Amnon Levi, Ph.D. Research Plant Geneticist. B.Sc. in Agronomy and M.Sc. in Biology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. 1998-present Research Geneticist at the USDA, ARS, U.S. Vegetable laboratory, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Working on enhancing watermelon germplasm for biotic and abiotic stress using genetic and genomic tools.