XIV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF RICE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN & 9th International Rice and Wheat Blast Conference

Damien has worked at IRRI for 15 years, where he currently heads the Breeding Innovations and Informatics unit at the International Rice Research Institute. He is also the head of the Native Traits Discovery and Deployment team, and administers the IRRI trait development pipeline. He has worked extensively in designing accurate marker systems for rice, and deploying high-value genes for disease and stress tolerance into elite material.