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Guorong Zhang

Professor

Agricultural Research Center - Hays, KS

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  • Professor
    Agricultural Research Center - Hays, KS
  • Kansas State University, Agronomy, 919 Mid-Campus Drive, Manhattan, KS, 66506, United States
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ABOUt

Dr. Guorong Zhang is a wheat breeder at Agricultural Research Center-Hays. His program aims to develop hard red and hard white winter wheat varieties for semi-arid western Kansas and surrounding regions. Prior to joining Kansas State University in 2012, Dr. Zhang worked as a biofuel crop breeder at Tennessee State University, and as a barley breeder in China. Dr. Zhang got his postdoctoral training in fields of soybean breeding and sweet cherry breeding at Michigan State University. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Plant Breeding & Genetics from North Dakota State University, a M.S. degree in Genetics from Zhejiang University (China), and a Bachelor degree in Agronomy from Zhejiang Agricultural University (China).

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    Kansas State University, Agronomy, 919 Mid-Campus Drive, Manhattan, 66506, United States1 Feb 2012 - 1 Jun 2017
  • Associate Professor
    Kansas State University, Agronomy, 919 Mid-Campus Drive, Manhattan, 66506, United States1 Jul 2017 - 1 Jun 2022
  • Professor
    Kansas State University, Agronomy, 919 Mid-Campus Drive, Manhattan, 66506, United States1 Jul 2022

DEGREES

  • PhD, Plant Breeding and Genetics
    North Dakota State University, Plant Sciences, Fargo, ND, United States1 May 2003 - 1 May 2007
  • MS, Genetics
    Zhejiang University, Biology, Hangzhou, China1 Sep 1998 - 1 Jul 2001
  • BS, Agronomy
    Zhejiang Agricultural University, Agronomy, Hangzhou, China1 Sep 1990 - 1 Jul 1994

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Research Associate
    Michigan State University, Crop & Soil Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States1 Jun 2007 - 1 Jun 2010
    Soybean and Sweet Cherry Breeding and GeneticsPostdoctoral Research

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

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