Rate My Professor Jeffrey Endelman
Ratings & reviews
Inspires confidence and independent thinking.
Makes every class a memorable experience.
This comment is not public.
Taught by or worked with Jeffrey?
Add your rating. It takes about 30 seconds.
About Jeffrey
Jeffrey Endelman is a Professor in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has served since 2013, advancing from Assistant Professor in the Department of Horticulture to Associate Professor in 2019 and then to Professor. He leads the university's potato variety development program, initiated in 1936, releasing new varieties for chip, French fry, and fresh markets, including Red Prairie, Plover Russet, and Portage Russet. Endelman directs national projects funded by USDA NIFA, such as Creating a New Paradigm for Potato Breeding (2019–2023, $6.0M) and Tools for Genomics-Assisted Breeding in Polyploids (2020–2024, $4.3M). His academic background includes a PhD in Crop Science from Washington State University (2011), MS in Plant Science from Utah State University (2009), PhD in Bioengineering from the California Institute of Technology (2005), MA in Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara (2002), and BS in Chemical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University (2000). Prior to UW-Madison, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Cornell University and USDA-ARS (2011–2013).
Endelman's research specializes in quantitative genetics, developing methods and software for genomics-assisted breeding in autotetraploids, including tools like rrBLUP (2011, over 2300 citations), GWASpoly, LPmerge, ClusterCall, diaQTL, and polyBreedR. His work addresses genetics of periderm-related traits such as skin color, set, and finish, and inbred-hybrid systems in diploid potato. UW-Madison under his leadership became the first North American potato program to implement genomic selection. He has published extensively, with key papers including 'Genomic selection in wheat breeding using genotyping-by-sequencing' (2012, 891 citations), 'Shrinkage estimation of the realized relationship matrix' (2012, 506 citations), and recent works on haplotype reconstruction and QTL mapping in tetraploids. Endelman has received the 2025-26 H.I. Romnes Fellowship, 2019 Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award, 2018 Early Career Scientist Award from the National Association of Plant Breeders, 2017 Excellence in Research Award from UW-Madison Agricultural Research Stations, and 2017 Researcher of the Year from the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association. He serves as Associate Editor for Genetics (2019–), Theoretical & Applied Genetics (2016–), and Plant Genome (2019–), and teaches undergraduate courses on genetically modified crops and graduate courses on molecular and statistical genetics.
Trending Research & Publication News
SPARC Cost of Knowledge Study: 95% Public Investment in Articles
Photo by Precondo CA on Unsplash
AI Research Scooping: OpenAI & Anthropic Priority Disputes
Photo by Brecht Corbeel on Unsplash
Informa Taylor & Francis Split & Clarion Deal | AcademicJobs
Photo by Anne Nygård on Unsplash
arXiv Two-Submission Monthly Cap Explained | AcademicJobs
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash
Cell Press Bribery Investigation: Cancer Cell Editor Accused
Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash
Society Journal Sales & Nonprofit Consolidations | AcademicJobs
Photo by Philip Strong on Unsplash