Education
Live, instructor-led learning built from first principles and grounded in real breeding data.
Discover KultivateEdFounder & CEO · PlantNura
Science that moves agriculture forward.
I’m Dr. Waseem Hussain — a quantitative geneticist and plant breeder building the tools, skills, and breeding strategies that turn complex crop science into practical progress.
Waseem HussainHyderabad · India
01 · The conviction
The future of breeding belongs to those who can unite biology, data, and people.
My career has been shaped by one persistent question: how do we move the best of quantitative genetics from research into the hands of every breeder, scientist, and team that can use it?
That means more than algorithms. It means transparent tools, rigorous education, thoughtful programme design, and science that leaves people more capable than before.
Innovate · Educate · TransformEducation · Software · Consultancy
Elite breeding science, made useful.
I founded PlantNura to make modern crop science more accessible, explainable, and actionable — without black boxes.
Software
Intuitive scientific tools that make analysis powerful, visual, and transparent for every team.
Explore the toolsConsultancy
Rigorous analysis and breeding programme strategy, explained until your team owns every decision.
Work with PlantNura
02 · The journey
From the field
From the field
to the founder’s desk.
Training in plant breeding, a deep grounding in quantitative genetics, and years leading breeding programmes at IRRI — each step built the foundation PlantNura stands on.
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2014 – 2017
Ph.D.
Plant Breeding & Genetics
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Doctorate in Agronomy, specialising in plant breeding and genetics, as an ICAR International Fellow — mapping drought-adaptive traits in winter wheat.
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2018 – 2019
Postdoc
Quantitative Genetics
Dept. of Animal Science, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Statistical and quantitative genetics across plants and animals — and ShinyAIM, my first interactive Shiny application for longitudinal GWAS.
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2019 onwards
Scientist
Rice Breeding
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Rice Breeding Innovation Platform: salinity, drought and flood-tolerance programmes, genomic selection, genetic-gain tracking, and teaching genomic prediction.
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Today
Founder & CEO
PlantNura
Education · Software · Consultancy
Turning everything above into courses, no-code software and consultancy any breeding programme can use.
What I bring
Plant breeding
Climate-resilient crop improvement — designing breeding strategies, measuring genetic gain and putting genomic selection to work in real programmes.
Scientific software
Interactive tools and open pipelines that make complex analysis visual, reproducible and usable without code.
Entrepreneurship
Building PlantNura — an integrated company bringing elite breeding science to every scientist, everywhere.
Build what matters
Let’s move crop science forward — together.
For education, analytics, breeding strategy, or a purposeful collaboration, connect with me through PlantNura.