Professor
Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology
Montana State University
United States of America
Tel: +406-994-6717
Prof. Hikmet Budak is a Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology in Montana State University. He received his PhD in plant genetics and breeding from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), USA. Prof. Budak worked as a Coordinator and led grass genetics and breeding program at UNL. He was honored with Turkish Young Scientist Award and Achievement Award by WORLCOMP06, USA. Prof. Budak is an IWGSC Coordinating Committee member. As part of the IWGSC, Hikmet & his team have done the survey sequence of wheat chromosome 5D and contributed to survey sequencing of 1AL. He & his team have also completed the physical maps of chromosome 1AL and 5DS and collaborated with Bayer Crop Science on the development of the physical map for 5DL. Prof. Budak's research interest includes genetics and genomics of drought, plant disease resistance, pathogen infections and methods.
