Pilar Moreno
Genomic Breeder at RIJK ZWAAN IBERICA SA
Almeria, Andalusia, Spain
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Top SchoolPilar Moreno is a genomic breeder and plant biotechnologist with 11 years of international experience spanning academic research, seed company R&D, and capacity building across Europe and Africa. She holds a PhD from the University of East Anglia where she led multidisciplinary projects on wheat susceptibility genes, combining high-performance bioinformatics, advanced R-driven data analysis, and hands-on molecular breeding including CRISPR and TILLING. Currently at Rijk Zwaan Iberica, Pilar applies genomics and phenotyping expertise to crop improvement while previously managing post-harvest trait projects across diverse cucurbit and solanaceous crops. She has a proven track record training scientists—designing and delivering RNA-seq, GBS and GWAS workshops—and thrives translating complex data into actionable breeding decisions. Comfortable in new environments, she pairs strong teaching and communication skills with a curiosity for phytopathology and practical trait evaluation. A quick learner with broad lab and computational fluency, Pilar uniquely bridges cutting-edge genomics with on-the-ground breeding implementation.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Erasmus student, Plant Sciences, Erasmus student, Plant Sciences at Akademia Rolnicza im. Hugona Kollataja w KrakowieDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at University of East AngliaUniversitat Politècnica de València
Spanish, English, French, Chinese
Github Skills (7)
heterogeneous3
datasets3
clustering3
routines2
consensus2
interpreter1
ruby1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pilarcormo/SNP_distribution_method
Feb 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:289 commits, 258 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
pilarcormo/igem
Jun 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:26 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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