Speakers - PMBWC2024

Biography

Anita Samuga is a Principal Scientist in the Seeds and Traits Division of BASF Agricultural Solutions. She received her PhD in Plant Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology at Michigan Technological University in 2003 and is an expert researcher in molecular genomics at BASF in North Carolina, USA. She has been with BASF since 2009 and has worked on several crops such as maize, rice, cotton, and soybean. She is a Sr. Team Lead and manages the Applied Genetics lab where she utilizes molecular genomics and genetics to innovate and support crop breeding for product discovery and development.