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Steven D. Tanksley

American biologist · United States · On the map · Born 1954 · age 72

Steven Dale Tanksley is the Chief Technology Officer of Nature Source Improved Plants.

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2016Japan PrizeAward2010Honorary Doctorate from INP ToulouseAward2009Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward2004Wolf Prize in AgricultureAward1954Born7 April 1954

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Japan Prize2016
Honorary Doctorate from INP Toulouse2010
Foreign Member of the Royal Society2009
Wolf Prize in Agriculture2004
Humboldt Prize

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Prior to founding Nature Source Improved Plants, Tanksley served as the Liberty Hyde Bailey professor of plant breeding and biometry and chair of the Genomics Initiative Task Force at Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He is currently a Professor Emeritus at Cornell University.

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Born 1954 · age 72

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