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Valentyna Klymiuk is an Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, where she holds the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission Applied Genomics Pre-breeding Chair. With a focus on wheat pre-breeding and trait breeding, her research integrates applied genomics to improve disease resistance, particularly against Fusarium Head Blight. Valentyna earned her Ph.D. from the University of Haifa and has additional doctoral education from the Institute of Hydrobiology of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine. She also holds M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees with Honors from Donetsk National University in Ukraine. Valentyna's contributions to the field have earned her recognition, including the Carlotta Award in 2022 for her work in wheat genetics and genomics breeding, and the Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum Early Career award in 2019.
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