Entries by ASPB Conviron Scholar

Informational interview with Dr. Mahaletchumy Arujanan, Global Coordinator of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)

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Informational Interview by Godwin James, ASPB Conviron Scholar I had a great opportunity to interview Dr. Mahaletchumy Arujanan and listen to her passion for science communication. Dr. Maha Arujanan  is the global coordinator of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) and also the executive director of the Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (MABIC). Dr. Arujanan holds […]

Informational Interview with Dr. LaKisha Odom, Scientific Program Director at the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR)

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Informational Interview by Marlo Hall, ASPB Conviron Scholar Please Introduce yourself and give us a sense of your career path. I’m LaKisha Odom, scientific program director for the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR). We are a nonprofit organization, created in 2014, and our overall purpose is to increase the amount of funding for […]

Informational Interview with Wannes Voorend (R & D Coordinator at Colruyt Group)

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Informational Interview by Presca Meyer, ASPB Conviron Scholar Wannes Voorend works as a R & D Coordinator in Energy, Environment and Biotech at Colruyt Group. Colruyt Group was founded 1928 by Franz Colruyt and lists more than 30,000 employees by today. The company is managing supermarket retail stores and further subsidiaries. They are operating mainly in Belgium, […]

Informational Interview with Dr. A Peyton Smith, Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University

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Informational Interview by Aya Bridgeland, ASPB Conviron Scholar Dr. A. Peyton Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas A&M University.  Dr. Smith studies soil organic matter and microbiome characterization and how they interact with soil physical properties to impact the flux of soil carbon. She is originally from […]

Informational Interview: Plant Diagnostic Clinic Director at Colorado State University, Ana Cristina Fulladolsa, PhD

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Informational Interview by Jennifer Rushton, ASPB Conviron Scholar How did you get involved in a career in plant science? Background “I always knew I liked plants, but I was never a plant lover. I grew up in the city but got the chance to visit my grandmother is a rural area and always thought agriculture […]

Insights into a multifaceted career in plant genomics: Informational interview with Prof. Michele Morgante

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Informational Interview by Conviron Scholar Sessen Daniel. Michele Morgante is a plant geneticist, currently full professor of genetics at the University of Udine, Scientific Director of the Institute of Applied Genomics (IGA) and former president of the Italian Society of Plant Genetics (SIGA). His career spanned across several fields, from the academic setting at University of Udine to the industry domain at DowDuPont™ Agriculture Division (now Corteva […]

Informational interview: Dr. Mary Williams, working for ASPB

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By Xiang Li, ASPB Conviron Scholar Mary William is a developer of Teaching Tools in Plant Biology and a Features Editor of the journals The Plant Celland Plant Physiology. After obtaining her Ph.D. at Rockefeller University and doing a postdoc at Berkeley, she spent 14 years as a Biology Professor at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California. […]

Informational Interview with Prof. Vance Baird Professor; Chair, Department of Horticulture at Michigan State University

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Informational Interview by Rostislav Blume, ASPB Conviron Scholar I had honor to interview Prof. William Vance Baird, who is recently Chair at Department of Horticulture in Michigan State University. I had pleasure to meet Prof. Baird personally some time ago, so I asked him to share his thoughts on questions that you can check below. […]

Informational Interview with Sheng-Chieh Wu: A Journey of a Teaching Assistant

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Informational Interview by You-Wun Huang, ASPB Conviron Scholar Sheng-Chieh Wu is a Teaching Assistant of the Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University (NTU), who is always passionate during his teaching. He earned his M.S. degree in NTU but struggled during his Ph.D., eventually chosen an alternative path for his career. I believe his story […]