Josh Clevenger, PhD

Contact Info

Email: jclevenger@hudsonalpha.org
Location: 601 Genome Way, Huntsville, AL 35806

Josh Clevenger, PhD

Josh Clevenger, PhD, joined HudsonAlpha as a faculty investigator in 2020. His research focuses on using genomics for crop improvement, especially crops in the southeast and Alabama. Clevenger previously worked for Mars-Wrigley on the nut science team, designing and executing nut genetic improvement projects on all 5 continents where peanuts grow and as a USDA-NIFA postdoctoral fellow on further developing peanut genomic tools. Josh Clevenger graduated from The University of Georgia’s Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, & Genomics in 2016. He played a large role in the industry-led peanut genome initiative, developing genomic tools and markers for molecular breeding.

Education

2016 – PhD in Plant Breeding, Genetics, & Genomics, University of Georgia

2012 – MS in Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University

2009 – BS in Biology and Philosophy, Baldwin-Wallace University

Academic and Administrative Appointments

2019-present – American Peanut Research and Education Society publications committee chair

2018-19 – Industry representative, IPGI subcommittee on future of peanut research

2017-18 – Chair of PeanutBase Advisory Committee

Member International Peanut Genome Initiative (IPGI)

Peer reviewer for G3, Molecular Plant, The Plant Journal, Annals of Botany, BMC Genomics,

The Plant Genome, and Molecular Breeding

2016 – UGARF Cultivar Development Research Program review committee

2015 – Committee for Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, & Genomics curriculum review

Awards and Honors

2016 – Outstanding ranking – USDA-NIFA AFRI postdoctoral fellowship

2016 – Joe Sugg Graduate Student Award – APRES annual meeting

2015 – James L. Carmon Scholarship for innovative use of computing

2015 – Glenn and Helen Burton Feeding the Hungry Scholarship

2015 – Bailey Award for best-presented paper – APRES annual meeting

2013-2015 – PhD Scholar of Excellence Fellowship – University of Georgia

2010 – University Fellowship – The Ohio State University

Recent News

Nuts about peanuts: How can science help the peanut industry?

September 14, 2020

Americans consume about 700 million pounds of peanut butter each year, but how much do you actually know about the star of the nutty spread? For starters, peanuts are not actually nuts. Because the edible seeds are enclosed in a...