Dr. Marceline Egnin, Ph.D., is an 1890 Land Grant Educator, Professor, Scientist, and serves as
the program coordinator for the Plant Biotechnology & Genomics Research Lab in the College of Ag., Envi., and Nutri. Sciences, Tuskegee University. After earning her PhD at Penn State University, Prof. Egnin joined Tuskegee University as a Plant Breeder and Molecular Geneticist with an interest in Plant Biotech and Genomics research for crop improvement and environmental sustainability. Dr. Egnin’s most prized and cherished achievement over the past 30 years at Tuskegee University has been the mentoring and training of countless minority students, faculty and international scholars in breeding & horticulture, biotechnology, Genomics, CRISPR gene editing, microbiome, bioenergy, and biosafety. She has established the Innovative Plant Breeding Experiential Education & Training Initiative for Minority Students (iBREED) to reshape minority students’ view and love of plant breeding and change the outlook of students in the expanding and evolving field. Dr. Egnin is fluent in both French and English and in addition to her PhD, she also holds BS and graduate degrees (Maîtrise) in Genetics from her native country of Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. Dr. Egnin is a Board Member of representatives in Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), a Member of the Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee executive, and a member of the ILSI Task Force. She is the recipient of several awards including: Outstanding Faculty Performance Award In Research & Service; Sigma-XI Russel Brown Outstanding Honor Research Award; The Honor Society of Agriculture; USDA/CSREES: Group Honor Award for Professional Excellence in Research & Outreach, & Invited Success Stories; Salzburg Fellow, Outstanding Faculty Trainer Awards by ASPB-CSIR-CRI Biotech-to-High-School-Ghana & ABSF-Kenya & SABRAD; Outstanding Chapter President Plaque, World Food Prize-Borlaug Youth Forum Invitee; Invited Speaker & Member Next Einstein Global Forum-Africa.
