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Germany Germany

Liaison, Diversity Seek (DivSeek) Initiative, at the Global Crop Diversity Trust

Education

Results-driven researcher with leadership experience and enthusiasm for system thinking, crop diversity and international agriculture • More than 20 years of cross-disciplinary practice in genetics, agricultural biotechnologies and crop physiology applied to genetic resources and germplasm enhancement • Initiated and led a large-scale 'genomics of genebanks' research program, comprising public and private partners, to harness crop diversity through comprehensive germplasm-characterization and pre-breeding efforts • Substantially contributed to the start-up and success of a biotech company providing genotyping and informatics services to plant breeders • Communicates in English and Sp