ABOUT ME
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Work Experience
Plant Breeder I, Hot Pepper at HM Clause - Davis, CA March 2024 - present
Post Doctoral Research Associate at Cornell University, Plant Breeding and Quantitative Genetics June 2023- February 2024
Education
Graduate:
PhD in Cornell University Graduate School, field of Plant Breeding, minors in Plant Pathology and Food Science August 2017-May 2023
Undergraduate:
Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Bachelor of Science in Plant Sciences, concentration in Plant Breeding and Genetics, minor in Business for the Life Sciences - August 2013-May 2017
Student Exchange Program:
Wageningen University for the Life Sciences Wageningen, Netherlands January-June 2016
Primary:
Wyoming Central School and Alexander Central High School- Wyoming, NY and Alexander, NY- Graduation June 2013 ctoral Research Associate, Cornell University, Plant Breeding and Genetics June 2023- January 2024
Greetings
My name is Karl Kunze, and I am a Hot Pepper Breeder at HM Clause USA based in Davis, CA. I work on increasing efficiency of the Hot pepper breeding program and and integrating genomic approaches to selection for hot pepper. In addition to my profession as a plant breeder, some of my personal activities/interests include bird watching, hiking/nature in general, history, cooking, gardening, video games and snowboarding. I Hope to get back into video games soon, and teach myself some new artistic skills, as well as try to use my mild experience in coding to help with community projects.
This github website will be a go to for personal coding projects and as a host of my academic work from my PhD and post-doc. I have a non-git hub website that seems to be a perpetual work in progress but now that I have a real job with real time, I will be working on it more.
GO BILLS!