David Douches, Ph.D.

David Douches

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Professor; Director of: MSU Potato Breeding & Genetics, Plant Breeding Genetics & Biotech, and USAID Feed the Future Global Biotech Partnership
Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

Phone:
517-884-6946

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Degrees:
Ph.D. Unversity of California, Davis

Dr. David S. Douches leads the potato breeding and genetics project at MSU since 1988 releasing over 30 varieties. He currently serves as the Project Director of the USAID-funded Feed the Future Global Biotech Potato Partnership for Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Kenya. As a professor in MSU’s Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, he is also the lead-PI in the USDA/NIFA-funded North Central Regional Potato Breeding and Genetics project and is the co-PI of the USDA/BRAG-funded potato gene editing project to assess off-target effects. Previously, he was the director of the Solanaceae Coordinated Agricultural Project (SolCAP) which developed four potato SNP arrays used by the potato breeding and genetics community. Since 2010, he has served as the director of the Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Interdepartmental Graduate Program at Michigan State University and is the course instructor of a lab-based plant biotechnology techniques and principles course. Dr. Douches has experience working in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Egypt, South Africa, China, Peru, Guatemala, Honduras, as well as the U.S.

Director of the Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Graduate Program
Director of USAID Feed the Future Global Biotech Potato Partnership - Potato Project 2015-2026

Awards:

Honorary Life Membership to the Potato Association of America (PAA) Awarded 2021

2019 Corporate Connector of the Year


2014 William Beal Outstanding Faculty Award Recipient

2011 Potato Researcher of the Year Award

Publications

See all Dr. David S. Douches publications on Google Scholar

 

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