Jan E. Leach is Associate Dean for Research in the College of Agricultural Sciences and University Distinguished Professor at Colorado State University.
She a plant pathologist internationally recognized for her work on plant-parasite interactions and mechanisms of plant disease resistance, particularly in rice.
Dr. Martha Burford Reiskind is Assistant Professor of Population Genomics and Director of the Genetics & Genomics Scholars program at North Carolina State University in the United States. She helps young scientists value collaborative science and trains them on the skills they need to succeed in their program.
What I’m most excited in plant science at the moment is… Catherine Feuillet is Chief Scientific Officer at Inari Credit: Interview conducted by The New Phytologist Foundation
Dr Janet Fulton is a Molecular Geneticist for Hy-Line International. She received her BS from the Department of Poultry Science at the University of British Columbia, Canada, her MS from the Department of Animal and Poultry Science at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada and her PhD in Immunobiology with a minor in genetics from Iowa State University, USA.
This interview was originally published in “Women in Agriculture: Fourth Edition” and is reproduced here with permission of the authors. Women in Agriculture is a publication launched by Global BioAg Linkages in 2019 to highlight the achievements and various roles of women in agriculture, especially in the BioAgriculture segment. Read more…
Interview conducted and written by Modesta Abugu. Dr. Catherine has been the Chief Scientist Officer of Inari Agriculture since 2018. Before taking up this role, she was the head of trait research at Bayer Crop Science. She has also spent 20 years in academic research where she led projects and teams Read more…
A strong will to continue growing – An Interview with Dr. Ivone de Bem Oliveira Interview conducted and written by Modesta Abugu Dr. Ivone de Bem Oliveira is from Santa Catarina in Brazil. She received her PhD in 2018 from the department of Genetics and Plant Breeding at the Federal University Read more…
Interview conducted and written by Modesta Abugu Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young is the administrator of the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS). She obtained her Ph.D. at North Carolina State University in Paper Science and Engineering and spent about 6 years teaching and researching at the University of Washington before joining the USDA in Read more…
Interview conducted and written by Modesta Abugu Dr. Philippa Borrill is a lecturer in Plant Biology at the University of Birmingham (UK). She carried out her undergraduate studies at the University of Cambridge. She obtained her PhD from the John Innes Centre working in the labs of Professor Cristobal Uauy and Read more…
Interview conducted and written by Modesta Abugu Valérie Verdier is the Chairwoman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD-France). Her research interests are Plant/microbe interactions (on tropical crops), Molecular plant-microbe interactions, Plant disease resistance, Epidemiosurveillance in Africa, and Capacity building. Read more…