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Dr Greg Rebetzke

Research Geneticist

https://people.csiro.au/R/G/Greg-Rebetzke

Contact details:

GPO BOX 1700
CANBERRA ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA

Biography

Dr Greg Rebetzke, Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Agriculture and Food, contributes to the understanding of genetic and physiological factors affecting water productivity and adapting to changing climates in rainfed winter cereals. His goal is then to deliver elite trait-containing germplasm, and improved phenotyping and genetic methods for trait enrichment in commercial breeding programs. Greg contributes to a number of grower and scientific advisory committees. He serves as an editorial advisor on key international journals while serving as an editor on the Journal of Experimental Botany. Greg also supervises in the training of students and postdoctoral researchers. As a leader in CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Greg works closely with Australian commercial breeding programs to deliver improved crop performance in new varieties released to farmers. His research has delivered to new commercial wheat varieties and breeding methodologies used in Australia and overseas. He links strongly with regional agronomists to identify opportunities and facilitate delivery in farming systems relevant to current and future climates, and in reducing the cost and risk of grain production while increasing grower profitability and sustainability.

Other Interests

Gorgeous family first but then sports with a focus on squash, bushwalking, gardening, quirky Woody Allen, Tarantino and Coen brothers films.....and enjoying good red wines!

Current Roles

  • National Coordinator Australian Plant Phenomics Facilities
    Coordination of APPF's field phenomics activities

  • Chair AHEAD science steering committee
    Global Wheat Initiative’s Heat and Drought Alliance

  • Scientific committee (Australian representative)
    Global Wheat Initiative

  • Project Leader
    Improving Uptake and Adoption of Long Coleoptile Wheats (GRDC)

  • Project Team
    Validation and Uptake of Water Productivity Traits in Wheat (GRDC)

  • Project team
    Development of Canola with Improved Establishment and Early Growth (GRDC)

  • Graduate student supervisor
    Supervision of Honours, Masters and PhD students (and PDFs)

  • Consultant
    Various pre-breeding consultancies

  • Genetics and Pre-Breeding Researcher
    Genotype x systems canola and wheat early growth and establishment

Academic Qualifications

  • 1994

    PhD Breeding and Genetics
    North Carolina State University

  • 1991

    Masters Agricultural Science
    University of QLD

  • 1985

    B App Sci (Hons)
    QLD Agricultural College

Professional Experiences

  • 1995-now

    Research scientist
    CSIRO

  • 1998-now

    Research project/team and group leadership
    CSIRO

  • 1995-now

    Reviewer/consultant to research projects across a range of national/international research agencies
    Various government and private groups

  • 1995-now

    Editor/editorial board member
    Various Plant Science/Agriculture research journals

Achievements and Awards

  • 2014-2015

    Travel award
    Australian Academy of Science

  • 2009-2011

    Newton-Turner
    CSIRO

  • 1995-forever

    Three beautiful children
    Rebetzke home

Other highlights

  • 2015-2019

    GRDC Western Region Panel member

  • 2017-2022

    CSIRO Chief Scientist

Grants

  • 2014-2021

    Breeding weed competitive wheats (GRDC)

  • 2015-2020

    Delivery of new genes for reduced height and canopy architecture (GRDC)

  • 2014-2019

    Water productivity trait modelling (GRDC)

  • 2011-2015

    Managed Environment Facilities for trait value (GRDC)

  • 2011-2015

    High yielding, Irrigated wheats (GRDC)

Community and Corporate Citizenship

  • 2013-2021

    Editor Journal of Experimental Botany

  • 2011-2021

    Editorial Board Field Crops Research

  • 2015-2019

    Editorial Board Food and Energy Security

  • 2021-2022

    Chair AHEAD science steering commitee

  • 2012-2021

    Queanbeyan Squash Club Committee

  • 2015-2020

    GRDC Western Region Panel Member