José Quero Garcia

Date of birth: November 24th, 1975 (44 years old), Madrid, Spain 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, CS 20032, 33882 Villenave d’Ornon Cedex, France Phone : (33) 05 57 12 24 37, Fax (3003) 05 57 12 24 39, <jose.quero-garcia@inrae.fr> **Education** 2000: Ingénieur Agronome de l’Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INAPG), Paris, France 2000: Ingeniero Agrónomo de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos (ETSIA) de Madrid, Spain (Double diploma exchange programme ETSIA-INAPG) 2001-2004: PhD thesis ‘Genetic diversity and breeding of taros (*Colocasia esculenta*) from Vanuatu’, SupAgro Montpellier. Advisors: Dr. Philippe Feldmann, Dr. Vincent Lebot (CIRAD) 2005-2007: Post-doctoral fellow at the ETSIA Madrid in the Plant Virology Unit. Subject: Interaction between protein p48 and virus CMV (*Cucumber mosaic virus*) 2007: Ingénieur de Recherche in the 'Unité de Recherche sur les Espèces Fruitières’ of the INRA Bordeaux, Department ‘Génétique et amélioration des Plantes’ **Current position** Researcher (IR1) INRAE-Bordeaux, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie (BFP), Team A3C (‘Adaptation of sweet Cherry to Climate Change’) Leader of the French sweet cherry (*Prunus avium*) breeding programme **Research interests and expertise** Research activities are conducted on sweet cherry trees: **1**- Analyses of genes and QTL of traits involved in the plant adaptation to climate changes (chilling requirement, blooming date, fruit cracking susceptibility) **2**- Implementation of a marker-assisted breeding program for the above traits **Coordination and management** - Chair of the COST Action FA1104 (2012-2016): ‘Sustainable production of high-quality cherries for the European market’ (https://www.bordeaux.inra.fr/cherry/) · Management of BSc and MSc students (average of 4 students per year) **Expertise** Reviewer for peer review journals Tree Genetics &amp; Genomes, Euphytica, Journal of the American Society of Horticulture, Hortscience, Plant Breeding