Matheus Krause
Corn Breeding Scientist at Corteva Agriscience
Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolMatheus Krause is an early-career Corn Breeding Scientist at Corteva Agriscience with nine years of hands-on experience in maize breeding, pipeline optimization, biometry, and statistical genetics. He earned a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding with a Statistics minor from Iowa State University after a multinational academic path that includes a master’s from ESALQ-USP and a specialized engineering option at Montpellier SupAgro, reflecting strong cross-regional expertise in tropical and Mediterranean crops. At Corteva he supports multiple Southern U.S. breeding programs, applying quantitative genetics and data-driven selection to improve farmer-facing cultivars. His background spans practical field breeding in Brazil and industry internships with major seed companies, giving him a rare combination of rigorous statistical training and real-world production experience. Matheus also maintains an online technical presence (mdkrause.github.io), signalling a commitment to sharing methods and results beyond the lab.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"Plant breeding, Mediterranean and Tropical Crops Engineering option, Plant breeding, Mediterranean and Tropical Crops Engineering option at Montpellier SupAgroTécnico em Agropecuária (Agricultural Technician), Técnico em Agropecuária (Agricultural Technician) at Colegio La SalleAgronomy, Agronomy at UEL - Universidade Estadual de LondrinaDoctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Plant Breeding major, Statistics minor, Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Plant Breeding major, Statistics minor at Iowa State University
English, French, Portuguese
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Github Skills (7)
matrix6
r6
predict5
genome4
integrate4
genomics3
bioinformatics3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mdkrause/SoyURT
Jun 2022 - Jul 2024
R package created to combine data from Krause et. al. (2022).
Contributions:1 PR, 13 pushes in 2 years 1 month
mdkrause/cvLatex
Jun 2022 - Apr 2024
Contributions:26 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 10 months
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