education and training
- Ph.D. in Plant Science and Technology, The State University of New Jersey , Transformation of Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and Chinese kale (Brassica alboglabra Bayley) Using Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a Vector 1994
- M.A. in Horticulture, The Use of In Vitro Techniques to Introduce Variation to Sweet Potato Plants Generated from Parenchymatic Root Tissue 1988
- B.A. in Horticulture 1984