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.
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
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
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