Katy Rainey Soybean Breeding Showcase

Dr. Katy Martin Rainey is a Professor of Agronomy at Purdue University with two decades of experience leading a public soybean breeding program. Dr. Rainey holds a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding from Cornell University and a B.S. in Botany from the University of Georgia. She has released eight soybean varieties, holds three Plant Variety Patents, has two patents granted, and has 50+ research publications and dozens of invited lectures on the breeding, genetics, quality, phenomics, agronomy, physiology, and pathology of soybean, and she teaches introductory to advanced topics in genetics and crop improvement. She has released eight soybean varieties and holds three Plant Variety Patents. Dr. Rainey is also an entrepreneur, having co-founded a successful startup that developed critical UAS image analysis tools. Dr. Rainey is notable for her extensive private-sector engagement, especially breeding organizations and commodity boards, leadership extends to various advisory councils, including the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research and she is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the National Association for Plant Breeding.