Per ICGI bylaws, elections for the ICGI overall and Workgroup Co-Chairs will be held biennially.
The 2023 election now opens for 30 days from June 27 to July 27, 2023. The tables below show the current ICGI officers (2023-2025). The current Co-Chairs will become Chair and new Co-Chairs will be elected for the 2023-2025 term.
TO VOTE, please Login to your ICGI account, then click on the word 'Vote HERE' under 'ICGI 2023 Election' on the upper-right of your membership page, then cast your vote by clicking on the button 'Vote'.
If you forget your ICGI username and/or password, you can retrieve your ICGI Membership Profile and reset your password by clicking on the word 'Login' from CottonGen Home (www.cottongen.org/user/login), then select 'Request new password' and follow the instructions.
Below are 2023-2025 candidates listed alphabetically by surname within each position (click on name to view statement prepared by each candidate)
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OVERALL Co-Chair Candidates
David Fang, Research Leader in USDA-ARS: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Guoli Song, Institute of Cotton Research of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Breeding & Applied Genomics Co-Chair Candidates
Duke Pauli, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, USA
Comparative Genomics & Bioinformatics Co-Chair Candidates
Maojun Wang, Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Functional Genomics Co-Chair Candidates
Libo Shan, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, USA
Longfu Zhu, Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
Germplasm & Genetic Stocks Co-Chair Candidates
Warren Conaty, Senior Research Scientist – Cotton Breeding, CSIRO, Australia
Structural Genomics Co-Chair Candidates
Lori Hinze, Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS, College Station, TX, USA
Vasu Kuraparthy, NC State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
ICGI Officers (2021-2023)
Workgroup | Chair | Co-Chair |
ICGI Overall | Todd Campbell | Xianlong Zhang |
Breeding and Applied Genomics | Wuwei Ye | Warwick Stiller |
Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics | Amanda Hulse-Kemp | Lei Fang |
Functional Genomics | Xueying Guan | Qian-Hao Zhu |
Germplasm & Genetic Stocks | Lori Hinze | Xiongming Du |
Structural Genomics | Youlu Yuan | Peng Chee |
ICGI Officers (2023-2025)
Workgroup | Chair | Co-Chair |
ICGI Overall | Xianlong Zhang | TBD |
Breeding & Applied Genomics | Warwick Stiller | TBD |
Comparative Genomics & Bioinformatics | Lei Fang | TBD |
Functional Genomics | Qian-Hao Zhu | TBD |
Germplasm & Genetic Stocks | Xiongming Du | TBD |
Structural Genomics | Peng Chee | TBD |