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Expert is an intuitive Plant Scientist at a University, specializing in Plant Breeding and Genetics. He explores the fields of Genetics and Genomics and their applications to Plant Breeding. He is currently focused on combining classic and modern plant breeding tools to produce superior plant varieties. He has experience leading projects in seeds (small grains) and clonally propagated crops (aromatic).

Technical Skills:
- Clonal Crops: Managed plant breeding strategies for clonally propagated species, produced hybrids, mapping populations, and tools for functional genomics. He has developed protocols for tissue culture, protoplast isolation, and genome-editing approaches.
- Crop Genetics: Led gene discovery projects, characterized natural genetic variation, and produced mutant populations. Has experience developing hybrids and producing polyploids through whole-genome duplication. Has optimized testing methods for the rapid detection of resistance to root pathogens.
- Molecular Biology: Highly skilled in techniques including DNA and RNA extraction and assessment, PCR, cloning, and qPCR. Experience with High Throughput Sequencing, RNAseq, and Isoseq PacBio libraries preparation and analysis. Experience designing and deploying molecular markers at low and high throughputs in diploid and polyploid crops, developing mapping strategies, and candidate gene validation.
- Functional Genomics: Developed different mutant populations for gene validation. Experience producing, handling, and screening y-ray mutant populations and EMS-induced TILLING populations in polyploid plants.
- Genome editing: Experience optimizing plant protoplast isolation protocols and developing CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing strategies. Experience with tissue culture working in biosafety cabinets and in-vitro culture.
- Technical: Familiarity with R and SAS for statistical analysis and Python pipelines. Experience using UNIX, LATEX, and HTML.
- Field: Experience growing plants in the field, greenhouse, and under controlled conditions. Conducted multi-location field trials, progeny tests, and experiments under controlled environments and screened natural genetic diversity for traits such as quality, yield, and disease resistance.

Expert has nine publications and has participated in 7 scientific meetings. He has mentored 11 students and lectured on "Plant Natural Products Biotechnology" for a Graduate Course. He has reviewed several research articles in his field of expertise for different Journals: Agronomy - Crop Science - Current Biology - Euphytica - Planta - Theoretical and Applied Genetics - Genomics - Plant Biotechnology Journal - Plant Breeding - Plant Cell and Environment - The Plant Journal - PLoS One - PeerJ.