Profile

• Time Zone

  Eastern

  
  
• Organization

  Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center - UC ANR

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  plant breeding, sorghum, germplasm, drought, forage, food

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  When and why did you decide to go into a science career?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):

  As a Peace Corps Volunteer in 1980, I was interested in food production systems in Africa and this led me to pursue an MS and Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics.

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  What is your favorite plant? Why?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):

  Sorghum, because it is an ancient old world crop that feeds over 500 million of the most vulnerable farmers in the world. It is drought tolerant and grows under harsh agricultural conditions, but has tremendous yield potential.

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  Do you have advice for students about preparing for a science career?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 3 here (300 words):

  Find something you are truly passionate about and pursue it, learn about it, explore it, study it, become an expert in it and make a difference!

  
  
• Availability

  I am currently available for mentoring, please send me team match invitations

  
  
• Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?

  2

  
  

Recent Posts

Bob Moss Jeff Dahlberg Nov 22 at 01:26pm

I was happy to help. I hope that you learned somethings about seed and that this might encourage you and the group to look into science as you continue down your educational path. Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving and keep studying. Jeff

Bob Moss Jeff Dahlberg Nov 19 at 08:26am

Hi everyone: I hope your conclusion writeup is going well. Remember to try to answer your prediction as best you can and remember that science experiments sometimes create questions of their own. What was surprising about your findings and why might…

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Hi everyone: I hope your conclusion writeup is going well. Remember to try to answer your prediction as best you can and remember that science experiments sometimes create questions of their own. What was surprising about your findings and why might something like this happened. These are things that we might discuss at the end of our conclusion and pose new questions for follow up experiments in the future. Have fun with this. Jeff

Bob Moss Jeff Dahlberg Nov 15 at 10:04pm

This is great. Now why do you suppose the tap water did not do as well as your other water types?.