Henry Nguyen

Dr. Henry T. Nguyen is Curators 'Distinguished Professor of Plant Genetics. He served as Director of the National Center for Soybean Biotechnology established by the US Congress. He holds honorary visiting professorships at different international institutions including the University of Western Australia. Prior to the current position, Dr. Nguyen was a professor of genetics at Texas Tech University and Texas A & M University System for 18 years. The Board of Regents at Texas Tech University awarded him the Paul Whitfield Horn distinguished professorship. He has a distinguished career in plant genetics and biotechnology and is internationally recognized for his research in plant adaptation to stress environments. Dr. Nguyen has gained recognition through many awards such as the National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigator Award and the Young Crop Scientist Award. He was elected as Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America, Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Nguyen was an elected Vice President of the Global Pant Council. He served as Chair of the Molecular Genetics, Genomics, and Biotechnology Division of the Crop Science Society of America and the Board of Directors. He has served on several editorial boards and published more than 280 articles and 40 book chapters. He chairs the Abiotic Stress Workshop and Crop Genomics for Global Food Security at the International Plant and Animal Genome Conference. He coordinates a national soybean genome sequencing project to develop next generation genomics resources for crop genetic improvement. He is President & CEO of Soytech Alliance and advisor to JWC Blockchain Ventures. Dr. Nguyen has extensive experience in strategic development and management of cross-functional teams as director of the Center for Biotechnology at Texas Tech University and the National Center for Soybean Biotechnology at University of Missouri.