Rabefiraisana Harimialimalala Jhonny: Professional Summary

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RABEFIRAISANA  

HARIMIALIMALALA  JHONNY  
Antananarivo  101.  Madagascar.  +261  349  594  955.  nyjahmalayah@gmail.com  

PROFESSIONAL  SUMMARY  
 
Plant  breeding  technician  researcher,  familiar  working  in  the  laboratory,  greenhouse  and  in  the  
field  with  the  Plant  Breeding  team.  Working  on  mutation  breeding  program  and  selection  for  
developing  and  improving  new  crop  varieties  with  desirable  trait  as  yield,  production  quality,  
resistance  to  abiotic  and  biotic  Stress  to  satisfy  the  customer's  appreciation.  
 
SKILLS  
 
•   Plant   breeding   principle   and   selection   method   -­   Plots   plan   and   installation   -­   Plant  
phenotyping   -­   Data   collection-­   Statistical   analysis   –   Hybridization   intra-­specific  
(Emasculations  and  Pollination)  -­  Laboratory,  greenhouse,  and  field  trial  management  
-­   Data   Reporting   -­   Computer   experience   (Excel,   Word,   Power   Point)   -­   Statistical  
software  (R,  Minitab,  SPSS)  -­  Database  programs  -­  Tissue  culture  -­  Phytopathology  -­  
Scientific  research  -­  Driving  license  -­  Farm  equipment      
 

•   Leadership   -­   Team   working   -­   Coordination   and   Supervision   -­   Time   management   -­  


willing  to  learn  -­  Quick  learner  -­  Team  working  -­  Communication  skills  -­  Adaptability  -­  
Stress   tolerance   -­   Complex   Problem   Solving   -­   Active   Listening   -­   Management   of  
Personnel  Resources  -­  Attention  to  detail  -­  Report  Writing  -­  Planning  -­  Organizational  
-­  Collaboration  -­  excellent  written  and  verbal  communication  in  the  English  language  -­  
Independent    

 
WORK  EXPERIENCE  
 
Plant  Breeding  Technician                                                                                                                                      March  2019-­May2021  
Faculty  of  Sciences,  Antananarivo  –  Madagascar  
 
•   Generated   (3)   three   rice   lines   and   (3)   three   maize   lines   hybrid   from   back-­cross   for  
progeny  test  in  the  greenhouse  trial,  
•   Screened  (6)  six  mutant  rice  lines  that  have  a  high  yield  in  the  field  and  the  greenhouse  
(2.5  to  4.5t/ha  for  the  mutant  and  up  to  0.25  t/ha  for  the  parent),  
•   Identified   adequate   media   culture   for   Paulownia   seeds   germination   and   in  
vitro  propagation.  
•   Set  up  and  maintained  field,  greenhouse  and  laboratory  equipment  
     
 
Plant  Breeding  Technician                                                                                                                                  June  2018-­March2019  
Joint  FAO/IAEA  Division,  Plant  Breeding  and  Genetics  Laboratory  Unit,  Austria-­Seibersdorf  
   
•   Optimized   screening   protocol   for   the   advanced   mutant   rice,   maize,   and   Sorghum  
resistant  to  the  weed  Striga  species  from  laboratory  and  greenhouse  trial,  
•   Released   of   advanced   13   rainfed   mutant   rice   lines   and   16   mutant   maize   lines   as  
resistant  to  Striga  asiatica,  and  one  mutant  rice  line  resistant  to  Striga  hermonthica,  
•   Identified   (3)   three   mutants   Sorghum   lines   most   promising   to   withstand   the   obligate  
root  parasite  Striga  hermonthica,  
•   Assessed  Striga  resistance  mechanism  from  (7)  seven  advanced  mutants  of  rice  by  
the  rhizotron  method  in  the  growth  chamber  room  with  the  controlled  condition.  
   
Plant  Breeding  Research  Assistant                                                                                                          Mars  2016-­May  2018  
Faculty  of  Sciences,  Antananarivo  –  Madagascar  
   
•   Screened  38  rainfed  mutant  rice  lines  from  M5  generation  and  44  mutant  maize  lines  
from  M6  generation  as  resistant  and  tolerant  to  Striga  asiatica  in  the  field  trial  
•   Developed  and  managed  a  breeding  program/plant/seed  breeding  schedule  and  
associated  activities,  
•   Developed  a  plant  breeding  team  succession  plan  during  the  field,  laboratory,  and  
greenhouse  experiments,  
•   Determined  adequate  media  for  germination  and  propagation  of  the  mature  embryo  
of  pepper  (Capsicum  annuum  (L.))  in  tissue  culture.  
 
 
Biotechnologist  research  assistant                                                                                              October  2015-­Mars  2016  
Joint  FAO/IAEA  Division,  Plant  Breeding  and  Genetics  Laboratory  Unit,  Austria-­Seibersdorf  
   
•   Characterized  the  maize  and  rice  mutant  lines  from  a  low-­cost  molecular  method,  
•   Identified  adequate  media  for  maize  microspore  and  anther  culture  in  tissue  culture.  
 
 
VOLUNTEER  WORK  EXPERIENCE                                                                                                                                      
   
Technical  research  collaborator                                                                                              January  2014-­October  2015  
Faculty  of  Sciences,  Antananarivo  -­  Madagascar  
   
•   Collaborated  with  the  multidisciplinary  research  team  (Animal  Biology-­Geologist-­
Economist-­Human  Sciences),  
•   Supervised  plant  breeding  team  (student,  staff)  in  the  laboratory,  in  the  greenhouse,  
and  the  field,  
•   Trained,  supervised  and  led  more  than  five  students  per  year  at  the  laboratory,  
greenhouse,  and  in  the  field  experiments.  
   
   
   
EDUCATION  
B.S.,  Plant  Biology  in  October  2005-­  Plant  Sciences  -­  University  of  Antananarivo-­
Madagascar  

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