principal investigator on GENOMIC SELECTION: THE NEXT FRONTIER FOR RAPID GENETIC GAINS IN MAIZE AND WHEAT awarded by INTERNATIONAL INST OF TROPICAL AGRIC 2011 - 2014 GENOMIC SELECTION: THE NEXT FRONTIER FOR RAPID GENETICS GAINS IN MAIZE AND WHEAT awarded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2011 - 2014
co-principal investigator on PHD FELLOWSHIPS TO TRAIN PLANT BREEDERS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE-USDA 2012 - 2017
individual publications academic article Development of high-density genetic maps for barley and wheat using a novel two-enzyme genotyping-by-sequencing approach. PLoS One. 7. 2012 Effectiveness of Genomic Prediction of Maize Hybrid Performance in Different Breeding Populations and Environments. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 2:1427-1436. 2012 Evaluation of genomic prediction methods for fusarium head blight resistance in wheat. The Plant Genome. 5:51-61. 2012 Genomic Selection in Wheat Breeding using Genotyping-by-Sequencing. The Plant Genome. 5:103-113. 2012 Genomic selection in plant breeding: A comparison of models. Crop Science Journal. 52:146-160. 2012 Using genomic prediction to characterize environments and optimize prediction accuracy in applied breeding data. Crop Science Journal. 52. 2012 Plant Breeding with Genomic Selection: Potential Gain per Unit Time and Cost. Crop Science Journal. 50:1681-1690. 2010 Genomic selection for crop improvement. Crop Science Journal. 49:1-12. 2009 chapter Making rice genomics work for Africa. Realizing Africa’s rice promise. 2011
teaching activities PLBR-4093: QTL Analysis: Mapping Genotype to Phenotype in Practice - Spring 2013 PLBR-4093: QTL Analysis: Mapping Genotype to Phenotype in Practice - Spring 2012