2024 Speakers

Keynote Speakers

  • Jennifer Clarke

    University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Magdalena Julkowska

    Boyce Thompson Institute

  • Amy Neuenschwander

    University of Texas Austin

  • Candice Hirsch

    University of Minnesota

  • Renee Dale

    Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

  • Duke Pauli

    University of Arizona

Award Speakers

  • Addie Thompson

    Michigan State University
    2023 Early Career Award

  • Alper Adak

    Texas A&M
    2023 Graduate Student Award

  • Alencar Xavier

    Corteva Agriscience
    2022 Industry Award Sponsored by Phenospex

Scientific Session Speakers

Elizabeth Berrigan, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA

Jodi Callwood, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA

Julian Cooper, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Marie De Gracia Coquerel, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Alex Hernandez, Forage and Range Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Logan, Utah, USA

Eva Hufnagel, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Development Centre X-Ray Technology, Fürth, Germany

Sajad Jamshidi, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Ismael Mayanja, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA

Debasmita Pal, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Sylvia Park, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Jose Tovar, Bayer Crop Science, Jerseyville, Illinois, USA

Harkamal Walia, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Jacob Washburn, Plant Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Columbia, Missouri, USA

Brandon Webster, Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Zhaocheng Xiang, Biological Systems Engineering Department, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Melinda Zubrod, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

Fast-Forward Speakers

Erik Amézquita, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA

Claudia Aviles Toledo, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Joe Ballenger, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Lily Berry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Elliot Braun, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Elizabeth Buescher, WinField United, River Falls, Wisconsin, USA

Joshua Carpenter, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Nipuna Chamara, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Joelle Claussen, Fraunhofer IIS, Erlangen, Germany

Erin Farmer, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Boubacar Gano, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Niraj Ghimire, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Taqdeer Gill, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Andrew Herr, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

Kabir Hossain, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Adele Jamazlei, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

Brittany Johnson, Forage and Range Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Logan, Utah, USA

Elisabeth Joll, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Yoon Ju Cho, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom

James Kim, Sugarbeet and Potato Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Fargo, North Dakota, USA

Michael Kudenov, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Juan Landivar-Bowles, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

William LaVoy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Xuan Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Anastasios Mazis, Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, Iowa, USA

Sungchan Oh, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Henrique Petry Feiler, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Kevin Propst, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Karoll Quijano, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Alejandra Quinones, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Haley Schuhl, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Maliheh Shaltouki Rizi, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Anuradha Singh, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Zhihang Song, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Josh Sumner, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Simon Treier, Agroscope, ETHZ, Zürich, Switzerland

Kesevan Veloo, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

Stella Woeltjen, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Kathleen Zapf, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Junxiao Zhang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Jinnuo Zhang, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Tianzhang Zhao, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA