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 (he/him) breeds corn lines that contribute to economically efficient and sustainable, high-yielding production. He studies the genetic basis of biotic and abiotic stress responses, root development, and grain processing characteristics of corn using innovative, high-throughput phenotyping tools and genomic information.
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Bohn is a crop breeder and researcher passionate about developing and studying innovative and sustainable maize production. As an associate professor at the University of Illinois, Bohn leads a maize breeding program focused on developing improved maize germplasm that contributes to economically efficient and sustainable maize production under restricted and “organic” growing conditions. He develops and employs innovative high-throughput phenotyping tools, quantitative genetic theory, and deep genomic information to study the genetic basis of biotic and abiotic stress responses, root development, and grain processing in maize as well. Before joining the University of Illinois faculty, Bohn grew up in West Germany, where he studied agronomy at the Universities of Bonn and Hohenheim in Germany, motivated by the growing ecological movement in Europe. After spending a year working on a very diverse dairy family farm, Bohn received his MSc at the University of Hohenheim and continued his studies there, completing his Ph.D. in plant breeding and genetics. For his thesis research, Bohn spent two years in Mexico, working at the International Center for Wheat and Maize Improvement. Soon after, he also became assistant professor and Habilitant at the University of Hohenheim.
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Dr. Bohn is an associate professor in the  in the  (ACES) at the .

 (she/her) is a researcher seeking to improve crop productivity in food and energy crops by improving disease resistance to pathogens. Her research provides the foundation for the deployment of resistant varieties, which is an effective disease management strategy that will provide long-term solutions to producers and industry. This work serves the wider community by helping improve productivity in an agronomically and environmentally sustainable fashion.
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Jamann is a researcher and associate professor at the University of Illinois who is passionate about studying genetic variation for crop disease resistance with the goal of understanding how specific genes function within plants, influencing the interactions between genes and disease resistance. In Jamann's research program at the University of Illinois, she focuses on host-microbe interactions in maize and sorghum, taking a multi-faceted approach utilizing genetics, genomics, molecular biology, and evolutionary biology to develop more resistant crop varieties. Before joining the University of Illinois, she received her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Bachelor of Art in German from Moravian College. Jamann then went on to receive her Ph.D. from Cornell University in Plant Pathology, writing her dissertation on disease resistance investigating genes, genetic architecture, and pleiotropy in maize. After receiving her Ph.D., Jamann also became a postdoctoral scholar at NC State University.
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Dr. Jamann is an associate professor in the  in the  (ACES) at the .

 (he/him) is a research and associate professor who studies and develops methods to accelerate the development of high-performing crops by identifying specific DNA regions associated with agronomically important traits. He uses statistical approaches for quantitative genetic analyses in crops as well.
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Lipka is a researcher and associate professor passionate about the development of sustainable and high-performing crop practices. In pursuit of this passion, he leads the Lipka Lab at the University of Illinois with the research aim of creating statistical approaches to analyze quantitative genetics data. Lipka's research interests include multidisciplinary collaborations that focus on various genomic-related issues, including the contributions of nonadditive effects to phenotypic variation and the identification of genomic variants associated with agronomic and health-related traits. Some of his research endeavors include the investigation of crop productivity based on the activity of meristems to facilitate further genetic studies and the study into the diversity, genomic complexity, population structure, phylogeny, phylogeography, ploidy, and evolutionary dynamics of switchgrass. Lipka also led a study that developed an R package called Genome Association and Prediction Integrated Tool to handle larger datasets for genome-wide association studies and genomic prediction and selection studies. Prior to joining the University of Illinois, Lipka received his Bachelor of Science in Statistics at the University of Flordia and went on to get his Master of Science and Ph.D. at Purdue University. Lipka was also a postdoctoral associate at Cornell University.
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Dr. Lipka is an associate professor in the  in the  (ACES) at the .