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Laura Ruiz Espinosa is a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Data Manager at the Plant Breeding Institute, part of the Sydney Institute of Agriculture at The University of Sydney. Her work primarily emphasizes data management and analytics to support sustainable crop production systems. With a strong background in data analysis, she has focused on wheat and barley germplasm, conducting multi-environment trials to assess yield and disease resistance. Laura oversees on-farm trials of kikuyu grass and investigates its genetic variability for grazing purposes. She excels in both scientific and non-scientific writing, teaching, and capacity building, and is skilled in developing training materials. Her expertise also encompasses sustainability assessments, project management, stakeholder engagement, and social research. Laura is passionate about integrating genotype-environment interactions into crop production systems, advocating for sustainable farming practices such as crop rotation and minimum soil disturbance. Throughout her career, she has honed her skills in project management, stakeholder engagement, and social network analysis. Laura enjoys teaching and has experience in publishing articles for both academic and non-academic audiences, having taught first-year undergraduate units in plant biology and statistics, and contributed to the CIMMYT Australia ICARDA Germplasm Exchange project.
Plant Breeding Institute • Sydney, Australia
Responsible for data management and analytics supporting sustainable crop production systems.
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