Jamie Gibson, Ph.D.
Company
Syngenta Flowers, Home and Garden, Greensboro, N.C.
Job Title
Technical Representative
Accomplishments
Served on the floriculture faculty at North Carolina State University and the University of Florida-Milton. Recipient of the U of Fs College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Teaching Award. Served as co-director of research leadership program that trained 60+ horticultural graduates, worked with 105 commercial growers, studied 65 plant genera and conducted 1,150 trials.
Extracurricular
Place to Get Away from It All: You just cant beat the sugar white beaches of northwest Florida.
Fun Facts
The Roots of the Family Tree: Jamies great-grandfather, J.B.s. Norton, was the first plant pathologist for the state of Maryland; he was also a daylily breeder and some of his varieties are growing in the U.S. National Arboretum.