Kendra Meade

Department of Agronomy
College of Agriculture
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011 USA

Education

Ph.D. – Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA                                (Expected 2012)
Major: Plant Breeding
Minors: Statistics and Genetics
Advisor: Dr. William Beavis
Project: Genetic dissection of canonical models of growth and development

B.S. – Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA                 (August 2006)
Major: Plant Biology
Honors Project: Reverse genetic analysis of Arabidopsis ELMO genes

Professional Experience

• Pre-Doctoral Associate - Iowa State University, Laboratory of Dr. William Beavis, Full-time Laboratory Manager (January 2011 – Present)
• Teaching Assistant – Iowa State University, Quantitative Methods for Agronomy (Spring 2009, 2010, and 2011; Fall 2011)
• Graduate Research Assistant – Iowa State University, Laboratory of Dr. William Beavis (November 2008 - January 2011)
• Graduate Research Assistant – Iowa State University, Laboratory of Dr. Michael Lee (August 2006 - November 2008)
• Undergraduate Research Assistant – Purdue University, Laboratory of Dr. Daniel Szymanski (March 2005- August 2006)
• Undergraduate Research Assistant – Purdue University, Laboratory of Dr. Wilfred Vermerris (June 2004 – September 2004)
• Research Assistant – Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., a DuPont Business, Yale Research Station, Princeton, Indiana, USA (June 2001 - May 2004)
• Research Assistant – AgReliant Genetics, Maize Research Station, Ft Branch, Indiana, USA (February 2000 – August 2000 and November 2000 – June 2001)

Research Skills

• Experience in non-linear model implementation and selection in SAS and R
• Experience in multivariate statistical methods
• Experience in organization and management of large, complex data sets
• Implementation of plant breeding, crop physiology, and molecular genetics studies in multiple species including Zea mays, Arabidopsis thaliana, Brassica rapa, and Mimulus guttatus
• Experience in organization and management of multiple ongoing experiments

Accomplishments

• Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals  (2009-2010)
• Recipient of the Iowa State University Agronomy Endowed Premium Scholarship (Fall 2006 – Summer 2010)
• Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University(2006)
• Recipient of Purdue University College of Agriculture scholarships (Fall 2004  –  Summer 2006)
• Dean’s List and Semester Honors, Purdue University  (Fall 1998 – Fall 1999 and Summer 2004 – Summer 2006)

Presentations

Meade, KA., Cooper, M., Beavis, W. “Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of biomass and moisture               contents in testcrossed double-haploids of maize.” (2011)  ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meetings, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Meade, KA.“Phenotypic analysis of kernel biomass and moisture content in maize (revised).” (2010)
Maize Genetics Group, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.

Meade, KA. “Phenotypic analysis of kernel biomass and moisture contents in maize.” (2010) University of
Bologna, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Meade, KA. “The impact of nonadditive genetic effects on plant breeding.” (2009) Iowa State Plant
Breeding Graduate Student Seminar, Ames, IA, USA.

Meade, KA. “Genotypic analysis of kernel water relations and duration of grain fill in maize.” (2008)
Presentation to Cornell Graduate Students, Visit to Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.

Meade, KA.“Microarray use in drought stress research.” (2008) Iowa State Plant Breeding Graduate
Student Seminar, Ames, IA, USA. Podcast is available at:
http://www.agron.iastate.edu/news/podcasts/media/20080311_meade.m4v

Posters

Meade, K, Cooper, M., Beavis, W. “Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of biomass and moisture content
in testcrossed double-haploids of Maize.” (2011) Poster Presentation Quantitative Genetics and
Genomics, Gordon Research Conference, Galveston, TX, USA.

Meade, K, Beavis, W. “Phenotypic analysis of kernel biomass and moisture contents in testcrossed double-haploids (Revised).” (2010) Poster Presentation 52nd Annual Maize Genetics Conference, Riva del Garda, Trento, Italy. 

Meade, K, Beavis, W. “Phenotypic analysis of kernel biomass and moisture contents in testcrossed double-haploids.” (2009) Poster Presentation American Seed Trade Association Seed Expo 2010, Chicago, Il, USA.

Meade, K, Mahama, A.A., Lee, M. “Phenotypic analysis of kernel water relations in the Mo17xH99 RIL population.” (2008). Poster Presentation, 50th Annual Maize Genetics Conference, Washington, DC, USA.