Experience
2018-2025 | Doctoral research
South Dakota State University
Muyu’s doctoral work examined physiological and genetic aspects of root hydrotropism in maize. The work joined experimental-system design with quantitative measurement and analysis:
- designed controlled experiments focused on root responses to water and gravity;
- conducted comparative work involving maize, common bean, and additional plant species;
- developed and applied a Hydrotropism Analyzer research system;
- converted image and video records into quantitative traits using ImageJ, SMARTROOT, and IC Measure;
- cleaned, analyzed, and visualized experimental and genetic data in R;
- applied statistical methods suited to experimental, longitudinal, and genetic questions;
- conducted genotype quality control and GWAS/QTL-oriented analysis using TASSEL and GAPIT;
- prepared an English-language dissertation, scientific figures, and authored or co-authored research posters.
The work demonstrates an end-to-end research workflow: scientific question, controlled measurement, structured data, analysis, visualization, interpretation, and documented limitations.
2018-2024 | Undergraduate laboratory teaching
South Dakota State University, documented terms from Fall 2018 through Spring 2024
Taught laboratory sections in:
- General Biology I and II;
- Plant Physiology;
- Introductory Cell Biology;
- Genetics and Molecular Biology.
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Selected work evidence
- doctoral dissertation on physiological and genetic studies of maize root hydrotropism;
- coauthorship of a 2020 New Phytologist article on hydrotropism in maize primary roots;
- authored or co-authored artifacts spanning quantitative plant phenotyping, root tropisms, candidate-gene analysis, and agricultural biological data;
- reproducible technical publishing and evidence-control work demonstrated by this Quarto repository.