Seed and Transplant Technology; 2009 Member of the Scientific Committee VII ISHS Artichoke Symposium, Brittany, France. | ||
| Journal Editor | ||
| 2004-present. Associate Editor: Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology, U.K. 2007. Editor ACTA Horticulturae, 4th ISHS Symposium on Seed, Transplant and Stand Establishment of Horticultural Crops. |
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