Jodi Swidzinski Hezky is a member of DESRES' Strategic Growth and Business Operations and Development teams. She earned a D.Phil. in plant sciences from the University of Oxford, and a B.Sc. with distinction in cellular and molecular biology from the University of Calgary. Prior to joining DESRES, Jodi was a Research Fellow studying plant molecular genetics at the University of Toronto. She is an avid marathoner and enjoys spending her early mornings running in Central Park.