Dave Nelson

WCPP 2019 session chair DAVE NELSON had his first experience with plant genetic research in Bonnie Bartel’s lab while he was an undergraduate at Rice University. He worked with Michael Sussman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earning his PhD in Genetics in 2006. After postdoctoral research positions with Steven Smith at the University of Western Australia and Winslow Briggs at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Dave became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics at the University of Georgia in 2011. In 2016, Dave moved to the University of California, Riverside, where he is now an Associate Professor. His lab’s research is focused on the mechanisms and evolution of karrikin and strigolactone signaling.

Associate Professor
University of California, Riverside

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Associate Professor
University of California, Riverside

WCPP 2019 session chair DAVE NELSON had his first experience with plant genetic research in Bonnie Bartel’s lab while he was an undergraduate at Rice University. He worked with Michael Sussman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earning his PhD in Genetics in 2006. After postdoctoral research positions with Steven Smith at the University of Western Australia and Winslow Briggs at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Dave became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics at the University of Georgia in 2011. In 2016, Dave moved to the University of California, Riverside, where he is now an Associate Professor. His lab’s research is focused on the mechanisms and evolution of karrikin and strigolactone signaling.