TRAIN@Ed Fellow Moved to a project lead (in quantitative genetics) position at Dummen Orange (The Netherlands) Image Research at the Highlander Lab The main idea of my research is to develop a transition strategy to enable transition of plant breeding programmes from the current traditional approach to the two-part genomic selection strategy proposed by Gaynor et al. (2017). Goals: Conduct stochastic simulations to evaluate the effectiveness of: (i) a conventional approach to plant breeding, (ii) a conventional approach to the deployment of genomic selection in plant breeding, (iii) the two-part strategy, and (iv) various alternatives of the transition strategy Use simulations results to guide the choice of the transition strategy in plant breeding programs Gaynor et al. (2017) A Two-Part Strategy for Using Genomic Selection to Develop Inbred Lines, Crop Science. Background I have a PhD in Plant Breeding and Genetics. I have previously worked at Unilever Tea Kenya as a plant breeder for eight years, where I was involved in the practical development of high yielding and good quality tea varieties, tolerant to biotic and abiotic conditions. I am specifically interested in: Genomic selection Quantitative genetics Plant breeding Programming language and software: R & RStudio SAS MS Office GenStat Hobbies and personal interests Driving Sightseeing Watching football Relevant links Google Scholar LinkdIn ORCID Research Gate Twitter This article was published on 2024-09-02