April 2016 article on Esther van der Knaap has been named as one of the Presidential Extraordinary Research Faculty Hiring Initiative builds on UGA’s Signature Themes
Esther van der Knaap, a professor of horticulture in the Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, is exploring the regulation of fruit shape and size in tomatoes as well as in peppers. Much of her research focuses on the molecular genetic mechanisms of cell division and cell size underlying fruit formation, and her work seeks to help boost the yield and quality of fruit and vegetable crops for the agricultural industry.