Leetown, West Virginia : People & Places

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Research Service

National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture

11861 Leetown Road

Kearneysville, WV 25430

Voice: (304) 724-8340 x2141

Academic History

1997 National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD         Fellow   Population & Statistical Genetics

1993 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC          Ph.D.     Plant Breeding & Genetics

1983 Universidad Nacional Agraria, La Molina, Peru       M.S.       Plant Breeding & Statistics

1981 Universidad Nacional Agraria, La Molina, Peru       B.S.       Agronomy

Professional History

2005-             U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, NCCCWA                Computational Biologist & Geneticist

2000-2004    Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA             Assist. Prof. Genomics & Bioinformatics

1997-2000    National Institutes of Health, NIAAA, Bethesda, MD       Senior Res. Fellow Statistical Genetics

1995-1997    U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, ADOL                      Research Geneticist

1993-1994    University of Florida, IFAS, GCREC, Bradenton, FL            Postdoctoral Fellow

1990-1993    North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC                      Research Assistant

1983-1990    International Potato Center, Lima, Peru                            Associate Geneticist

Honors and Awards

2008   Service award for statistical genetics & functional genomics data analysis, USDA-ARS, NCCCWA

2007   Award for Outstanding Performance, USDA-ARS, NCCCWA

2006   Service award for statistical genetics & functional genomics data analysis, USDA-ARS, NCCCWA

2005   Service award for statistical genetics & functional genomics data analysis, USDA-ARS, NCCCWA

1996   Award for Outstanding Research QTL mapping for Marek’s disease, USDA-ARS, ADOL

1993   Excellence in Doctoral Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

1991   Honor Society Pi Alpha XI, Iota Chapter, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

1980   First Class Honors, B.S. Agronomy, Universidad Nacional Agraria, Lima, Peru



Current Research Topics

·    Statistical genetics and functional genomics data analysis for a rainbow trout molecular selective breeding program.

·    Bayesian complex segregation analysis of growth performance and disease susceptibility traits in rainbow trout brood stock using mixed inheritance, threshold and multiple-threshold models for continuous, binary and categorical data, respectively.

·    Genetic linkage-association studies in growth performance and disease susceptibility traits in rainbow trout brood stock.

·    Estimation of kinship coefficients from pedigree and molecular information in rainbow trout brood stock.

Collaborators

·    Caird Rexroad III

·    Yniv Palti

·    Greg Weber

·    Greg Wiens

·    Tim Leeds

·    Jeff Silverstein

·    Luc Janss

·    Vincent Ducrocq

·    Dale Van Vleck

·    Sandra Hasstedt