Dr. Richard Richards – Biographical Notes

Dr Richard Richards is a Chief Research Scientist and Program Leader of ‘High Performance Crops for Australia’ at CSIRO Plant Industry in Canberra.  His research interests are to understand the genetic and physiological basis of variation in growth, development and yield of wheat, and then to apply this understanding to breed higher yielding wheats – particularly in water-limited environments.  This research has resulted in over 100 refereed scientific publications in the international literature.  In addition, seven wheat cultivars developed by  Dr. Richards and his group have been released commercially in Australia in the last decade. Dr. Richards is also Principal Scientist for the wheat breeding company, HRZ Wheats P/L.