Associate Professor of Biometry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Crop Sciences Current Research Main idea: associate genotypes to phenotypes in crops. Image Goals: Dissect the genetic architecture of agronomically important traits Critically evaluate the potential of quantitative genetics models to test hypotheses on emerging theories of genetic architecture Assess the capability of current genomic prediction models to predict genomic estimated breeding values in extreme environments. Background My education is in applied statistics, and I run a crop quantitative genetics lab at the University of Illinois in the US. I am specifically interested in: Quantifying the effects of small-effect genes whose signals are typically undetected in GWAS Accounting for (auto)polyploidy in quantitative genetics models Epistasis Quantifying genotype-by-environment interactions Programming language and software: R Hobbies and personal interests I am also a musician. My serious instrument is the piano, but I also like to have a lot of fun on the guitar. I am also an avid runner, and I run about 26 miles every week. My family and I also love to travel and visit new places. Relevant links Personal link ORCID Google Scholar GitHub Research gate This article was published on 2024-09-02
