AFGC is proud to announce that Dr. Hossein Yazdi has accepted the position as Head of Technical Analysis Division in AFGC. He formally joins our team September 1 2008. Dr. Yazdi is holding a dual Iranian/Candaian citizenship, and joins AFGC coming from a senior research position at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) at Ås.
Dr. Yazdi earned his PhD in Quantitative Genetics at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, in 1997, and a MsD in Statistics from Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Canada, in 2003. His extensive work experience covers areas such as database design and management, statistical/quantitative genetic analyses, programming and experimental design.