José Miguel Soriano Soriano

Dr Jose Miguel Soriano is a Serra Hunter lecturer at University of Lleida. He has a PhD in Molecular and Evolutionary Genetics. His research has been focused in the development and identification of molecular markers linked to traits of interest in crop plants, construction of linkage maps and the use of genomic technologies in plant breeding. He conducted his research in fruit breeding to incorporate pathogen resistance assisted by molecular techniques, and in cereal breeding for drought adaptation in Mediterranean environments.