Robert Stupar

Professor
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[email protected]
612-625-5769
506 Borlaug Hall
Stupar Lab Webpage
Education

Ph.D.: Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics - University of Wisconsin (2005)

External Affiliations

Graduate Faculty in Applied Plant Sciences (APS), Plant and Microbial Biology (PMB), and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BICB)

Areas of Interest

Legume molecular genetics

Teaching

Agro 3660 Plant Genetic Resources
Agro 8241 Chromosomal and Molecular Genetics of Plant Improvement

Research

My research focuses on molecular genetics and genomics of legume crop species, including soybean and pea. Primary interests include the genetic basis of natural and induced phenotypic variation, developing novel genetic resources, and using genomic strategies for trait improvement.

Select Publications

Google Scholar profile

Honors and Awards

Fellow - Crop Science Society of America (elected in 2020)
UMN Emerging Leaders in the Plant Sciences Award (2019)
Crop Science Society of America Young Crop Scientist Award (2015)
American Society of Agronomy Early Career Professional Award (2012)

Patents:
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2021/0047652.html
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20180245090A1/en