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Julian E. Nixon has served in higher education as a faculty member, administrator and staff member at both the two-year and four-year levels for more than 18 years. As the CAFLS Director of Diversity & Inclusion, he creates, collaborates and leads initiatives with academic departments, research partners, student organizations, university admissions, campus leadership and community partners that seek to grow, retain and empower underrepresented and underserved populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julian\u2019s office provides leadership and guidance for recruiting, outreach and retention for the College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences. He is a planning administrator for the college\u2019s strategic plan for inclusive excellence, and a certified trainer for DEI programming such as the Intercultural Development Inventory and Coming Together For Racial Understanding. His office provides support, DEI training and resources for Clemson Extension as well as the 4-H Pinckney Leadership Program which develops the leadership abilities and awareness of civic engagement for middle school and high school students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julian is a co-advisor to MANRRS (Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources & Related Sciences) which provides industry connections, internships, conferences and a collegiate STEM community. Julian also provides creative collaboration for grant funded programs such as Training Underrepresented Minority Scholars in Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases, Tigers for Inclusion, Diversity, & Ethics (T.I.D.E.), and Future Leaders Obtaining Research and Extension Career Experiences (F.L.O.R.E.C.E.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julian is currently a PhD Candidate in Animal & Veterinary Sciences, an amateur gardener, enthusiastic gamer, and passionate speaker. He currently lives in South Carolina with his wife, daughter, a dog named Tierno and a frog named Toady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Julian E. Nixon has served in higher education as a faculty member, administrator and staff member at both the two-year and four-year levels for more than 18 years. As the CAFLS Director of Diversity & Inclusion, he creates, collaborates and leads initiatives with academic departments, research partners, student organizations, university admissions, campus leadership and community […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3936,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-369","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":367,"date":"2023-07-07T09:51:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T09:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/?page_id=367"},"modified":"2023-07-07T09:51:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T09:51:55","slug":"chris-saski","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/chris-saski\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Saski"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Chris is an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at Clemson University. He holds both a B.S and Ph.D. from Clemson University in microbiology and genetics, respectively. His expertise is in systems genetics and functional genomics in crop and weed species. Chris\u2019s research at Clemson University is focused on linking genome structure with function to advance crop breeding, productivity, horticultural traits, and resilience to abiotic\/biotic stresses. His current projects are mainly directed at crop improvement using systems-level gene discovery techniques and genome editing\/engineering to improve or enhance crop performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Improvements in somatic regeneration and plant architecture in upland cotton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract: Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation and somatic regeneration offer a promising approach to create stable, genetically modified plants with consistent traits. However, in many crop species, only a limited number of genotypes can efficiently regenerate whole plants from a single somatic cell. This is due to the suppression of totipotency, a crucial ability encoded in the genome but often inactive in most genotypes, making them resistant to regeneration. In this study, we describe our endeavors to enhance our understanding of the genetic mechanisms behind somatic regeneration and present a case study showcasing the rapid generation of new phenotypes in upland cotton using our improved transformation system<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chris is an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at Clemson University. He holds both a B.S and Ph.D. from Clemson University in microbiology and genetics, respectively. His expertise is in systems genetics and functional genomics in crop and weed species. Chris\u2019s research at Clemson University is focused on linking genome […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3936,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-367","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":361,"date":"2023-06-19T14:50:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T14:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/?page_id=361"},"modified":"2023-06-19T14:50:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T14:50:55","slug":"manny-saluja","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/manny-saluja\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Saluja"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\n\nManny Saluja is a Research Scientist in the genome editing team at KWS Gateway Research Center LLC, St. Louis, US. She holds a PhD in Plant Breeding and Genetics from University of Nebraska. After PhD, she pursued a postdoc on plant\u2019s cellular response to abiotic stresses at Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY. Manny has an expertise in Plant breeding and Plant Physiology and is currently leading research projects to establish genome editing technologies to support trait development and breeding programs in Maize, Cereals and Oil seed rape at KWS.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Manny Saluja is a Research Scientist in the genome editing team at KWS Gateway Research Center LLC, St. Louis, US. She holds a PhD in Plant Breeding and Genetics from University of Nebraska. After PhD, she pursued a postdoc on plant\u2019s cellular response to abiotic stresses at Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY. Manny has an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3936,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-361","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":359,"date":"2023-06-16T15:34:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T15:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/?page_id=359"},"modified":"2023-07-07T09:48:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T09:48:19","slug":"dr-marceline-egnin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/dr-marceline-egnin\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Marceline Egnin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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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\u2019s 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\u2019 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 (Ma\u00eetrise) in Genetics from her native country of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Marceline Egnin, Ph.D., is an 1890 Land Grant Educator, Professor, Scientist, and serves asthe 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3936,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-359","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":357,"date":"2023-06-16T15:28:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T15:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/?page_id=357"},"modified":"2023-06-16T15:28:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T15:28:54","slug":"rushawnda-olden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/rushawnda-olden\/","title":{"rendered":"Rushawnda Olden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A native of South Carolina, Rushawnda lives with the belief that her purpose in life is to be a catalyst of change in every arena. Her passion for youth and focus on community collaboration has led to numerous opportunities and community leadership roles here in the Upstate of South Carolina. Rushawnda holds a B.S in Marketing from South Carolina State University, and a Master of Public Administration and Nonprofit Management from the University of Nebraska Omaha. With 15 years of youth development experience under her belt Rushawnda currently serves as the Director of the South Carolina 4-H Pinckney Leadership program. As a former congressional page for the late Senator Pinckney, Rushawnda looks forward to continuing his legacy by partnering with organizations to empower the next generation of leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A native of South Carolina, Rushawnda lives with the belief that her purpose in life is to be a catalyst of change in every arena. Her passion for youth and focus on community collaboration has led to numerous opportunities and community leadership roles here in the Upstate of South Carolina. Rushawnda holds a B.S in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3936,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-357","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":350,"date":"2023-06-12T12:42:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/?page_id=350"},"modified":"2023-06-12T12:42:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:42:52","slug":"lolita-mathew","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/lolita-mathew\/","title":{"rendered":"Lolita Mathew"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Dr. Lolita Mathew<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Director, Vegetable Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pairwise<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\nDr. Lolita Mathew oversees the gene discovery and editing projects for the Vegetable program. Previously, she led the soy and canola yield program. Before joining Pairwise in 2018, she worked for the US Dept. of Agriculture, where she led several projects on developing novel pest management strategies. Lolita has over a decade of multidisciplinary expertise in both plant biology and entomology, focused on developing innovative commercial solution. Lolita holds a PhD in Plant Biology from Arizona State University and a BS in Agriculture sciences from Kerala Agriculture University, India.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Lolita Mathew Associate Director, Vegetable Program Pairwise Dr. Lolita Mathew oversees the gene discovery and editing projects for the Vegetable program. Previously, she led the soy and canola yield program. Before joining Pairwise in 2018, she worked for the US Dept. of Agriculture, where she led several projects on developing novel pest management strategies. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3936,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-350","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":343,"date":"2023-06-05T14:28:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/?page_id=343"},"modified":"2023-06-05T14:28:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:28:39","slug":"solveig-hanson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/solveig-hanson\/","title":{"rendered":"Solveig Hanson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Solveig\nHanson joined Dr. Virginia Moore\u2019s Sustainable Cropping Systems Breeding group\nat Cornell University in January 2023. In her Research Support Specialist role,\nshe coordinates research and outreach for the nationwide Cover Crop Breeding Network<\/a>, including\nparticipatory on-farm trials of pre-commercial cover crop varieties. Solveig received\nher Ph.D. in Plant Breeding Plant Genetics from University of Wisconsin-Madison\nin 2020, where she conducted genetic, genomic, and participatory research\nfocused on flavor in table beet. In a subsequent postdoctoral fellowship at the\nUniversity of British Columbia, she coordinated a nationwide farmer variety\ntrialing network and led a participatory carrot breeding project. When not in\nplant breeding mode, Solveig loves to be outside \u2013 hiking, swimming, paddling,\nbiking, or amateur-style birding \u2013 or inside baking, writing, or providing a\nlap for her cat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Solveig Hanson joined Dr. Virginia Moore\u2019s Sustainable Cropping Systems Breeding group at Cornell University in January 2023. In her Research Support Specialist role, she coordinates research and outreach for the nationwide Cover Crop Breeding Network, including participatory on-farm trials of pre-commercial cover crop varieties. Solveig received her Ph.D. in Plant Breeding Plant Genetics from University […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3936,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-343","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":341,"date":"2023-06-05T12:18:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T12:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/?page_id=341"},"modified":"2023-06-05T12:18:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T12:18:46","slug":"lisa-kissing-kucek","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/lisa-kissing-kucek\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Kissing Kucek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\n\nLisa Kissing Kucek is a Research Geneticist with the United States Department of Agriculture. As part of the Cover Crop Breeding Network, Lisa improves cover crops, including hairy vetch, winter pea, crimson clover, and cereal rye. She worked alongside farmers, bakers, and chefs to develop wheat varieties for organic and local food systems during her doctoral research at Cornell University. For two decades, Lisa has enjoyed collaborating with farmers and researchers across the Western Hemisphere to improve sustainability in agriculture.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lisa Kissing Kucek is a Research Geneticist with the United States Department of Agriculture. As part of the Cover Crop Breeding Network, Lisa improves cover crops, including hairy vetch, winter pea, crimson clover, and cereal rye. She worked alongside farmers, bakers, and chefs to develop wheat varieties for organic and local food systems during her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3936,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":338,"date":"2023-06-05T12:16:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T12:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/?page_id=338"},"modified":"2023-06-05T12:16:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T12:16:12","slug":"nicolas-enjalbert","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/nicolas-enjalbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Enjalbert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Nicolas Enjalbert, PhD, is the CEO and Co-Founder of SeedLinked, an innovative company digitizing collaborative breeding. Originally from rural France, Nicolas studied Agronomy and Plant Breeding in Europe before pursuing a PhD in Plant Genetics from Colorado State University in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a decade of experience working for international seed companies, Nicolas founded SeedLinked to make collaborative breeding more accessible and mainstream. SeedLinked brings together growers, breeders, chefs, universities, seed companies, and consumers in a groundbreaking crowdsourcing platform. It utilizes digitalization, crowdsourcing technology, and novel statistical models to revolutionize participatory plant breeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By democratizing the breeding process, SeedLinked aims to create a decentralized and resilient seed system, which is crucial for a healthy and sustainable food system. The company not only innovates in data models for crowdsourcing but also explores business models that benefit society as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicolas Enjalbert’s expertise in data architecture, crop modeling, and participatory breeding strategies, combined with his background as a plant breeder, drives the continuous development of SeedLinked. His visionary leadership propels the company’s mission to transform collaborative breeding into a widely adopted practice, leveraging the power of digital tools and collective efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nicolas Enjalbert, PhD, is the CEO and Co-Founder of SeedLinked, an innovative company digitizing collaborative breeding. Originally from rural France, Nicolas studied Agronomy and Plant Breeding in Europe before pursuing a PhD in Plant Genetics from Colorado State University in the US. With a decade of experience working for international seed companies, Nicolas founded SeedLinked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3936,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-338","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":333,"date":"2023-06-02T16:53:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T16:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/?page_id=333"},"modified":"2023-06-16T14:18:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T14:18:41","slug":"greetchen-diaz-munoz-ciencia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/greetchen-diaz-munoz-ciencia\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetchen D\u00edaz-Mu\u00f1oz-Ciencia Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Dr. Greetchen D\u00edaz-Mu\u00f1oz is a scientist, educator, communicator and advocate of diversity and inclusion in the careers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Throughout her professional career, Greetchen has participated in countless initiatives in Puerto Rico, the United States and beyond, including the creation of projects and collaborations in science education, communication, outreach and public policy. Greetchen, is currently the Director of the Science Education Program and Community Partnerships at non-profit Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR). At CienciaPR, Greetchen founded the \u201cBorinque\u00f1a\u201d blog, focused on empowering Hispanic women and girls in STEM, and the first Girl’s in STEM Ambassadors Program in Puerto Rico, Seeds of Success. Greetchen\u2019s role in elevating underrepresented groups in STEM also include her contributions at the PuertoRico Science, Technology and Research Trust, the Puerto Rico Society of Microbiologists, the American Society for Microbiology, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as one of their IF\/THEN Ambassadors. Her work and projects has received numerous awards and honors from various organizations, and has been featured on a diversity of local and international media
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Dr. Greetchen D\u00edaz-Mu\u00f1oz is a scientist, educator, communicator and advocate of diversity and inclusion in the careers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Throughout her professional career, Greetchen has participated in countless initiatives in Puerto Rico, the United States and beyond, including the creation of projects and collaborations in science education, communication, outreach and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3936,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-333","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/napb2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]