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Agri-Food Workshop: 'Crops of the Past and Future'

Friday, September 20, 2019 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Seigle Hall, 208
Harry & Susan Seigle Hall

Agri-Food Workshop: Natalie Mueller, assistant professor of archaeology, Washington University in St. Louis, will speak on reconstructing the agroecology of lost crops. Allison Miller, professor of biology, Saint Louis University, will discuss perennial crops and the future of agriculture.

Event Type

Lectures & Presentations

Schools

Arts & Sciences

Topic

Science & Technology

Website

https://sites.wustl.edu/agrifood/agri...

Department
Anthropology
Event Contact

Glenn Stone | stone@wustl.edu

Speaker Information

Natalie G. Mueller is an archaeologist and paleoethnobotanist who specializes in the historical ecology of North America and the origins of agriculture (personal website). By integrating morphometric, molecular, ecological and experimental data, Mueller studies the domestication of plants and the subsequent evolution of agrobiodiversity throughout the Holocene. Her research also concerns the development and spread of social institutions related to food production and food security.

Allison Miller is a professor of biology at Saint Louis University (faculty website) and a Member and Principal Investigator at the Danforth Plant Science Center (investigator website). She is also a Research Associate at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Her research program focuses on evolutionary processes in contemporary and emerging perennial crops and their wild relatives. Ongoing work in her group includes grapevines, perennial, herbaceous legumes and various fruit and nut trees. By understanding evolutionary processes in crop species and their ancestors, she hopes to contribute to  the conservation of crop genetic resources, crop improvement and sustainable agriculture.   

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