Speakers Bureau

Plant Sciences Institute Speakers Available for Seminar Presentations

To arrange a presentation, please contact the speakers listed below:

Dermot J. Hayes, Ph.D., Leader, Public Policy Task Force; Pioneer Chair of Agribusiness; Professor, Economics, Finance
Phone: 515-294-6185
Email: dhayes@iastate.edu
Topics:

"Risks and Benefits Associated with Biotechnological/Pharmaceutical Crops."
"Property Rights in the Seed Industry."

Stephen H. Howell, Ph.D., Director, Plant Sciences Institute; Professor, Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
Phone: 515-294-5252
Email: shh@iastate.edu
Topics:

"The Plant Sciences Institute: A Bold, New Venture for Iowa."
"Plant Biotechnology: It's a Good Thing."
"GMOs - Who Put the Genes in My Beans?"

Robert L. Jernigan, Ph.D., Director, Laurence H. Baker Center for Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics; Professor, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Phone: 515-294-3833
Email: jernigan@iastate.edu
Topics:

"Molecular Machines from Genomes."
"Functional Interpretation of Genomes via Structures."

Lawrence A. Johnson, Ph.D., Director, Center for Crops Utilization Research; Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition
Phone: 515-294-4365
Email: ljohnson@iastate.edu
Topics:

"Spinning Advances in Plant Sciences into Economic Gold."
"Low-tech Approaches to Processing Soybeans."
"Sequential Extraction Processing of Corn into High Value Products."

Kendall R. Lamkey, Ph.D., Director, Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding; Professor, Agronomy
Phone: 515-294-7826
Email: krlamkey@iastate.edu
Topics:

"Contamination from Pollen Movement in Corn."
"The Challenges and Roles of Public Plant Breeding Programs."
"Research Projects in the Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding."

Ruth MacDonald, R.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Food Science and Human Nutrition
Phone: 515-294-5991
Email: ruthmac@iastate.edu
Topics:

"Nutrition and Cancer Prevention"
"Role of Soyfoods in Breast, Prostate and Colon Cancer Risk"
"Dietary Supplements: Separating Facts from Fantasy"

Manjit K. Misra, Ph.D., Director, Seed Science Center; Professor, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Phone: 515-294-6821
Email: mkmisra@iastate.edu
Topics:

"Biosafety Initiative for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products (BIGMAP)."
"Risk and Benefit Assessment of Plant-Made Pharmaceuticals."

Basil J. Nikolau, Ph.D., Director, Center for Metabolic Biology; Professor, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Food Science and Human Nutrition
Phone: 515-294-9423
Email: dimmas@iastate.edu
Topics:

"The Role of Metabolomics in Elucidating Biological Functions."
"The Role of Basic Research in Enhancing Agriculture: Opportunities in the Bioeconomy."
"Functional Genomics of Acetyl-CoA Metabolism."

Patrick S. Schnable, Ph.D., Director, Center for Plant Genomics; Professor, Agronomy, Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
Phone: 515-294-0975
Email: schnable@iastate.edu
Topics:

"The Maize Genome Project."

Randy C. Shoemaker, Ph.D. USDA-Agricultural Research Service; Collaborating Professor, Agronomy
Phone: 515-294-6233
Email: rcsshoe@iastate.edu
Topics:

"Soybean Genetics for the Twenty-First Century"
"Comparative Genomics and Gene Duplication"

Kan Wang, Director, Center for Plant Transformation, Associate Professor, Agronomy, Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
Phone: 515-294-4429
Email: kanwang@iastate.edu
Topics:

"Stresses, Vaccines, and Genetic Transformation."
"Corn as a Production and Delivery System for Oral Vaccines."