Position Title
PhD Candidate
PhD student working to breed watercress with enhanced nutritional profiles.
Academic history
Yufei attained her B.S. from University of California, Davis in 2018 and continued with her studies in the Horticulture & Agronomy M.S. program at UC Davis. She obtained a M.S. degree in 2021 by completing a thesis “Developing Genomic Resources in Watercress: Plant Morphology and Phytochemical Properties”.
Academic qualifications
2021-present: PhD student in Horticulture and Agronomy, University of California, Davis.
2018-2021: M.S. in Horticulture and Agronomy, University of California, Davis.
2014-2018: B.S. in Environmental Horticulture and Urban Forestry (Graduate with Honor and Departmental Citation Award). University of California, Davis.
Research interest
Graduate student researcher interested in using genomics-assisted breeding to enrich leafy green crop nutrition profiles. Her project also includes growing watercress in an indoor vertical farming with different LED light regimes for better crops. Base: University of California, Davis
Links to read more about Yufei’s work in the UC Davis indoor vertical farm
https://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/news/ncera-meeting-2023
https://caes.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davis-vertical-farming-facility-takes-hydroponics-whole-new-level
https://caes.ucdavis.edu/research/initiative/controlled-environment-agriculture