![]() | Qiuyi Fu was born and raised in Hangzhou, a city located in eastern China. She received her Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Leadership and Development with a minor in Horticultural Science at Texas A&M. Qiuyi began working in Dr. Oscar Riera-Lizarazu’s lab in the summer of 2019 as an undergraduate student, which exposed her to the rose genetics and breeding program. The following year, she was admitted into the graduate school at Texas A&M and continued her studies under Dr. Riera-Lizarazu’s guidance. Qiuyi completed her M.S. program in October 2022. Her work involved marker-assisted identification of rose germplasm carrying the black spot resistance gene Rdr1A. |
![]() | Haramrit (Amrit) Gill is originally from Punjab, India. She received her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Masters in Vegetable Breeding from the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Amrit started her Ph.D. studies in the fall of 2018 at Texas A&M University and joined Dr. Oscar Riera-Lizarazu’s group in January 2020. Amrit completed her Ph.D. program in spring 2024. Her graduate work involved studying the genetics of the flower color transitioning trait in tetraploid roses. |