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Leslie Research Facility, Toowoomba

POST-DOCTORAL EXPERIENCEPrincipal/Senior Research Scientist Leslie Research FacilityAgri-science QueenslandDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and ForestryToowoomba Qld.January 2002-present.Duties:• To initiate, develop and lead, evaluate and report on research projects to develop molecular markers for use in wheat improvement.• To contribute to strategic plans and policy development, and supervise projects to implement the use of markers for… Show more POST-DOCTORAL EXPERIENCEPrincipal/Senior Research Scientist Leslie Research FacilityAgri-science QueenslandDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and ForestryToowoomba Qld.January 2002-present.Duties:• To initiate, develop and lead, evaluate and report on research projects to develop molecular markers for use in wheat improvement.• To contribute to strategic plans and policy development, and supervise projects to implement the use of markers for screening breeding populations in the wheat improvement program.• To establish networks with industry, clients, stakeholders and other research organisations involved in marker technology and relevant biotechnology.Recent roles have included:• A project entitled “Economic analyses of gene deployment strategies for high priority exotic pests and chemical supply to manage pest incursions” with the Plant Biosecurity CRC• Roles in projects on drought tolerance, now involving nested association mapping, • Roles in projects on frost tolerance, particularly investigating the potential for application of GM technologies• Flood Recovery Coordinator for broad acre crops (2011), and• Writing reports on the application of GM to grains.Supervisor: Dr Rex Williams, Science Leader.Research Scientist (Rice Molecular Biology)Centre for Plant Conservation GeneticsSouthern Cross UniversityLismore NSW.January 2000-January 2002.Lecturer and Student Demonstrator (Casual)Department of Tropical Plant SciencesJames Cook UniversityTownsville Q.April 1999-November 1999.Research Officer (Sugarcane Breeder)Bureau of Sugar Experiment StationsMeringa Q.April 1993 - June 1995TECHNICAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCEI held technical positions in plant genetics, cereal chemistry and plant pathology from 1985 to 1998 at the University of Adelaide and CSIRO Plant Industries, Canberra, and in 1980 with the SA Department of Agriculture. Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Agricultural And Horticultural Plant Breeding

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Matriculation, Biology/Biological Sciences, General