Dr. Edward (Ed) Coe is a USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Research Geneticist and Professor of Agronomy at the University of Missouri
in Columbia. He has served with USDA at the University for over 37 years.
Published in Probe Volume 3(1-2): January-June 1993
Dr. Edward (Ed) Coe is a USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Research Geneticist and Professor of Agronomy at the University of Missouri
in Columbia. He has served with USDA at the University for over 37 years.
Dr. Coe works in the Plant Genetics Research Unit where his responsibilities include conducting and supervising research on the genetic mechanisms of maize, the genetic control of plant development, and on homologous genetic systems in plant species. He also nurtures cooperative research efforts on higher plant genetics.
In addition, Dr. Coe is participating in USDA's Plant Genome Research Program efforts to develop and implement a plant genome database system. As chairman of the maize database project, he has been primarily responsible for directing and coordinating the maize database development.
In 1992, Dr. Coe was recipient of the prestigious Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal awarded by the Genetics Society of America. The award was presented to him in recognition of the importance of his basic research, his mentorship of students and postdocs, and his extensive and outstanding service to the maize genetics community. Dr. Coe was described as "the glue that holds the maize community together."
During his career, Dr. Coe has authored and co-authored numerous publications. Since 1975, he has served as editor of the Maize Genetics Cooperation News Letter. For several years, he served as a panel member for genetic mechanisms for USDA's Competitive Grants Program. He is a member of various professional organizations, including the Genetics Society of America, the American Genetic Association, and the Crop Science Society of America.
Prior to coming to Columbia, Dr. Coe was a research fellow in biological sciences at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. He earned a Ph.D. in botany at the University of Illinois, and received his M.S. degree in plant genetics and a B.S. degree in agronomy and plant genetics from the University of Minnesota.