Nina V. Fedoroff Ph.D.

National Medal of Science - Biological Sciences 2006

Plant Molecular Biologist. Geneticist. First to clone and characterize maize transposons. Founding director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. Interests: Education, Public Policy.

"It's as much wanting to succeed as it is to using your brains. I've seen very bright people fall out of the system".

External Resources

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Nina Fedoroff: Can we trust Monsanto with our food? Scientific American, August 1, 2013

AAAS President Nina V. Fedoroff: Expanding Science's Role Across International Borders by Becky Ham, 3 March 2011

Nina V. Fedoroff, US Department of State, 2009

A Conversation With Nina V. Fedoroff. An Advocate for Science Diplomacy. By CLAUDIA DREIFUS. New York times, Published: August 18, 2008

Videos

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10 billion people for dinner, Nina Fedoroff, TEDxCERN. Oct 23, 2014. 17:55.

World Food Day Google Hangout discussing Zero Hunger. Conversations with Sam Pitroda. Oct 18, 2014. 1:00:51

Surviving Sustainability on Planet Earth, Molecular Frontiers Symposium at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, MoleCluesTV. May 2013. 36:30.

Not Organics, Hydroponics Best for Planet, says AAAS head. CEAC interview. Jan 31, 2012. 2:52

"How governments can help feed the world": Farming First interview. Apr 17, 2012. 2:14

Canadian Science Policy Centre interview Nov 1, 2010. 6:47

Dr. Nina Fedoroff, Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator discusses the benefits of Genetically Modified Organisms, US Embassy London. Mar 26, 2009. 4:00

The Jumping Genome: Changing Ideas about Heredity and Evolution, Santa Fe Institute. September 13, 2006. 1:16:36.

The 35 Year Genetically Modified Organisms War, Philosophical Society of Washington 2340. December 5, 2014. 53:00.

Nina Fedoroff talks about the importance and function of "jumping genes." Medal of Science 50 Videos. National Science Foundation. 3:24

"Genetically Modified Foods: Monsters or Miracles?" Ulam Lecure in Santa Fe. May 1, 2012. 1:33:52

How Plants See, Feel, and Smell: The Perceptual Apparatus of the Plant, Santa Fe Institute, September 12, 2006. 1:08:16.

Nina Fedoroff

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