
Mario Caccamo
CEO & Director,
NIAB
Mario has over 20 years’ experience in life science research, including specific projects to apply the molecular biology and bioinformatics methods to advance our understanding of crop genetics. Mario is CEO of NIAB, an independent crop science organisation focused on addressing the challenges of climate change and sustainable agriculture. Mario led the work on the assembly of the first release of the wheat reference sequence and was a founding co-chairs of the expert working group within the Wheat Initiative.