lambert-motilal

Lambert A. MOTILAL

UNU-BIOLAC Cocoa Germplasm Maintenance and Improvement.

Education
PhD (Plant Science), The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (The UWI).
Education
MSPhil, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Plant Science, The UWI).
Education
BSc, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Gen., The UWI).
Institute
UNU-BIOLAC
Nationality
Trinidad and Tobago
Contacts
lambert.motilal@sta.uwi.edu

Dr. Lambert A. MOTILAL

Lambert is a researcher at the University of the West Indies working on cacao germplasm fingerprinting. Primary activities include DNA extraction and various molecular fingerprinting techniques. In 2007, Lambert received a GORTT Research Grant for Campus Initiated Research Projects DNA markers for cacao traits together with Pathmanathan Umaharan and David R. Butler.

 

His areas of expertise include plant genomic DNA preparation, microsatellite fingerprinting, identity match declaration for fingerprinting and population genetics. Interests include DNA marker technology and candidate gene identification for marker assisted breeding in crop improvement.