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Third "olympic gold" to Sweden!
The International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) will, at its World Congress in 2010, give the â€Outstanding Doctoral Research Award†to Finnvid Prescher, PhD at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He receives the prize for his thesis "Seed Orchards – Genetic Considerations on Function, Management and Seed Procurement", in the field of forest genetics. The award is open to PhD theses worldwide, and may be compared to winning an olympic gold medal! This is the third time in a row this award goes to a Swedish doctoral fellow in forest genetics.
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Three doctors in forest genetics that have been awarded for exceptional PhD studies, together with their supervisor. The occation is Finnvid Prescher’s thesis defense in 2007. From left Run-Peng Wei, Finnvid Prescher, Dag Lindgren and Kyu-Suk Kang. Photo: Jan-Erik Nilsson
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At the World Congresses held every 5th year, IUFRO awards PhD theses within some special fields. At the three latest World Congresses, the award in the field of "physiology and genetics" has been given to doctors in forest genetics at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences:
- World Congress in Seoul 2010 to Finnvid Prescher
- World Congress in Brisbane 2005 to Kyu-Suk Kang
- World Congress in Kuala Lumpur 2000 to Run-Peng Wei
Finnvid Prescher is responsible for a large part of Sweden's supply of forest seeds, and has written the PhD thesis while attending to his ordinary work. This is an example of how a practitioner can develop the scientific basis of his practical work.
Prescher has spent his career working in Sweden. Kyu-Suk Kang and Run-Peng Wei studied in Sweden, but have now returned to their respective native countries (Korea and China) to continue their work there. All of them have had Professor Dag Lindgren as their supervisor.
Finnvid Prescher and Kyu-Suk Kang's doctoral theses are about seed orchards, while Run-Peng Wei's deals with tree breeding. The theses have a rather practical angle, and are aimed at improving the operational efficiency rather than analysing profound scientific questions. Many of the results are published in popular forestry periodicals. The awards highlight operational forest genetic questions that are of vital significance for a sustainable future.
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