Nick grew up on a small cattle farm in northwest Iowa. He developed an interest in genetics through breeding cattle for 4H and decided to study genetics at Iowa State University. After learning about Norman Borlaug and his work, Nick was inspired to pursue a career in plant breeding. As an undergrad at Iowa State, I worked in Dr. Thomas Lubberstedt’s lab on spontaneous genome doubling using Arabidopsis as a model organism. Now, Nick is pursuing a PhD in genetics in Dr. Eduard Akhunov’s lab and working on domestication traits and Root System Architecture in wild relatives.Nick Stelling
Nick grew up on a small cattle farm in northwest Iowa. He developed an interest in genetics through breeding cattle for 4H and decided to study genetics at Iowa State University. After learning about Norman Borlaug and his work, Nick was inspired to pursue a career in plant breeding. As an undergrad at Iowa State, I worked in Dr. Thomas Lubberstedt’s lab on spontaneous genome doubling using Arabidopsis as a model organism. Now, Nick is pursuing a PhD in genetics in Dr. Eduard Akhunov’s lab and working on domestication traits and Root System Architecture in wild relatives.
