NSG Research Team: NSG is comprised of a group of full time scientists with advanced degrees
in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Math, Operations Research, Software Engineering,
Bioinformatics, Population/Quantitative Genetics, and Breeding.
Supporting the NSG Research Team is a Scientific Advisory Board of renowned scientists from academia.
has worked in the fields of
plant breeding, genetics and genomics for nearly 30 years. He has won
numerous awards throughout his career -- most recently the 2004 Wolf
Foundation Prize in Agriculture and the 2008 Rank Prize in Nutrition. He was
elected as a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1995 and a
Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 2009. He holds a B.S. in
Agronomy (Colorado State University, 1976) and a Ph.D. in Genetics (Univ. of
California, Davis, 1979)
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worked in the fields of plant breeding, genetics and genomics for 15 years
before moving to the field of Scientist Training and Education in 2001.
She holds a B.S. in Microbiology and Genetics (Syracuse University, NY,
1987), a M.S. in Plant Breeding and Genetics (Cornell University, 1998),
and a Ph.D. in Education (Cornell University, 2002). More
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Dr. Vincent Pétiard (Executive Vice-President & Director of Business Development)
has had a long career in industrial research and is the former Director of
the Nestle Plant Science and Technology Center in Tours, France. He holds a
M.S. in Plant Biology and Genetics, and a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding from the
University of Paris. His technical expertise in agriculture and plant
breeding/biotechnology has been applied to a variety of crops -- including
both specialty and tropical commodities. He also has considerable experience
in business development for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries.
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