On May 22 and 23, Rajeev Varshney – Director of the Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Center and Director of the Centre for Crop & Food Innovation at Murdoch University, Australia – will be visiting DISTAL.
Professor Rajeev K Varshney FRS is an agricultural scientist specialising in genomics, genetics, molecular breeding, and capacity building in developing countries.
As the Director of the Centre for Crop & Food Innovation, the Director of the WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, and the International Chair of Agriculture and Food Security at the Food Futures Institute (FFI) at Murdoch University, Australia, Prof Varshney is at the forefront of pioneering agricultural research, delivering translational scientific outcomes aimed at solving the most significant challenges facing global food production.
Throughout his illustrious +20 year career, Prof. Varshney has made outstanding contributions to improving food and nutrition security, and has popularised genomics in crop breeding programs at research institutes across the globe.
He has been honoured with elected and honorary fellowships from a dozen academies/societies – including the Royal Society – and received over 20 prestigious awards for his research.