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Doreen Main

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Doreen (Dorrie) S. Main is a Scottish bioinformatics researcher and plant scientist specializing in genomics and plant genetics. She is a professor of bioinformatics in the Department of Horticulture at Washington State University.[1]

Education

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Main is originally from Scotland. She earned a bachelor's degree in Science and Industrial Studies at Edinburgh Napier University, and went on to graduate study at the University of Strathclyde, where she earned a master's degree in Information Management before completing her Ph.D. in Bioscience and Biotechnology.[2]

Career

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She moved to Clemson University in the US as a postdoctoral researcher, and continued on there as director of bioinformatics and assistant professor of genetics and biochemistry. In 2005 she moved to her present position at Washington State University.[2] She has served two terms as interim chair of the Department of Horticulture since 2019.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Dorrie Main, Professor of Bioinformatics", People, Washington State University Department of Horticulture, archived from the original on 2022-04-06, retrieved 2022-03-20
  2. ^ a b Main Lab members, Washington State University Department of Horticulture, retrieved 2022-03-20
  3. ^ "Dhingra joins Texas A&M; Doreen Main takes interim role at WSU", Fruit Growers News, July 19, 2021, retrieved 2022-03-20
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