Acting Research Leader
Soybean Research Unit, USDA-Agriculture Reseach Service
North Carolina State University
Dr. Rouf Mian, Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA received his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Master of Science in Agronomy from Bangladesh Agricultural University. He received his Postgraduate Diploma in Seed Technology from Massey University in New Zealand and his Ph.D. in Plant Physiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
As a Postdoctoral Associate and Assistant Scientist in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at University of Georgia, Athens, Dr. Mian conducted research on physiology, molecular mapping and soybean breeding. Then, he served as the Principal Investigator of the Forage Grass Genomics Program at The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation to develop Express Sequence Tags (ESTs), EST-SSR and genomic SSR markers, construct molecular maps and tag Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) for important traits in tall fescue, ryegrass and alfalfa.
Dr. Mian joined USDA-ARS as a Research Geneticist (soybean breeder) in 2004. His current research is focused on the improvement of soybean seed composition (protein, oil, fatty acid and phytate), genetic diversity and high seed yield. He has been the PI of a large United Soybean Board grant for improvement of soybean meal protein since 2014. This grant has 16 Co-PIs from 10 major universities and two Agricultural Research Service Units. Dr. Mian received over 8 M in grants since 2015.
Dr. Mian is an expert in genetics, DNA technology, plant breeding and plant physiology. He has supervised and trained 10 postdocs, five visiting scientists and four graduate students. Dr. Mian is an internationally recognized scientist and has presented numerous invited seminars in Korea, China, Brazil, Canada and Bangladesh. Dr. Mian has released six soybean cultivars and eight soybean germplasm and has published 140 referenced articles. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
8:15 AM – 8:40 AM CDT
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CDT