Mikel R Stevens Dr. Mikel Stevens graduated from Snow College (AS in Botany and Zoology), Brigham Young University- Provo (BS and MS in Horticulture), and the University of Arkansas (PhD in Plant Breeding). After Graduating from BYU, Mikel worked for Texas A&M Univrsity AgriLife Research Station in Munday, Texas researching vegetable production questions and later operating a small, family owned retail greenhouse nursery business in Brigham City, Utah. In 1988, he returned to school to earn a PhD, while studying tomato disease resistance. After completing postdoctoral research at the University of Florida Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, he joined the faculty at BYU - Provo. After 25 years at BYU, Mikel retired as a professor where he did research and taught classes in general biology, plant science, plant breeding, vegetable crops, and career preparation in horticulture and genetics. His research encompassed plant disease resistance in quinoa and tomatoes, as well as initiating a plant bree Read More Read Less