PhD - Texas A&M University, Genetics, 2015
Contact: amanda.hulse-kemp@usda.gov
I am a computational biologist with the United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service in the Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit. I have a broad biology background specializing in genetics and then moved into working in the field of agriculture (primarily crop) systems. I have been involved in many collaborative groups developing the highest quality genomes available at thier time for multiple crops which enabled development of additional tools. Once these reference genomes are available we can initiate a broad range of revolutionary technologies. Helping breeding programs integrate the next best technology to speed up the process to identify important genes and make better products for stakeholdres and consumers is a passion. Setting up a research group that is highly collaborative and interdisciplinary allows us to work on large scale problems across many commodities.
At the USDA ARS I hold a career scientist position as a Computational Biologist in the Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit. Being located in Raleigh, NC; I also have an Adjunct Affiliation in the Departments of Crop and Soil Sciences, Bioinformatics, and Genetics at North Carolina State University.
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