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Dr. von Wettberg is a Professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Science at the University of Vermont. He has research expertise in 4 primary areas: 1) Ecology and genetics of crop domestication and crop diversification; 2) Evolutionary ecology and ecological genetics of wild relatives of crops; 3) Harnessing the diversity of plant genetic resources and genebanks, and 4) Breeding for rotational and intercropping value of crops. He has extensive international experience through work as a co-PI on the USAID Feed the Future Innovation Laboratory for Climate Resilient Chickpea, and a joint Russian-Taiwanese project on mungbean improvement. His current research involves breeding legumes to simultaneously improve their contribution to nutritional value and soil health.
Dr. von has extensive collaborations with researchers across the U.S. and internationally, such as in Ethiopia, India, Turkey, and Russia. In addition to his appointment within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont, Eric is also a courtesy faculty member at Peter the Great Polytechnic University in St. Petersburg, Russia, has been a Chinese Academy of Sciences visiting scholar at the South China Botanical Garden, a Fulbright Specialist Scholar to Addis Ababa University, and a visiting scholar at Ecole Nacional Superieure de Agonomique de Toulouse.
