Vouillamoz José

The Swiss biologist and grapevine specialist Dr José F. Vouillamoz (born 1971) graduated with honours in biology from the Swiss University of Lausanne in 1994. He continued his studies with a doctoral thesis entitled "Molecular cytotaxonomy and phylogeography of the genus Onosma in Switzerland and neighbouring countries", which he completed in 2001. Combining his passion for wine with molecular genetics, he received a scholarship from the Swiss National Science Foundation to research the origin and genealogy of the numerous autochthonous grape varieties of the Swiss canton of Valais. For the grant, he spent the year 2002 as a postgraduate researcher with his colleague Professor Dr Carole Meredith at the University of California in Davis (USA).

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