Steven Cannon serves as a Research Geneticist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service. The ARS research group that he leads maintains plant genetic databases for soybean (soybase.org) and other legume species (legumeinfo.org). He has been involved in many genome sequencing and annotation projects, from the first assemblies of Medicago truncatula and soybean, through common bean, peanut and its wild relatives, and other diverse species such as redbud (Cercis), partridge pea (Chamaecrista), and potato bean (Apios). His research interests include translation of information about the genetic basis of traits between species, and tracing the origins of the legume family and biological innovation within the family such as symbiotic nitrogen fixation.

Zibei Lin is a Senior Research Scientist working at the Agriculture Victoria Research. He possesses extensive knowledge and experience in genetic data analysis and simulation, especially in implementation of genomic prediction to guide selection decision for a number of crops and pulses.

Dr. LaMantia joined the Tree Research & Development Group at Terviva Inc (Ft. Pierce, FL) in 2019, where he leads Terviva's genomics and bioinformatics research. Prior to Terviva, he served as Research Molecular Biologist with the ARS-USDA in Wooster, Ohio, evaluating genetic diversity in soybeans for resistance to soybean aphids and brown marmorated stink bugs. Earlier, he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of British Columbia on host-pathogen interactions in Populus. He also conducted postdoctoral research at Texas AgriLife Research Center (Dallas, TX) evaluating host-pathogen interactions in zoysiagrass. Dr. LaMantia completed his PhD in Plant Biology at Pennsylvania State University in 2009, evaluating genetic diversity and disease resistance in Poa annua.

Dr Adam Dimech specialises in image-based phenotypic analysis of glasshouse-grown crops. In his role as the Technical Specialist – Plant Phenomics, Adam combines expertise in horticultural science, plant physiology, photography and image analysis to conduct large glasshouse-based experiments on crops using Agriculture Victoria’s two LemnaTec Scanalyser automated phenomics platforms. Adam has a PhD from the University of Melbourne and has been based at Agriculture Victoria for 17 years.

I am Ashwini Kalyan, Ph.D. Scholar working at International Crops research Institute for the Semi-Arid tropics in department of Pigeonpea breeding. my area of research interest is nutrient enhancement in pigeonpea through biofortification.