Sarah Jones is a Ph.D. student in Plant Breeding in the Soynomics group at Iowa State University. Studying with Dr. Danny Singh, she researches phenotyping strategies to improve drought tolerance breeding in soybean. Sarah earned a BS in Horticulture Science with a minor in Spanish from Texas A&M University and her M.S. in Plant Breeding from Iowa State University. She interned at the Antique Rose Emporium, a rose breeding company in Texas, worked on a discovery team at Monsanto, and served as a staff member in two programs including the vegetable breeding program at Texas A&M University and the Singh soybean breeding program at Iowa State University. Sarah gained breeding experience in over 12 crops from high value horticultural crops and ornamentals to agronomic row crops. She has held multiple leadership positions at Iowa State University including co-chair for the Corteva sponsored R. F. Baker Plant Breeding Symposium and treasurer of Women in Agriculture and Artificial Intelligence (Women in Ag and AI).
