msandersson

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Profile profile for msandersson

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Job title: 

Senior Researcher

Eurocaroten role: 

WG Participant

First name: 

Meike

Last name: 

Andersson

Short research description: 

Biologist and agronomist with over 10 years’ experience in international agricultural research for development in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Author of the book “Gene flow between crops and their wild relatives”. Currently Crop Development Specialist at HarvestPlus where she coordinates and guides the development of biofortified crop varieties, mainstreaming of biofortification in breeding programs of national and international agricultural research institutions, and capacity-building and enabling technologies for improved breeding efficiency of local partners.

Personal webpage: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/msandersson/

Techniques routinely used: 

HPLC, sepctrophotometry, NIRS, iCheck

Instrumentation/Facilities: 

HarvestPlus Nutrition Quality Lab

Country: 

Colombia

City: 

Cali-Palmira

Institution: 

International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Department: 

HarvestPlus

Institution website: 

http://www.harvestplus.org

Address: 

Meike S. Andersson

HarvestPlus, c/o CIAT

AA 6713

Cali, Colombia

Zip Code: 

763537

Phone: 

005724450000

Matrix: 

Foods

Feeds

Plants

Gender: 

Female

WG option 1: 

WG1

WG option 2: 

WG4

Scientific approach: 

Applied

Areas: 

Agro-food

Analysis

Nutrition

Production

Other keywords: 

Analysis

Applications

Bioavailability

Food Quality

Industry

Market

Processing

Stability

STMS hosting: 

Any

Meetings hosting: 

No