Jennifer Bonina-Noseworthy is a PhD candidate at the University of New Hampshire in the Department of Biological Sciences. She is studying the variability in carotenoid content and profiles in winter squash and sweet potato cultigens and plans to graduate in 2010. Jennifer holds an MS in horticultural sciences from the University of Florida and her BS in Biology from Gordon College. In her spare time, she is an avid gardener and cook, making a wonderful roasted winter squash and ginger soup from her garden produce. She and her husband Joshua have two dogs and two cats.