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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!
Professional Areas
Fields of Research
Current Roles
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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
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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
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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
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2014-2015
Travel award
Australian Academy of Science -
2009-2011
Newton-Turner
CSIRO -
1995-forever
Three beautiful children
Rebetzke home
Other highlights
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2015-2019
GRDC Western Region Panel member
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2017-2022
CSIRO Chief Scientist
Grants
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2014-2021
Breeding weed competitive wheats (GRDC)
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2015-2020
Delivery of new genes for reduced height and canopy architecture (GRDC)
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2014-2019
Water productivity trait modelling (GRDC)
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2011-2015
Managed Environment Facilities for trait value (GRDC)
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2011-2015
High yielding, Irrigated wheats (GRDC)
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2013-2021
Editor Journal of Experimental Botany
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2011-2021
Editorial Board Field Crops Research
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2015-2019
Editorial Board Food and Energy Security
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2021-2022
Chair AHEAD science steering commitee
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2012-2021
Queanbeyan Squash Club Committee
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2015-2020
GRDC Western Region Panel Member