Dr. Christopher S. Cramer received his PhD in horticultural science from the Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh in May 1997. He obtained his MS in Plant Science from the Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs in May 1994. He is currently a Professor of Horticulture in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University. His research includes breeding and genetics involved in abiotic and biotic stress resistance, and bulb quality of onion. He has released numerous onion cultivars and germplasm lines. He is currently a member of the Root and Bulb Vegetable Crop Germplasm Committee, Agricultural Research Service, USDA. He currently serves as a member of the editorial board of Horticulture.