Christopher Richards
Plant Geneticist
Education
1984 B.A. Lewis and Clark College Biology/English
1985 M.S. Stanford University Biology
1997 Ph.D. Duke University Botany/Genetics
97-00 postdoc Vanderbilt University Evolutionary Biology
Professional Experience
2000-present Population Geneticist, USDA, ARS NCGRP, Fort Collins
2001-present Affiliate Faculty, Department of Biology, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Colorado State University
1997-2000 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Vanderbilt University
1990 1997 Research Assistant, Duke University
1986-1990 Research Biologist II Sandoz Corporation/ Zoëcon Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
•• Population genetics of captive populations and genebanking
•• Statistical methods that reveal population diversity and structure
•• Methods to evaluate genetic changes over time
•• Genetic bottlenecks and history of domestication
•• Phylogenetics
•• Landscape genetics and geospatial techniques
Academic Service
•• Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate- Scholar Sponsor
Marie Turner Ph.D
Jennifer Kendall M.Sc
Linda Kothera Ph.D
Andrew Boswell M.Sc
Matt Hopken M.Sc
Luke Tembrock Ph.D
Dale Lockwood Post Doctoral Scholar
•• Lecturer at Colorado State University.
Plant Domestication
Topic in Plant Biotechnology
Genetics
Recent / Active participation
•• Member of the National Plant Germplasm Operations Committee
•• Member of IUCN committee of Crop Wild Relatives
•• Workshop organizer Genomics of Genebanks Plant and Animal Genome Conferences
•• Expert Advisor Bioversity Reference Set Development
•• Host Collaborator EMBRAPA Florestas. Study of phylogeographic diversity in Araucaria angustifolia, Dr Valderes de Sousa (2011-2012, 15 months)
•• Host Collaborator Bioversity Recipient of International Trust Fund Agreement -Collecting wild Hordeum in Jordan and hosted Imke Thormann (Ph.D. student ) for 5 weeks in 2012
•• Collaborator on Project Baseline, an NSF-funded study to collect seeds from wild populations for studies in evolution (PI: Julie Etterson)
•• Reviewer for: American Journal of Botany, American Naturalist, Bioinformatics, Conservation Biology, Conservation Genetics, Crop Science, Evolution, Genome, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, Heredity, Journal of Heredity, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, New Phytologist, BMC Plant Biology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, PloS Genetics.
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PROJECTS, PUBLICATIONS, AND ARS NEWS ARTICLES
PROGRAM HANDOUT: Capturing the Diversity of Apple Genetic Resources
PROGRAM HANDOUT: Unlocking valuable genetic diversity hidden in crop wild relatives
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
