Laura Morales

Staff Scientist at UPSC/SLU

• Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden
• February 2024 – present 

Postdoctoral Research Associate at BOKU

• Institute of Biotechnology in Plant Production, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Tulln an der Donau, Austria 
• February 2020 – December 2023

Laboratory Technician at IAEA

• Plant Breeding and Genetics Laboratory, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Seibersdorf, Austria
• February 2019 – May 2019

Graduate Research Assistant at Cornell

• Section of Plant Breeding and Genetics, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA 
• August 2011 – December 2017

Undergraduate Research Assistant at UF

• Horticultural Sciences Department and Department of Biology, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, Florida, USA
• August 2008 – June 2011

PhD in Plant Breeding and Genetics

• Cornell University, USA
• December 2017
• Dissertation: Dissection of the genetics and mechanisms conferring resistance to Fusarium verticillioides in maize

BSc in Biology

• University of Florida, USA
• May 2011
• Concentration: Biotechnology