

Sixto Marquez
Agriculture
About Sixto Marquez:
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position with a focus with the business, non-profit, or governmental sector utilizing my knowledge of sciences and my experience.
Experience
Texas A&M University. Post-Doctoral Research Associate. May 2022-present.
- Isolating phytochemical compounds at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center located in Texas A&M University.
- Doing field and greenhouse work at the HortTrec facilities of Texas A&M university.
- Extracting DNA and running gels to identify markers related to resistance to bacterial diseases in peppers.
Prairie View A&M University January 2016- May 11, 2018
Research Specialist
- Managing Greenhouses located at the experimental farm.
- Preparing rows in fields.
- Planting, spraying, fertilizing, and harvesting crops such as okra, melons, strawberries, peppers, and tomatoes.
Texas A&M University January 2010- December 2012.
Research Associate.
- Managing greenhouses located at The Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center, Department of Horticultural Sciences.
- Planting, spraying, fertilizing, and harvesting crops such as peppers, tomatoes, watermelons, and onions in greenhouses.
- Helping plant breeders make crosses on crops such as onions, peppers, tomatoes, and cucurbits crops.
- Doing field work, such as harvesting and sampling watermelons plants.
- Extracting and processing grapefruit, pepper, tomato, and onion seeds.
- Isolating and purifying phytochemical compounds in the chemical analytical laboratory located at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center.
Louisiana Tech University. October 2007-December 2009.
Greenhouse Manager.
- Installing, programming, and maintaining, computerized control equipment in greenhouses.
- Growing poinsettias and bedding plants.
Education
PhD Horticulture-Plant Breeding at Texas A&M University (graduation-May 14, 2022)
Masters in Agriculture
Alcorn State University, Ms.
Overall GPA: 3.57 Graduation May 2007
Various English Courses
State University of New York at Albany Years 2001 and 2002
French courses
Electricity course, Academia Americana, Caracas, Venezuela
April 2014 – April 2015
French courses. EC Institute, Montreal February-December 2013
Alliance Francaise, Toulouse July-August 2014
Applications and Analyses of Mycorrhizal Associations
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
July 10-12, 2017.
B.S. Agricultural Engineering
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Overall GPA: 3.00 December 2001