Seed World is celebrating the wonderful women in the seed industry.
Amanda Patin serves on the editorial board of Seed World U.S. She holds a master’s degree in agricultural education and a thesis in entomology from the University of Arizona. In 2000, following her work in insecticide resistance with a publication in Nature, Amanda began working with seed testing at SGS North America, Inc. as the Contract Laboratory research director.
During the following 17 years, she designed and conducted research studies to evaluate seed amendments, improve current seed testing methods, develop new testing methods, evaluate mechanical damage caused during seed harvest and conditioning and assess various seed amendments for both physiological and mechanical effects to the seed and seedling.
Since 2017, Amanda has been the key account manager for Seed at SGS North America, Inc. and in 2022 became the business development director for SGS Crop Sciences. Over the last 24 years Amanda has been honored to participate on various American Seed Trade Association committees and has chaired the Seed Industry Relations Committee as well as the Seed Treatment and Environmental Committee. She has also had the opportunity to serve on the Seed Science Foundation subject matter panel has also acted as an associate editor for Seed Technology.
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Madeleine Baerg
Lisa Branco
Keely Brook
Victoria Buxton
Caroline Currie
Lesley Nakonechny
Aimee Nielson
Amanda Patin
Lisa Scebbi
Melissa Shipman
