Nigel Taylor,
PhD
Member, Vice President of Impact and Dorothy J. King Distinguished Investigator
Nigel Taylor is the Member, Vice President of Impact and Dorothy J. King Distinguished Investigator. He leads a number of projects related to the improvement of crops important to Sub Saharan Africa (Cassava, tef). Nigel’s research in collaboration with colleagues in Kenya and Rwanda has advanced virus-resistant cassava into regulatory field trials as a critical step toward delivering enhanced planting materials to farmers.
Prior to joining the Danforth Center, Nigel worked at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. A native of Scotland, Nigel received his bachelor’s degree in botany from University of Glasgow and his Ph.D. in plant tissue culture from the University of Bath, United Kingdom.
