b'ASSOCIATION NEWS Craig McGillMember-at-LargeCRAIG MCGILL IS A SENIOR RESEARCHSeed Bank which is a an externally funded OFFICER IN THE SCHOOL OFproject across six organisations, including AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTMassey University, to collect, study and bank at Massey University in Palmerston North,seed of the New Zealand flora for long-term New Zealand. After completing a Bachelorsstorage. He chairs the steering group that degree in science at Massey University heoversees the operation of the New Zealand Flora joined the universitys Seed Technology Centre.Seed Bank. He has also led training courses Since then, Craig has completed a Masters offor industry in seed science and technology Applied Science in plant science, also at Masseywith a focus on producing quality seed and University. maintaining post-harvest seed quality. Craig has contributed to international fora on seed He teaches in seed science and technology toscience and technology, and has been the both undergraduate and postgraduate students.principal investigator in international research He supervises PhD and Masters students in allcollaborations. of the Rules Committee from 2010 to 2016. areas of seed science and technology but with aHe joined the Executive Committee (ECOM) particular emphasis on seed quality (includingCraig attended his first ISTA Congress in 2001in 2010, becoming Vice-President of ISTA in the use of imaging technologies for seed qualityin Angers, France where he joined the Moisture2013, President in 2016 and was Immediate assessment) and seed conservation. Craig isCommittee. He became Chair of the MoisturePast President from 2019 to 2022. He became a the project leader for the New Zealand FloraCommittee from 2008 to 2013, and Vice-ChairMember-at-Large of the ECOM in 2022.Ruojing WangMember-at-LargeTHE FIRST ISTA MEETING THAT RUOJINGAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada, she joined WANG ATTENDED WAS THE 28TH ISTAthe Seed Science and Technology section of CONGRESS in Iguau Falls, Brazil in 2007.Saskatoon Laboratory at the Canadian Food She joined the ISTA Purity Committee in 2009,Inspection Agency (CFIA) in 2006.serving as [Vice]-Chair from 2016 to 2025 and becoming a member of the Proficiency Test andDuring her career in the ISTA accredited GMO Committees. She is currently Vice-Chairlaboratory CADL08, Ruojings role in CFIA of the Wild Species Committee, a member ofranged from a research scientist; the curator the Purity Committee and a Member-at-Largeof the national seed herbarium; a programme of the Executive Committee (ECOM) (electedcoordinator delivering accreditation in May 2025 at the 34th ISTA Congress in Newprogrammes for Canadian seed testing Zealand). Since joining ISTA, Ruojing haslaboratories; to the supervisor of diagnostic actively contributed to Technical Committeestests supporting seed certification and (TCOMs); ISTA Rules proposals (and theirphytocertification. She has been Head of the Seeddaily support for the seed testing industry associated validation study or tool development);Science and Technology section since Januaryworldwide. Currently, her interdisciplinary working groups consisting of multiple TCOMs;2024. research team is working on digital imaging and and two ISTA Special Projects for advancedartificial intelligence for testing automation, technology and digital tool development for seedRuojing continuously leads research projectsespecially for weed seed identification.identification. with innovations in delivering high-impact research outcomes and establishing wideWith a long involvement in ISTA work, as an Ruojing was an associate professor in vegetableresearch collaborations, both nationally andECOM Member-at-Large Ruojing will continue breeding at the Agricultural University ofinternationally. In addition to her peer-reviewedto facilitate the application of advanced Inner Mongolia, China, before obtaining herscientific publications, she also led a team intechnologies in seed testing, and contribute to PhD in plant ecology from the University ofdeveloping the first interactive web-based toolseed testing rules, Committee functions and the Saskatchewan, Canada. After Ruojing hadfor seed identification and seed morphology inISTA Strategy 20252028.completed a post-doctorate fellowship atCanada. This reference resource has provided SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL OCTOBER 2025 17'