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Scott A. Jackson is the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and Professor of Plant Functional Genomics at the University of Georgia. He is the Director of the Center for Applied Genetic Technologies and has appointments in the Institute for Bioinformatics, Plant Biology and Crop and Soil Sciences. His research focuses on the application of genomics for crop improvement and the understanding of basic biological processes, such as chromosome and genome evolution, domestication and polyploidy. His lab works primarily with legumes and is international in scope with work in Asia, Africa and South America. His lab has generated more than 135 publications encompassing basic to applied aspects of plant and crop genetics.