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ARS Home Midwest Area Wooster, Ohio Corn, Soybean and Wheat Quality Research Docs







Soft Wheat Quality Lab Personnelheadline bar **Byung-Kee Baik****Research Molecular Biologist**
**Education**B.S. (1988) and M.S (1990) Agronomy, Korea University, Seoul, Korea Ph.D. (1994) Food Science, Washington State University**Research Interests**As the Director of the Soft Wheat Quality Laboratory, Dr. Baik leads the program, which evaluates the end-use quality of wheat breeding lines to assist the Eastern US wheat breeders in development of wheat varieties with improved end-use quality.  With the goals of improving end-use quality and extending the uses of soft wheat, Dr. Baik's research interests include: development of efficient and reliable wheat quality testing methods; physical and biochemical quality traits of soft wheat; functional and nutritional characteristics of whole grain wheat; genetic markers for end-use quality; and quality of soft red wheat for non-conventional uses.**Bryan Penning****Research Geneticist**
**Education** Ph.D. (2003) Genetics, University of Missouri, Columbia B.S. (1995), Life Sciences, University of Missouri, Rolla B.S. (1995), Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri, Rolla
**Research Goals** My goal is to identify genes and genomic markers associated with soft wheat quality traits.  Markers can be used to select for varieties or breed new varieties with improved traits.  I also plan to characterize genes that control flour quality in eastern soft wheat to better understand compositional and/or architectural differences in the seed leading to improved quality traits. Knowledge of genes that affect seed composition and architecture could be used to predict alleles that enhance wheat quality for specific applications such as cookie, biscuit, or cake baking.**Amy Bugaj****Physical Science Technician****Education**Research and Laboratory Science degree, Ohio State University **Research Interests**To assist research efforts of the Soft Wheat Quality Lab and evaluate submitted breeder samples for milling and baking quality parameters.**Tom Donelson****Physical Science Technician****Education**B.S. Chemical Engineering, Ohio University**Research Interest**Assist in research to identify flour characteristics that lead to better end-use products.**Tony Karcher****Physical Science Technician Education**B.S. Natural Resources, Ohio State University**Research Interest**Monitor, organize, and obtain inventory of incoming shipments of wheat samples. Conducts physical and chemical evaluation tests then processes the data into summarized reports.**Taehyun Ji** Research Food Technologisttaehyun.ji@usda.gov Phone: (330) 641-3423**Cindy Hampton** Biological Science Techniciancindy.hampton@usda.gov Phone: (330) 202-3597**Minwoo Lee**
Biological Science Technicianminwoo.lee@usda.gov Phone: (330) 202-3597**Deemarie Marty (Dee)** Biological Science Lab Techniciandee.marty@usda.gov Phone: (330) 202-3597**Paul Nemes** Biological Science Technicianpaul.nemes@usda.gov


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