Experience

Radicle Seeds Australia
• Australia
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Breeder/Seed Specialist

  • Jan 2021 - Present

Enza Zaden
• Netherlands
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee
• Plant Breeder (Intermediate Daylength Onion)

  • May 2019 - Dec 2020

Corteva
• United States
• Farming
• 700 & Above Employee
• Sorghum Breeder (Grain)

  • Jul 2018 - 2019


DuPont Pioneer

• Sorghum Senior Research Associate

  • Sep 2016 - Jul 2018

  Assistant to grain sorghum breeder and responsible for the Australian forage sorghum breeding program. Responsibilities include nursery design, germplasm tracking, breeding cross design, nursery operations, yield trial design, data collection and analysis.Proficient in the preparation of nursery and yield trial seed for planting, including packet preparation using Accufast P4 printer.Gained experience in operation and maintenance of SRES step 4 planters and Global Plot Manager software, operation and maintanence of Baural SP2100 small plot harvester and Harvest master Grain cage weigh system and Allegro computer. I have experience with DuPont Pioneer's propriety database software PRISM and Breeder's Desktop applications.Basic experience with SAS Stat software.Gaining knowledge of application of molecular genetics for improving efficiency in breeding and hybrid product development.Medium level problem solving and repair of mechanical and electronic systems found in seed research equipment, such as cone planters, precision planters and small plot harvesters. Show less

• Sorghum Research Associate

  • Apr 2007 - Aug 2016

  Assistant to grain sorghum breeder and responsible for the Australian forage sorghum breeding program. Responsibilities include nursery design, germplasm tracking, breeding cross design, nursery operations, yield trial design, data collection and analysis.Proficient in the preparation of nursery and yield trial seed for planting, including packet preparation using Accufast P4 printer.Gained experience in operation and maintenance of SRES step 4 planters and Global Plot Manager software, operation and maintanence of Baural SP2100 small plot harvester and Harvest master Grain cage weigh system and Allegro computer. I have experience with DuPont Pioneer's propriety database software PRISM and Breeder's Desktop applications.Basic experience with SAS Stat software.Gaining knowledge of application of molecular genetics for improving efficiency in breeding and hybrid product development.Medium level problem solving and repair of mechanical and electronic systems found in seed research equipment, such as cone planters, precision planters and small plot harvesters. Show less