Lucia Gutierrez
Associate Professor
Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin
Overview
Dr. Gutierrez is an Associate Professor and the Cereals Breeder and Quantitative Geneticist in the Department of Agronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is also affiliated with the Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics graduate program and Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. Her research focuses on understanding the genetic architecture of complex traits and their response to the environment. She integrates state of the art genotyping technologies with large phenotyping experiments to study complex traits. She studies the mechanisms employed by plants for local adaptation including the study of biotic and abiotic interactions. Her research program has also an applied component, which combines strong theoretical development, genomic tools, and high throughput phenotyping to release cereals cultivars to serve the U.S. agricultural systems.
Lucia grew-up in the Swedish west-coast surrounded by ocean and small island-archipelagos. She has a profound regard of the Swedish ways with their strongest sense of social responsibility, uncompromising respect for human beings, natural peacemakers, love of coffee and fika, and celebration of people. When Lucia moved to Uruguay, she immediately adopted the country as her own, she enjoys the warmth and closeness of people’s interactions, their commitment to building social justice and a fair and equitable country as well as their highest regards for education and culture. Lucia has lived for more than a few months in several countries including Sweden, Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, and the Netherlands and she is eager to engage with all cultures. Lucia enjoys spending quality time with her family and friends; going to the beach (ocean); windsurfing and sailing; horse-back riding; downhill skiing; playing team Handball (or just Handball outside of the U.S.); traveling with family; biking; hiking; pizza movie and game night; reading; and solving puzzles (mind and physical). She appreciates honesty, mutual respect, and engagement in her social and professional interactions.
