{"id":173,"date":"2025-08-04T17:34:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:32:30","slug":"organizing-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/organizing-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizing Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-5 p-4\">\n<div class=\"row d-flex align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wanglabuf.com\/\" alt=\"External Link to Lab Website\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid shadow headshots\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/08\/Jianping-Wang-scaled.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-8\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=uBTqTPsAAAAJ&#038;hl=en\" alt=\"Link to External Google Scholar profile\">Jianping Wang<\/a><\/h3>\n<h5>Chair of ICLGG 2026<\/h5>\n<h5>Professor, Crop Genetics and Genomics<br \/>\nAgronomy Department<br \/>\nUniversity of Florida<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-5 p-4\">\n<div class=\"row d-flex align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agronomy.ifas.ufl.edu\/people\/esteban-rios\/\" alt=\"External Link to Lab Website\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid shadow headshots\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/EstebanRios_Headshot_ICLGG.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-8\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&#038;user=xCyJ56wAAAAJ\" alt=\"External link to Google Scholar Profile\">Esteban Rios<\/a><\/h3>\n<h5>Associate Professor, Forage Breeding and Genetics<br \/>\nProgram Director, UF-IFAS Plant Breeding Graduate Program<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-5 p-4\">\n<div class=\"row d-flex align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cropsoil.uga.edu\/people\/faculty\/scott-jackson.html\" alt=\"External link to lab website\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid shadow headshots\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/Scott-Jackson_ICLGG-e1772814307396.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-8\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&#038;user=ZWROIxAAAAAJ&#038;view_op=list_works&#038;sortby=pubdate\" alt=\"External link to google scholar profile\">Scott Jackson<\/a><\/h3>\n<h5>Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Synthetic Biology<br \/>\nUniversity of Georgia<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-5 p-4\">\n<div class=\"row d-flex align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.okstate.edu\/kmysore\" alt=\"External link to lab website\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid shadow headshots\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/KiranMysore_ICLGG-e1772814477568.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-8\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&#038;user=LSOuiGQAAAAJ\" alt=\"External link to google scholar profile\">Kiran Mysore<\/a><\/h3>\n<h5>Sarkeys Distinguished Professor<br \/>\nDept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology<br \/>\nInstitute for Agricultural Biosciences<br \/>\nOklahoma State University<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-5 p-4\">\n<div class=\"row d-flex align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twu.edu\/faculty-profiles\/college-of-arts--sciences\/catalina-i-pislariu-phd\/\" alt=\"External link to faculty profile\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid shadow headshots\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/Catalina_ICLGG-e1772814528897.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-8\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=NV7EeWwAAAAJ&#038;hl=en\" alt=\"External link to google scholar profile\">Catalina I. Pislariu<\/a><\/h3>\n<h5>Associate Professor<br \/>\nDivision of Biology, SotS<br \/>\nTexas Woman&#8217;s University<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-5 p-4\">\n<div class=\"row d-flex align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caes.ucdavis.edu\/people\/douglas-cook\" alt=\"External link to faculty profile\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid shadow headshots\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/03\/Douglas-Cook_ICLGG.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-8\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&#038;user=wBh7lL0AAAAJ&#038;view_op=list_works&#038;authuser=1&#038;sortby=pubdate\" alt=\"External link to google scholar profile\">Douglas Cook<\/a><\/h3>\n<h5>Professor<br \/>\nUniversity of California Davis<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-5 p-4\">\n<div class=\"row d-flex align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soybeans.uga.edu\/\" alt=\"External link to faculty profile\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid shadow headshots\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/01\/ZengluLi.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-8\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=9UU9qqMAAAAJ&#038;hl=en\" alt=\"External link to google scholar profile\">Zenglu Li<\/a><\/h3>\n<h5>Georgia Seed Development Professor in Soybean Breeding and Genetics<br \/>\nUniversity of Georgia<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--END ROW--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jianping Wang Chair of ICLGG 2026 Professor, Crop Genetics and Genomics Agronomy Department University of Florida Esteban Rios Associate Professor, Forage Breeding and Genetics Program Director, UF-IFAS Plant Breeding Graduate Program Scott Jackson Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Synthetic Biology University of Georgia Kiran Mysore Sarkeys Distinguished Professor Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-internal.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-173","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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