Dr. Damaris Achieng Odeny
South Africa
Research Scientist
Agricultural Research Council
2014
2006 - 2009 Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding, Cologne, Germany
2009 - 2010 Senior Researcher (Plant Breeding), ARC-Vegetable and Ornamental Plants Institute, Pretoria, RSA
2010 - 2014 Agricultural Research Council - Biotechnology Platform, Pretoria, RSA
South Africa's NRF-rated scientist Gender and Diversity, AWARD fellowship
DAAD PhD Research Award Biogemma/University of Nottingham
MSc Plant Genetic Manipulation Prize The World Bank Graduate Fellowship Award
Plant Breeders Association of Kenya, International Society for Horticultural Science, Association of Applied Biologists, South African Plant Breeders' Association
Plant genetic engineering, Tissue culture, Marker-assisted breeding, Molecular diversity analysis, In vitro storage techniques, Computational genomics, Population genetics
Molecular Biologist
Applied Plant Genomics
PhD Plant Molecular Biology (University of Bonn)
MSc. Plant Genetic Manipulation (University of Nottingham, UK)
BSc. Agriculture (University of Nairobi, Kenya),
1. Potato functional genomics
2. Molecular and conventional Breeding of pigeonpeal [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh]
3. In vitro regeneration and storage of East African Banana (Musa spp.).
2. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in Nicotiana spp. and sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas).
2010
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- Land use and food security
- India
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PhD Plant Molecular Biology (University of Bonn)
MSc. Plant Genetic Manipulation (University of Nottingham, UK)
BSc. Agriculture (University of Nairobi, Kenya),
DAAD, ICRISAT
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT),
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIZ)
BMZ via DAAD & ICRISAT
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT),
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIZ)