Suman Sharma is pursuing a Ph.D. in Plant and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University (NMSU). Suman Sharma received a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural and Horticultural Science and a Master’s degree in Vegetable Breeding from Punjab Agricultural University. Suman Sharma is also a Graduate Research Assistant working for the onion breeding program, focusing on the development of disease-resistant cultivars through the integration of conventional breeding, metabolomics, and genomics.