Hannah Jeffery, Ph.D., works in the laboratory of Tim Paape, Ph.D., USDA-ARS, as an employee of the Texas A&M AgriLife Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture, IHA. She uses mRNA-sequencing, genotyping, whole-genome sequencing, co-expression network analysis, metabolomics, ionomics and more to improve the nutritional value of maize, Zea mays, and sorghum, Sorghum bicolor. Her work currently focuses on improving anthocyanin content and micronutrient content in maize and sorghum, respectively. She is also interested in investigating the genetic and environmental factors that influence these traits.
Jeffery obtained her Ph.D. in Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology from Michigan State University in the laboratory of Karen Cichy, Ph.D., USDA-ARS. There, she investigated the genomic and environmental mechanisms controlling cooking time, shelf life, biotic and abiotic stress tolerance and germination rate in dry beans.
Jeffery was elected to serve as the Secretary of the National Association of Plant Breeders, NAPB, Borlaug Scholars Program and the Board Representative of the C-4 Division, Crop Seed Physiology, Production and Technology, of the Crop Science Society of America, CSSA, until December 2029.
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