Project title: Optimising genomic selection in sugarcane

Researcher biography

Seema Yadav is Postdoctoral Fellow with Centre for Animal Science at Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation. Her Ph.D. project was focused on implementing genomic selection to accelerate genetic gains in Australian sugarcane breeding programs. Before joining the UQ, she was working as an international consultant with the Quantitative Genetics cluster at the International rice research institute, Philippines. She has double master's degrees in Mathematics and Statistics. Her research interests include developing novel genomic prediction methods, specifically their ability to capture G x E interaction effects. She had deep interest in machine learning models and optimization techniques within this domain.

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