Kansas State University

• Ph.D. in Genetics, Kansas State University, 2016
• B.S. in Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, 2011

• Prospector: a mobile app for high‑throughput NIRS phenotyping. TW Rife, C Courtney, J Hershberger, B Shaver, MA Gore, M Neilsen, JA Poland arXiv (2021). URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.07071

• The Aegilops ventricosa 2NvS segment in bread wheat: cytology, genomics and breeding. L Gao, DH Koo, P Juliana, T Rife, D Singh, C Lemes da Silva, T Lux, KM Dorn, M Clinesmith, P Silva, X Wang, M Spannagl, C Monat, B Friebe, B Steuernagel, GJ Muehlbauer, S Walkowiak, C Pozniak, R Singh, N Stein, M Mascher, A Fritz, J Poland. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 134 (FEB. 2021) PP. 529–542. DOi: 10.1007/s00122-020-03712-y. 

Phenomics co‑lead on Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement, focused on modernizing breeding data collection

• Dr. Megan Kennelly