Rebecca Kimmelfield

2020 TPS Alumna 

TPS Fellow Rebecca Kimmelfield

Current Position

Student, School of Law, Case Western Reserve University 

Education

  • PhD, Translational Plant Sciences, The Ohio State University, 2020
  • BS, Environmental Science, The Ohio State University, 2013

Research Focus

Rebecca’s PhD research focused on developing Pseudomonas spp. isolates as biological control agents of nematodes (C. elegans and Heterodera glycines). In 2018, Rebecca traveled to the International Laboratory of Plant Neurobiology in Italy, where she advanced her research as a visiting scholar.

TPS Experience

  • Rotations: Dr. Tom Mitchll & Dr. Chris Taylor
  • Advisors: Dr. Chris Taylor (primary) & Dr. Michelle Jones
  • Internship: 3Bar Biologics Inc.

Publications

Cocuron JC, Koubaa M, Kimmelfield R, Ross Z, Alonso AP. A Combined Metabolomics and Fluxomics Analysis Identifies Steps Limiting Oil Synthesis in Maize Embryos. Plant Physiol. 2019;181(3):961-975. doi:10.1104/pp.19.00920