The U.S. Congress selected the University of Missouri to host the National Center for Soybean Biotechnology (NCSB) based on our record of interdisciplinary research on soybean genetics, genomic, and related sciences. The ultimate goal of the NCSB is to provide innovative molecular approaches that can be applied toward soybean improvement.
Dr. Henry Nguyen, Director of the National Center for Soybean Biotechnology at the University of Missouri, was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Dr. Nguyen is being honored for his distinguished research contributions in plant genetics and genomics, as well as, for his national and international recognition of his research and leadership in plant abiotic stress, most notably in drought tolerance.




