NORDIC GLAUCOMA MEETING 2025

Adam Famoso is an associate professor at the Louisiana State University AgCenter and director of the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station in Crowley, Louisiana. He joined LSU in 2015 and his research focuses on applied breeding and rice variety development. Working with an interdisciplinary team, a key breeding program research focus is to explore, optimize and implement new breeding strategies within the logistical and budgetary context of an applied breeding program. Before moving to LSU, he worked at DuPont Pioneer from 2010 to 2015 focusing on hybrid rice product development. He completed his PhD in 2010 in Plant Breeding and Genetics from Cornell University and his BS in Horticulture from Pennsylvania State University.