Rudolph Fredua-Agyeman, PhD

About

Educational Qualifications

PDF - Molecular Plant Breeding - University of Alberta

Ph.D. - Molecular Biology - University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA                                   

M.Sc. - Biotechnology - Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany        

B.Sc. - Biochemistry - Kwame Nkrumah Uni. of Sci. and Tech., Ghana

Previous Positions

Senior Research Associate - University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Research Scientist  - Government of Alberta, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Edmonton, Canada

Research Associate - University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Research

The main goal of my research in the “Brassica and Pulse Genetics Program” (BPGP) at the UoA is to enhance crop production and agricultural sustainability from the cellular, genetic, biochemical, and molecular perspectives.

Core Objectives

1. The identification of hosts with great genetic and agronomic potential through the screening of a world-wide germplasm collection of Brassica and pulse crops.
2. The application of conventional (tissue culture and embryo rescue) techniques for the intergenomic transfer of genes for disease resistance, drought tolerance, heat stress and salinity from allied and wild relatives into canola and pulse crops.
3. The application of new molecular technologies (e.g. CRISPR-cas9) to the production of canola and pulse crops.
4. Study the underlying biochemical, physiological, morphological, and molecular mechanisms that prevent cellular damage caused by biotic and abiotic stresses in canola and pulse crops.
5. Genetic mapping of complex traits and the development of high-throughput markers for canola and pulse crops production.

Graduate student opportunities

Acceptance of CVs for consideration into the MSc and PhD programs in my lab for the 2025/2026 academic year is now closed.

Only shortlisted students will be contacted.

Interview is scheduled for November 25-29, 2024.

Selected students will be asked to apply for admission into the graduate program at the Department of Agricultural Food & Nutritional Science before December 31, 2024.

Self-funded and Canadian students should state this in their email.

Kindly use the link below to check the admission process, requirements and deadlines for graduate school application at the Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental sciences, Department of Agricultural Food & Nutritional Science at the University of Alberta (https://www.ualberta.ca/agriculture-life-environment-sciences/programs/graduate-programs/prospective-students/agricultural-food-and-nutritional-science/afns-admission-process)

AFNS 660 - Communication in Science

Course designed for graduate students in the early stages of their graduate program. Students will learn effective communication skills for life as a graduate student and a future scientist. Topics will include the scientific method; paper, thesis and grant writing; poster and lecture development and delivery; ethics in science; graduate student supervisor relationships. Preference given to those in the first year of their program. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

AN SC 499 - Integrative Project in Animal Health or Animal Science

A team-based capstone course exploring broad areas of animal health or animal science. Students will work in groups with mentors on a project involving experiential learning and skill development related to the field. Credit cannot be obtained in both AN SC 499 and AN SC 479.

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