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Vital Statistics
| Date of Birth: |
December 7, 1951 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Eindhoven, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands |
| Marital status: |
Married to Jakoba Elizabeth Drenth since
1978 |
| Citizenship: |
Dutch (The Netherlands) |
| Languages: |
Dutch (fluent), English (fluent), Spanish
(almost fluent), German (very good understanding), French (basic),
Turkish (basic), classical Latin, classical Greek |
| Hobbies: |
Reading, music,
art, painting |
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Education
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Ph.D. (GPA: 4.0 (A)): major
in plant pathology, minors in plant breeding and genetics at Montana
State University (MSU), Bozeman, Montana, USA, 1983-1986. |
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M.Sc. (cum laude): major in
plant breeding, minors in genetics and pathology at Wageningen Agricultural
University (WAU), Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1976-1979. |
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Practical period
at CSIRO, Division of Tropical Agronomy, Brisbane, Australia, 1975. |
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B.Sc.: major in
plant breeding at WAU, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1971-1974. |
Professional Positions and Experience
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Deputy Director General -Research,
ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria. 2007-present. |
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Principal Research Scientist,
Plant Genetics & Genomics Platform (PG&G), Molecular Plant
Breeding Sub-platform, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria,
Australia. 2005-2007. |
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Member, Research Committee,
Molecular Plant Breeding Cooperative Research Centre (MPBCRC). Australia.
2005-2007. |
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Member, National Genetic Resources
Center, Steering Committee. Australia. 2005-2007. |
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Head, Wheat Genetic Resources,
CIMMYT Genebank. Mexico. 2003-2005. |
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Head, CIMMYT Fusarium Research
Unit. Mexico. 2003-2004. |
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Head, CIMMYT Bread Wheat Program,
Irrigated and High Rainfall Sub-program. Mexico. 2000-2003. |
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Coordinator of Global Project
"Developing Core Germplasm and Sustainable Production Systems
by Integrating Interdisciplinary Approaches for the Improvement
of Wheat for Favorable Environments", including 24 scientists.
Mexico. 1998-2003. |
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Head, CIMMYT Bread Wheat Program.
Mexico. 1996-2000. |
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Senior Breeder in CIMMYT Bread
Wheat Program. Mexico. 1989-1996. |
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Breeder/pathologist in the
newly established Regional East African CIMMYT Wheat Program Office
at Addis Ababa. Ethiopia. 1987-1989. |
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Post-doctoral fellow in CIMMYT's
Bread Wheat Program. Mexico. 1986-1987. |
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Post-doctoral fellow in the
ICARDA/CIMMYT Barley Program. Mexico. 1986. |
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Associate Expert (DGIS, Dutch
Government) with Regional CIMMYT Wheat Program Office, Ankara. Turkey.
1980-1983. |
Impact in Germplasm Development and Breeding Methodologies
Collaborated with national wheat program scientists in developing countries
directly in germplasm development and training, over past 27 years. During
this time, He visited most key national wheat growing programs in Asia,
Africa, and Latin America, often as CIMMYT's contributor to joint breeding
research. He contributed to the development of more than 100 spring, facultative
and winter bread wheat cultivars released in developing countries, from
positions both at CIMMYT HQ (in collaboration with S. Rajaram) and in
CIMMYT's regional programs in Turkey and Ethiopia. In addition, He has
given numerous lectures and seminars on wheat research around the world,
often as invited and/or key speaker. The research included breeding for
global adaptation and yield factors, for biotic factors, and abiotic factors,
quality factors breeding methodology, genetic and breeding simulation
and theory, and software development.
He has been widely involved in fund raising and written about 279 publications
in refereed and non-refereed journals (68), books, proceedings and official
bulletins, and book chapters, contributed to five software products, and
author of one patent.
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