Dr. Todd C. Wehner
Resume'
Address:
Present position:
- Professor of Horticultural Science
- 80% Research
- Breeding and genetics of pickling and slicing cucumber
- Breeding and genetics of seeded and seedless watermelon
- Breeding and genetics of cantaloupe, specialty melon, pickling melon, and luffa gourd
- Research on quantitative genetics, selection methods, plant architecture, polyploidy, and genetic resistance (disease, insect and cold)
- 20% Academic Affairs
- 72 undergraduate interns (greenhouse, laboratory)
- Train graduate students:
- 1 Ir. (The Netherlands)
- 1 M.H.S.
- 17 M.S.
- 12 Ph.D. (+2 in progress)
- Work with postdocs and visiting scientists:
- 5 postdoctoral research associates (Cramer, McCuistion, Xie, Joshi, Dia)
- 18 visiting scientists (Bhyan, El-Metwally, Liu, Malik, P.Singh, S.Singh, Smeets, Song, Kumar, Xu, Kozik, S.Zhang, Klosinska, Taja, Rajashree, Tumturk, Shi, W.Zhang, Kotch)
- Teach "Plant Breeding Methods" (CS,HS 541) and CS,HS 541 DE (distance education)
- Teach "Plant Breeding Overview" (CS,HS 521) and CS,HS 521 DE (distance education)
- Teach "Quantitative Genetics in Plant Breeding" CS,HS 745 DE (distance education)
- Teach other classes as needed:
- HS 601 – Seminar Techniques and Technology:
- HS 432 - Introductory vegetable crop production
- CS,HS 492 - Introductory plant breeding
- HS 534 - Vegetable crop production
- CS 748 - Breeding for pest resistance
- CS 860, 861 - Plant breeding lab
- HS 621 - Methods of science
- HS 695 - M.S. research
- HS 895 - Ph.D. research
- Co-chair for Ag*Idea plant breeding program for distance education (Fall, 2011 - present)
- Coordinate the Plant Breeding seminar (Fall, 1993 - present)
- Coordinate the departmental computer network (Spring, 1987 - Spring, 1995)
- Supervisor for field, greenhouse and pathology technicians (1979 - 2011)
- Secretarial supervisor for vegetable group (1987 - 1995)
Education:
Degree |
Institution |
Year |
Field |
Ph. D. |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
1979 |
Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics |
M. S. |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
1978 |
Agronomy |
A. B. |
University of California-Berkeley |
1975 |
Botany |
Professional experience:
Date |
Position |
Institution |
2013 - Present |
Instructor |
Plant Breeding Academy-Asia, UC-Davis |
1989 - Present |
Professor |
Hort. Sci., North Carolina State University-Raleigh |
2010 - Present |
Instructor |
DELTA, North Carolina State University-Raleigh |
2006 - Present |
Instructor |
Plant Breeding Academy-America, UC-Davis |
2011 (5 Mo.) |
Visiting Professor |
Agronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
2007 - 2011 |
Assistant Dept. Head |
Hort. Sci., North Carolina State University-Raleigh |
1986 (5 Mo.) |
Visiting Assoc. Professor |
Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
1985 - 1989 |
Associate Professor |
Hort. Sci., North Carolina State University-Raleigh |
1979 - 1985 |
Assistant Professor |
Hort. Sci., North Carolina State University-Raleigh |
1975 - 1979 |
Research Assistant |
Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Study leaves:
- Visiting Professor, Dept. Agron., Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (September to December, 2011)
- Visiting associate professor, Dept. Hort., Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI (April to August, 1986)
Foreign experience:
- Cucurbit germplasm expedition participant: Turkmenistan (July 25 to August 8, 2008)
- Invited speaker: Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China (March 11-16, 2008)
- Invited speaker: Research Institute of Vegetable Crops, Skierniewice, Poland July 8-12, 2004)
- Invited speaker: Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, P.R. China (June 2-9, 1999)
- Invited speaker: International Heterosis Symposium, CIMMYT Mexico (August 17-23, 1997)
- Cucurbit germplasm expedition participant: Republic S. Africa (April 24 to May 7, 1996)
- Cucurbit germplasm expedition leader: P. R. China (July 11 to 28, 1994)
- Advisor: Sri Lanka gherkin producers (November 29 to December 11, 1993)
Professional service:
- Reviewer: Plant Breeding Program, University of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (January 15-20, 2008)
- Faculty senator (1996 to 1998)
- Secretary: Gamma Sigma Delta (1990-1992)
- Agronomy Graduate Student Association: President (1978-1979)
Professional skills:
- Computing: FileMaker, FORTRAN, HTML, MS Word, network management, SAS
- Languages: English (native), Spanish (read, speak), German (read)
Professional societies:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science: 1990-present
- American Genetic Association
- American Society for Horticultural Science
- Chair: SR-ASHS Krezdorn award, 2002
- Editor: Vegetable Cultivar List, 1995-present
- Member: Board of directors, 1997-1999
- Chair: Publications committee, 1997-1999
- Scientific committee: ASHS-Cucurbitaceae symposium, 1998
- Chair: Vegetable Breeding working group, 1996-1997
- Co-chair: ASHS-CSSA Plant Breeding symposium, 1993-1994
- Program committee: 2nd ISHS Conference on In Vitro Culture and Hort. Breeding, 1993
- Editor: Journal and HortScience, 1989-1992
- Chair: Computer Applications in Horticulture working group, 1987-1988
- Chair: Vegetable Publication Award committee, 1987-1988
- Chair: Genetics and Germplasm working group, 1985-1986
- Steering committee: Vegetable Breeding working group, 1981-1983
- Member, National and Southern Region: 1979-present
- American Society of Agronomy
- Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
- Crop Science Society of America
- Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative
- Senior editor and website manager, 2005-present
- Editor: watermelon section, 2001-2004
- Editor: cucumber section, 1982-1992
- Curator: watermelon genes, 2000-present
- Curator: cucumber genes, 1980-present
- National Association of Plant Breeders
- Pickle Packers International
- Chair: Pickling Cucumber Improvement Committee
- Chair: National Cucumber Conference
- Plant Breeding Center at North Carolina State University
- Advisory Committee, 2007-2008
- Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee
- secretary, vice chair, 2007-2010
- Watermelon Research Group
- Web editor 2007-present; member, 1997-present
Honors and awards:
- Outstanding Graduate Educator, American Society for Horticultural Science - 2006
- Sigma Iota Rho honor society for international relations - 2005
- Vegetable Breeding Award of Excellence, American Society for Horticultural Science - 2004
- Honored Member, Empire Who's Who - 2004
- Fellow, American Society for Horticultural Science - 2000
- L. M. Ware Distinguished Research Award (ASHS, Southern Region) - 1997
- Krezdorn Award (SR-ASHS doctoral research to student P. C. St. Amand) - 1996
- Sigma Xi Outstanding Young Scientist Research Award - 1989
- Sigma Xi scientific research society (Full Member) - 1988
- L. M. Ware Distinguished Research Award (ASHS, Southern Region) - 1987
- Marion W. Meadows Award (outstanding research-vegetable crops) - 1982
- Phi Kappa Phi honor society - 1979
- Gamma Sigma Delta honor society of agriculture - 1978
- Argonne National Lab. Bicentennial Conference (attendance scholarship) - 1976
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