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. Dr. Gill is now an Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of California.