Kate Evans
Ph.D., Durham University B.Sc. Genetics/Plant Biology, Leeds University
Professor , Pome Fruit Breeding and Genomics
kate_evans@wsu.edu
509-293-8760
WSU TFREC
1100 N Western Ave.
https://tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu/breed/
Areas of Interest
- Pome fruit breeding – apples and pears, scions and rootstocks.
- Pome fruit genomics – development of molecular maps and markers for pre-selection in breeding progenies
Education and Work History
- Senior Research Leader at East Malling Research, UK (1992-2008)
- PhD – Durham University. The effects of foreign genes in transgenic Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)
- B.Sc. (Hons) – First class Genetics/Plant Biology, Leeds University
Publications
Service
- 2019/2020 Interim Director, Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, Wenatchee
- 2017/18 Chair of the Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee
- Co-host of the 2015 Annual National Association of Plant Breeders Meeting (Pullman, WA)