Dr. Randy Shoemaker is associate professor of the Departments of
Agronomy and Genetics at Iowa State University (ISU). The
position is in USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
Dr. Randy Shoemaker is associate professor of the Departments of
Agronomy and Genetics at Iowa State University (ISU). The
position is in USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
In this position Dr. Shoemaker conducts research in the areas of soybean genome mapping, genome organization and structure, cytoplasmic diversity, somaclonal variation, soybean transformation, and gene regulation.
He also serves as coordinator for the soybean genome database--a component of USDA's plant genome database project. He has taken a lead role in developing the soybean database, including organizing the Soybean Genome Database Conference held last year and coordinating the working committees.
Dr. Shoemaker began his USDA career in 1985 as a research geneticist and assistant professor at ISU. He became a full member of the graduate faculty in 1987. In 1991, Dr. Shoemaker assumed his current status as associate professor.
Prior to coming to USDA, Dr. Shoemaker was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, College of Life Sciences.
He holds a Ph.D. in genetics from ISU. He earned his M.S. degree in agricultural genetics from the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay; a B.S. degree in natural resource management from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point; and an A.A. degree in conservation technology from Fox Valley Technical Institute in Appleton, WI.
Dr. Shoemaker has authored and co-authored numerous technical publications. He has presented papers and has been an invited speaker at conferences and workshops throughout the United States and abroad. In addition, Dr. Shoemaker has organized various conferences, including the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Biennial Conferences on Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Soybean; and has served as chair for several conference sections, including the Biotechnology Section of the World Soybean Research Conference III.
Dr. Shoemaker is a member of the American Society of Agronomy. He also serves as editor or associate editor of two journals.