Per ICGI bylaws, elections for the ICGI overall and Workgroup Co-Chairs will be held biennially.
The 2025 election now opens for 30 days from April 2 to May 1, 2025 (Pacific Time). The tables below show the current ICGI officers (2025-2027). The current Co-Chairs will become Chair and new Co-Chairs will be elected for the 2025-2027 term.
TO VOTE, please log in to your ICGI account, then click on the word 'Vote HERE' under 'ICGI 2025 Election' on the upper-right of your membership page, then cast your vote by clicking on the button 'Vote'.
In case 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. New registrations are welcome but their votes won't be counted in this election.
Below are 2025-2027 candidates listed alphabetically by surname within each position (click on the name to view the statement prepared by each candidate)
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OVERALL Co-Chair Candidates
Shuangxia Jin, Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Vasu Kuraparthy, Professor, North Carolina State Univ., USA
Breeding & Applied Genomics Co-Chair Candidates
Xueying Guan, Professor, Zhejiang University, China
Jenny Koebernick, Asso Professor, Auburn University, USA
Comparative Genomics & Bioinformatics Co-Chair Candidates
Yan Hu, Professor, Zhejiang University, China
Daojun Yuan, Asso Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Functional Genomics Co-Chair Candidates
Amanda Hulse-Kemp, Reserch Geneticist, USDA-ARS, USA
Tianlun Zhao, Cotton Researcher, Zhejiang University, China
Germplasm & Genetic Stocks Co-Chair Candidates
Shoupu He, Professor, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, China
Mohammadreza Ramazani Moghadam, Cotton Researcher, Cotton Research Institute-AREEO of Iran
Structural Genomics Co-Chair Candidates
Xiaoguang Shang, Asso Professor, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Zuoren Yang, Professor, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, China
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ICGI Officers (2023-2025)
| Workgroup | Chair | Co-Chair |
| ICGI Overall | Xianlong Zhang | David Fang |
| Breeding and Applied Genomics | Warwick Stiller | Duke Pauli |
| Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics | Lei Fang | Maojun Wang |
| Functional Genomics | Qian-Hao Zhu | Longfu Zhu |
| Germplasm & Genetic Stocks | Xiongming Du | Warren Conaty |
| Structural Genomics | Peng Chee | Lori Hinze |
ICGI Officers (2025-2027)
| Workgroup | Chair | Co-Chair |
| ICGI Overall | David Fang | TBD |
| Breeding & Applied Genomics | Duke Pauli | TBD |
| Comparative Genomics & Bioinformatics | Maojun Wang | TBD |
| Functional Genomics | Longfu Zhu | TBD |
| Germplasm & Genetic Stocks | Warren Conaty | TBD |
| Structural Genomics | Lori Hinze | TBD |