Brandi Sigmon is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Plant Pathology at UNL. She holds a B.S. in Biology from Mars Hill College and a PhD in Genetics from Iowa State University. Her research focuses on using classical genetic, quantitative genetic, and comparative genomic tools to investigate grass inflorescences as a model to understand evolution and development.

Courses Taught

• BIOS 206 General Genetics
• SCIL 101 Science and Decision-Making for a Complex World

Schnable Lab Related Papers

• Mural RV, Grzybowski M, Miao C, Damke A, Sapkota S, Boyles RE, Salas Fernandez MG, Schnable PS, Sigmon B, Kresovich S, Schnable JC “Meta-analysis identifies pleiotropic loci controlling phenotypic trade-offs in sorghum.” bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2020.10.27.355495

• Zheng Z, Hey S, Jubery T, Liu T, Yang Y, Coffey L, Miao C, Sigmon B, Schnable JC, Hochholdinger F, Ganapathysubramanian B, Schnable PS (2020) “Shared genetic control of root system architecture between Zea mays and Sorghum bicolor.” Plant Physiology doi: 10.1104/pp.19.00752

• Ge Y, Atefi A, Zhang H, Miao C, Ramamurthy RK, Sigmon B, Yang J, Schnable JC (2019) “High-throughput analysis of leaf physiological and chemical traits with VIS-NIR-SWIR spectroscopy: A case study with a maize diversity panel.” Plant Methods doi: 10.1186/s13007-019-0450-8