Speakers

The 2026 AGBT Agricultural Meeting Featured Speakers
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Featured speakers are invited. The remainder of the program is selected from submitted abstracts, with additional work presented as posters.

alexander-bucksch

Alexander Bucksch

Associate Professor, The University of Arizona

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Alyx Shigenaga

USDA-NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Davis

andrea-doeschl-wilson

Andrea Doeschl-Wilson

Applied mathematics and quantitative genetics

gloria-coruzzi

Gloria Coruzzi

Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Biology, New York University

ian-henderson

Ian Henderson

Professor of Genetics and Epigenetics, University of Cambridge

jeff-endelman

Jeffrey Endelman

Professor, Plant & Agroecosystem Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

joao-reboucas-dorea

Joao Reboucas Dorea

Assistant Professor in Precision Agriculture and Data Analytics

julie-gray

Julie Gray

Professor, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield

kathy-munkvold

Kathy Munkvold

Scientific Program Director, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research

kelly-wrighton

Kelly Wrighton

Professor and Director, Colorado State Microbiome Network (CosMIC), Colorado State University

krishna-niyogi

Krishna Niyogi

HHMI Investigator and Distinguished Professor, UC Berkeley

leif-andersson

Leif Andersson

Professor, Uppsala University

noelle-cockett

Noelle Cockett

Animal Breeding and Genetics

peter-dearden

Peter Dearden

Evolutionary developmental biologist

rob-martienssen

Rob Martienssen

William J. Matheson Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

yniv-palti

Yniv Palti

Scientist, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service