Education

• B.S., California State University, Long Beach, 1961

• M.S., University of California, Los Angeles, 1965

• Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1966

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2007-Present Senior Scientist, Hawaii, Agriculture Research Center, Kunia, HI

• 1998-2007     Research leader, USDA/ARS, PBARC, Tropical Plant Physiology, Pathology, and Production unit, Aiea, HI

• 4/2001-5/2002    Acting Center Director, US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Hilo, HI

• 1997-1999         Acting Laboratory Director, Tropical Fruit, Vegetable & Ornamental Crops Laboratory, Hilo, HI

• 1996-1998         Research Leader, ARS Tropical Fruit, Vegetable & Sugarcane Research Unit, Aiea, HI

• 1986-Present     Head of Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Unit, HSPA, Aiea, HI

• Research Leader (Plant Phys)  ARS Sugarcane Research Unit, Aiea, HI

• 1967-1975         Supervisory Plant Physiologist  ARS Sugarcane Research Lab, Aiea, HI

• 1966-1967         Postdoctoral Research Associate, Plant Physiology, UCLA, CA

• 1963-1966         Teaching and Research Assistant, Plant Physiology, UCLA. CA

• 1964 summer    Biology Instructor, California State University, Long Beach, CA

• 1962 summer    Research Assistant, California State University, Long Beach. CA

Publications

Liu, Z., Moore, P. H.,et al. A primitive Y chromosome in papaya marks incipient sex chromosome evolution. Nature 427: 348-352. 2004.

Moore, P. H.lntegration of sucrose accumulation processes across hierarchical scales: towards developing an understanding ofthe gene-to-crop continuum. Field Crops Res 92: 119-135. 2005.

Ming, R., Wang, J., et al. Sex chromosomes in flowering plants. Am. J. Bot 94: 141-150. 2007.

Ming, R. and Moore, P.H. Genomics of sex and sex chromosomes. Curr Opinion Plant BioI. 10: 123130.2007.

Yu, Q., Hou, S., et al. Chromosomal location and gene paucity in the male-specific region on papaya Y chromosome. Mol Genetics Genomics 278: 177-185.2007.

Cuixia Chen, Qingyi Yu, et al. Construction of a sequence-tagged high-density genetic map of papaya for comparative structural and evolutionary genomics in Brassicales. Genetics 177:2481-2491. 2007.

Yu, Q., Hou, S., et al. Low XIY divergence in four pairs of papaya sex linked genes. Pant J. 53: 124132.2008.(Cover Article)

Ray Ming, Shaobin Hou, et al. Genome ofthe transgenic tropical fruit tree papaya (Carica papaya L.). Nature 452:991-996. 2008. (Cover Article)

Moore PH and Ming R (Eds) Book: Genomics oftropical crop plants, Springer, NY. 581 pp.2008.

,Mangwende, T., Wang, ML, et al. The PO gene of sugarcane yellow leaf virus encodes an RNA silencing suppressor with unique activities. Virology 384:38-50.2009. (cover article)

Wang, M-L, Uruu G, et al. Production of transgenic pineapple (Ananas cosmos (L.) Merr.) plants via adventitious bud regeneration. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol- Plant 45: 112-121. 2009.

Bias AL, Yu Q, et al. Enrichment of a papaya high-density genetic map with AFLP markers. Genome 52:716-725.2009.

BIas AL, Ming R, et al. Cloning of the papaya chromoplast-specific Iycopene b-cyclase, CpCYC-b, controlling fruit flesh color reveals conserved microsynteny and a recombination hot spot. Plant Phys 152:2013-2022. 2010.

Waclawovski AJ, Sato PM, et al. Sugarcane for bioenergy production: an assessment ofyield and regulation of sucrose content. J Plant Biotech 8:263-276. 20 IO.