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Dr. Todd C. Wehner

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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
    • president, 2010-2011
  • 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

Providing skilled graduates, scientific research, and useful germplasm to the cucurbit industry
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