Tobias Kretzschmar is a professor for plant breeding and genetics at Southern Cross University (SCU) where he co-leads of the Harvest to Health Research Impact Cluster. He researches value-added niche crops with focus on natural products and bioactive compounds. He currently supports the Australian coffee, hemp, medicinal cannabis, rice and tea tree industries. Prior to joining SCU he spent seven years at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines, as Senior Scientist in Molecular Genetics supporting rice science for a better world. Tobias Kretzschmar has a PhD from the University of Zurich, Switzerland and an MSc from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.