Gatarira Pierre Cobes

Dr. Gatarira Pierre Cobes is a Lecturer at the University of Rwanda - College of Education (UR-CE). He holds a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding from the Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth Sciences (PAULESI), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), awarded in 2020. Dr. Cobes also holds a Master’s degree in Agronomy from Annamalai University, India (2015), and a Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy from the University of Rwanda (2013). He developed his scientific expertise at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), focusing on Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) for tuber dry matter, oxidative browning, plant sex, and flowering in Dioscorea alata. He also studied the variation in flowering behavior of the two most cultivated Dioscorea species : Dioscorea rotundata and Dioscorea alata. As part of his Ph.D. program, Dr. Cobes undertook six months of training at the Institute of Experimental Botany (IEB) in Olomouc, Czech Republic, where he acquired skills in cytogenetics to determine the ploidy level of different Dioscorea species. Dr. Cobes has presented his research at several national and international conferences, seminars, and symposia. He has also published research findings in reputable scientific journals. Dr. Cobes won some competitive grants and among them she won a grant under mastercard Foundation- Leaders in Teaching (LIT) Project.Research Interests: Biology, Plant systematics, Dichotomous, Plant Breeding Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) in plants Cytogenetics and ploidy determination.