An Associate Professor in the Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences at Brigham Young University (BYU), Dr. David E. Jarvis is a specialist in Plant Genomics. He completed his undergraduate and Master's degrees (B.S. in Biotechnology and M.S. in Genetics and Biotechnology) at BYU and obtained his Ph.D. in Plant Sciences from the University of Arizona. Dr. Jarvis is a leading researcher in Plant Genomics whose work is focused on developing genomic tools and resources for the agronomic improvement of understudied crops, such as quinoa and related species.