Chengdao Li

Biography

Prof Li was a Principal Molecular Geneticist and Breeder for barley in Department of Agriculture & Food Government of Western Australia from 2000-2014.He is one of the breeders for Baudin, Vlamingh, Hamelin, Roe, Hannan, Lockyer and Litmus. Prof Li’s research focus on improving barley breeding efficiency by integration of genomics breeding, molecular marker assisted selection, doubled haploid, mutation and conventional breeding. Prof Li got his Masterdegree on Plant Genetics and Breeding in Zhejiang University in China and a PhDon Plant Molecular Genetics in University of Adelaide in Australia. He had done three years postdoctoral research in University of Saskatchewan in Canada. He is the Australian representative in the International Barley Genetics Symposium international organization committee, member of International Barley Genome Sequencing Consortium and Chair of the 13th International Symposium on Pre-harvest Sprouting in Cereals

Research Interest

Prof Li’s research focus on improving barley breeding efficiency by integration of genomics breeding, molecular marker assisted selection, doubled haploid, mutation and conventional breeding.