Dr. Sivakumar Sukumaran is a lead scientist at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) working on spring wheat pre-breeding integrating physiological and molecular breeding approaches. Dr Sukumaran integrates knowledge in plant breeding, quantitative genetics, molecular breeding and crop physiology with the goal of developing pre-bred germplasm for changing climates. Current research includes Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) with diverse germplasm, Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) mapping, Genomic Selection (GS) strategies to efficiently integrate complex traits into pre-breeding pipelines, Genotype-by-Environment Interaction (GEI) and Genetic Dissections of Complex Traits.