Shelby Ellison: Feral Hemp Germplasm and Genetic Diversity 

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Shelby Ellison
Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences
University of Wisconsin - Madison
2024 Cornell University Hemp Webinar Series
May 1, 2024
Dr. Shelby Ellison is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She received a B.S. in Genetics at UW-Madison, a Ph.D. in Genetics at UC-Davis and was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at UW-Madison.
Her research interests include preserving, characterizing, and utilizing genetic diversity to develop new alternative crops that meet the needs of farmers while considering environmental implications. She is also interested in how human interactions with plants, through domestication and breeding, have altered the plant genome and how we can use these selection signatures to trace domestication and improvement throughout history.
Dr. Ellison is leading a nationwide effort to collect feral hemp germplasm to help rebuild the new US hemp seedbank. She is also a member of the Midwestern Hemp Research Collaborative which trials high cannabinoid, grain and fiber hemp cultivars for regional adaptation.

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