Kristin L. Mercer
Assistant Professor
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science

310F Kottman Hall 2021 Coffey Road Columbus, OH 43210 Phone: 614-247-6394 Fax:

Email: mercer.97@osu.edu

at OSU since 2008

POSITIONS

Assistant Professor, October, 2008 – present
              The Ohio State University, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science

Postdoctoral Researcher, January, 2006 – September, 2008
              The Ohio State University, Department of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
              Research supervisor: Dr. Allison Snow

Fulbright-García Robles Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005
              El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Chiapas, México
              Research collaborator: Dr. Hugo Perales Rivera


EDUCATION

PhD       Applied Plant Sciences, University of Minnesota, 2000 – 2005
              Advisors: Drs. Ruth Shaw and Donald Wyse

MS        Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1997 – 2000
              Minor in Sustainable Agriculture
              Advisors: Drs. Donald Wyse and Nicholas Jordan

BA        Biology, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1993 –1996
              Mentor: Dr. Sonia Sultan

              Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, 1991 – 1992

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