Scion Chief Executive Officer - Dr Tom Richardson

BA (Biology) Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, USA - 1984
PhD (Botany) Pennsylvania State University, USA - 1990

Dr Tom Richardson is the Chief Executive Officer of Scion. Originally from the United States, Tom moved to New Zealand in 1990 and is currently based in Rotorua.

During his science career Tom spent 14 years as a practising researcher, mainly in the field of plant genetics. During his science career he established the genomics research group at what is now New Zealand Crown Research Institute, Scion.

In 1998 he moved onto the Institute's executive management team, and was appointed as CEO of Scion in 2005.

Tom's vision for the Ensis collaboration is to provide a high standard of research and development that will lead the New Zealand and Australian forest industries into the future.

Contact: +64 7 343 5899

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Selected Publications

Kumar, S.; Richardson, T. E. 2004. Inferring relatedness and heritability using molecular markers in radiata pine. Molecular Breeding 15:55-64

Kumar, S.; Echt, C.; Wilcox P.L.; Richardson, T.E. 2004. Testing for linkage disequilibrium in the New Zealand radiata pine breeding population. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 108: 292-298.

Chagné, D.; Chaumeil, P.; Ramboer A.; Collada, C.; Guevara, A.; Cervera, M. T.; Vendramin, G.G.; Garcia, V.; Frigerio, J-M; Echt, C.; Richardson T.; Plomion, C. 2004. Cross-species transferability and mapping of genomic and cDNA SSRs in pines. Theoretical and Applied Genetics (In Press)

Plomion, C.; Cooke, J.; Richardson, T.E.; MacKay, J.; Tuskan, G. 2003. Report on the Forest Trees Workshop at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference, 12 January 2003, San Diego, CA, USA. Comparative and Functional Genomics 2003; 4: 229-238.

Wilcox, P.L.; Richardson, T.E.; Corbett, G.E.; Ball, R.D.; Lee, J.R.; Djorovic, A.; Carson, S.D. 2001: Framework linkage maps of Pinus radiata D. Don based on pseudotestcross markers. Forest Genetics 8(2): 109-227.

Wilcox, P.L.; Carson, S.D.; Richardson, T.E.; Ball, R.D.; Horgan, G.P.; Carter, P. 2001: Cost benefit analysis of DNA marker based-selection in progenies of Pinus radiata seed orchard parents. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31(12): 2213-2224

Cato, S.A.; Gardner, R.C.; Kent, J. and Richardson, T.E. 2001 A rapid PCR-based method for genetically mapping ESTs. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 201: 296-306

Kumar, S.; Spelman, R.J.; Garrick, D.J.; Richardson, T.E.; Lousberg, M.; Wilcox, P.L. 2000: Multiple marker mapping of wood density loci in an outbred pedigree of radiata pine. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 100: 926-933.

Drummond, R.S.M.; Keeling, D.J.; Richardson, T.E.; Gardner, R.C. and Wright, S.D. 2000. Genetic analysis and conservation of a rare New Zealand tree, Metrosideros bartlettii (Myrtaceae). Molecular Ecology 9:1149-1157.

Burdon, R.D.; Richardson, T.E. 2000. Seeing the wood from the genes. Australiasian Science 21(3): 23-25.

Hirst, P.; Richardson, T.E.; Carson, S.D. and Bradshaw, R.E. 1999. Dothistroma pini genetic diversity is low in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Cato, S.A.; Corbett, G.E. and Richardson, T.E. 1999. Evaluation of AFLP for genetic mapping in Pinus radiata. Molecular Breeding 5: 275-281.