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Professional Experience

1984-present - Plant Physiologist (GS-14/4), USDA-ARS, Soil Drainage Research Unit.

1992-present - Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and The Biotechnology Center, The Ohio State University (OSU).

1982-1984 - Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Agronomy Department, OSU.

1980-1982 - Graduate Research Associate, Agronomy Department, OSU.

1976-1980 - Graduate Research Assistant, Agronomy Department, Cornell University.

Education

Ph.D. - The Ohio State University (Agronomy), 1982.

Ph.D. - (Cand). Cornell University (Agronomy and Biochemistry), 1980.

M.S. - Cornell University (Agronomy, Plant Breeding and Genetics), 1978.

B.S. - The National Institute of Agriculture, Saigon, South Vietnam (Agronomy), 1972.

Training

2004-present  USDA-ARS Senior Executive Developmental Program (PEAK).

2004              Harvard Senior Executive Fellows Program.

2002              Congressional Briefing Course. Government Affairs Institute, Georgetown University.

Honors and Awards

• Fellow and Second-Century Founding Member, Ohio Academy of Science, 2000-present.
• USDA-ARS, Certificate of Merit and Cash Award, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.
• Fellow OECD, INRA, Bordeaux, France, 1989.
• Member of Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Societies, 1995-present.
• Who's Who of American Women, 1987.  Who's Who in Science in the Midwest, 1983.
• Summa Cum Laude, National Institute of Agriculture, Saigon, South Vietnam, 1972.
• British Commonwealth Scholarship, New Zealand, 1966 -1969 

Professional Contributions and Services

• American Society of Agronomy, chair, Career and Professional Enhancement Committee, 1995.
• American Society of Agronomy, member, Board of Directors, 1997- 1998.
• American Society of Agronomy, chair, Women Committee, 1999.
• USDA-CSREES, Higher Education, Member, Grant Review Panel,  Washington D.C., 1996, 1998.
• Fulbright Scholarship Committee, The Ohio State University, member, Selection Committee, 1997-2000.
• President Council for Women, Cornell University, chair, Membership Committee, 1997-1999.
• Journal of New Seeds, Haworth Press, Inc., biotechnology editor, 2001-present.
• Annals of Botany, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, International Review Board, 2004-present.
• Asian American Government Executive Network, member, Executive Committee, 2005. 

Grants and Contracts

• USDA-OICD. RAPD Markers for Flooding Tolerance in Soybean. $40,000. 1992.
• Ohio Soybean Council. Molecular Breeding of Flood-Tolerant Soybean. $22,000. 1994.
• United Soybean Board. Genetic Transformation and Molecular Breeding of Flood-Tolerant Soybean $930,000. 1996-1999.
• Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and Ohio Soybean Council. Saturation Culture of Soybean. $100,000. 1997-1999.
• Pioneer HiBred, Int. Genomic Subtraction for Detection of DNA Markers Linked to Soybean Phytophthora Root Rot. $10,000. 1997.
• Ohio Soybean Council.  Documenting the On-Farm Conditions Affecting Flooded Soybean Yield. $48,000. 1998-1999.
• Ohio Soybean Council. Identification of Molecular Markers Linked to Phytophthora Tolerance QTL and Sclerotinia Tolerance QTL. $42,400. 1998-2000.
• FFR-Cooperative. Development of Screening Tests for Tolerance to Flooding in Soybean and Corn. $20,000. 1999-2000.
• FFR-Cooperative. Identification of DNA Markers Associated with Low Phytic Acid in Corn. $25,000.  1999-2000.
• Ohio Soybean Council.  Improving Flooding Tolerance of Soybean. $53,483. 1999-2000.
• Ohio Soybean Council. Development of Molecular Markers Linked to Phytophthora Tolerance QTL. $44, 350.  2000.
• USDA-FAS. Exchanging, Characterizing, and Preserving Soybean Germplasm with Vietnam. $45,000.  2000-2002.
• The Rockefeller Foundation and Crop Science Society of America. Digital Imaging and Spectral Techniques to Quantify Plant Growth and Stress Responses. Symposium and Publication of Monograph. $12,000.  2001-2003.
• Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and Ohio Corn Growers Association. Molecular Genetics of the Corn Low Phytic Acid Trait. $100,000. 2001-2003.

Selected Consultant and Invited Speaker

• Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China. Conference speaker. 1991.
• Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Seminar speaker. 1992.
• USDA-ARS, Plant and Soil Productivity Workshop. Atlanta, GA. Workshop speaker. 1996.
• International Congress in Plant Biology.  Sao Palo, Brazil.  Symposium speaker.  1997.
• Plant and Animal Genome V  Conference. San Diego, CA. Workshop speaker. 1997.
• Hanoi Agricultural University, Hue Agricultural University, Ho Chi Minh City. Agricultural University, Cantho Agricultural University, and The Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Vietnam.  Seminar speaker. 1997.
• Annual Meeting Soybean Breeders Workshop, St. Louis, MO. Workshop speaker. 1997.
• Seed Biology Symposium, University of Sao Paolo, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Symposium speaker. 1998.
• Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy.  Baltimore, MD. Symposium organizer and speaker.  1998.
• Annual Meeting Soybean Breeders Workshop, St. Louis, MO. Workshop speaker. 1999.
• Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhianna, India. Symposium speaker. 2000.
• Plant & Animal Genome VIII. San Diego, CA. Workshop speaker. 2000.
• The 7th Conference of the International Society for Plant Anaerobiosis. University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Conference speaker. 2001.
• Plant Production and Protection Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations, Rome, Italy. Seminar speaker. 2001.
• US-Vietnam Joint Committee Meeting, State Department, Washington, DC. Speaker. 2002.
• The 8th Conference of the International Society for Plant Anaerobiosis.  University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. Conference speaker. 2004.
• Workshop “Soybean Biotechnology”. Vietnam Agricultural Science Institute, Hanoi, and Cantho University, Vietnam.  Workshop presenter. 2005.

Professional Affiliations

American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, International Society of Plant Molecular Biology, American Society of Plant Biologists, Ohio Academy of Science

International Experience

Visiting scientist and consultant: France (USDA-OICD, 1988), China (USDA-OECD, 1991)Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam (USDA-FAS, 1997), Brazil (Brazilian Society of Plant Physiology, 1997), Brazil (Seed Biology and Production Programs, Sao Paolo, 1998), India (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhianna, 1999), Vietnam (2003) 

Collaborated on funded projects and published with scientists in France, China and Vietnam

Teaching Experience

Hosted and trained more than forty graduate students (M.S. and Ph.D.), professors, visiting scientists and postdocs from the United States, China, South Korea, India, Ethiopia, Poland, Brazil, Turkey, Hungary, Vietnam, and France, from several weeks to five years.

Computer Experience

Experienced user of Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), TIGR Microarray  Analysis softwares (Spotfinders, MIDAS, MADAM, MEV) and images processing softwares (Illustrator, Photoshop). Knowledge of UNIX and SQL.