Researcher in Wheat Breeding
Plant breeding allows you to ‘keep your fingers in lots of pies’, liaising and working with researchers, agronomists, farmers and manufacturers across Australia. I am currently working for farmers through research for my PhD in Wheat Breeding.

I grew up on dairy farms and agriculture has always been a major part of my life. I developed a keen interest in biology, particularly the biological systems influencing the productivity of our farm and in high school I chose subjects like biology, chemistry, maths, geography and agriculture to prepare me for a career in agricultural science.

I reached my current position by studying at Adelaide University for a Bachelor of Agricultural Science. I majored in genetics and biochemistry, doing Honours in Animal Science, but after doing a couple of plant breeding subjects in my final year I realised that I would prefer to work in that field. The great thing about agricultural science is that there are plenty of jobs out there, we get to use the latest techniques, and we are directly helping Australia’s performance on international markets.

“Science brings improved opportunity to agriculture. I am using some of the latest technologies in genetics to help develop new varieties of plants to improve farm productivity that will, in turn, generate benefits for entire communities.”