Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat
Rick Ward, DRRW Project Coordinator
Prior to joining the DRRW project, Rick Ward was the coordinator of the Global Rust Initiative (now called the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative), where he was responsible for project development and resource mobilization, donor and press communication, and the establishment of a stem rust phenotyping shuttle site in Kenya. He organized the first International Global Rust Initiative Workshop in Alexandria, Egypt, in 2006 and played a major role in the development of the DRRW proposal. From 1989 to 2005, he was a professor and wheat breeder at Michigan State University. Before that, he worked as a maize breeder at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), where he established the CIMMYT Zimbabwe research station. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. from Colorado State University and his Ph.D. in agronomy from Kansas State University.