Agricultural Resources Advisor for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Pesach “Pace” Lubinsky began his undergraduate career at UCR, where he pursued a B.S, in Anthropology. Although anthropology was the concentration of his course work, his interest in ethnobotany, the study of interactions between cultures and their surrounding plant life, drove him to reach out to Dr. Norm Ellstrand, an ethnobotany professor in the department of Botany and Plant Sciences. This then led him to do an independent research in Mexico for a year, through the Education Abroad Program. His adventures further ignited his passion for this field of study, leading him to pursue further education. Because he was entering a science-heavy field, he needed to do a postbac program before taking the GRE and applying for the graduate program at UCR. As a graduate student, he ended with Dr. Ellstrand as his PI and Pace did his research on the origins of the vanilla orchid in Mexico. For his postdoc, he researched the gene flow of vanilla in Mexico and cooperated with another professor in Mexico, who worked with the gene flow of genetically modified maize crops.
Following his postdoctoral research, he applied for a Science and Technology (S&T) Policy Fellowship Program under the American Association for the Advancement of Science whose focus was to bridge the gap between science and the government. He did his two year fellowship in Washington D.C., under the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) branch of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Towards the end of his fellowship, Dr. Lubinsky was offered a position in the same office. This position as a Science Advisor required him to advise others on various subjects such as the trade policy of science-based biotechnology, food security, climate change, sustainability, and more.
He now works as an Agricultural Resources Advisor in the Global Food Security Engagement Policy Program, under the same FAS branch of USDA. This position requires him to engage in policy-making on topics such as food product trades to other countries. Although FAS is headquartered in Washington D.C., he frequently works from home.
Authors: Jamie Venzon and Anjin Huang
Following his postdoctoral research, he applied for a Science and Technology (S&T) Policy Fellowship Program under the American Association for the Advancement of Science whose focus was to bridge the gap between science and the government. He did his two year fellowship in Washington D.C., under the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) branch of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Towards the end of his fellowship, Dr. Lubinsky was offered a position in the same office. This position as a Science Advisor required him to advise others on various subjects such as the trade policy of science-based biotechnology, food security, climate change, sustainability, and more.
He now works as an Agricultural Resources Advisor in the Global Food Security Engagement Policy Program, under the same FAS branch of USDA. This position requires him to engage in policy-making on topics such as food product trades to other countries. Although FAS is headquartered in Washington D.C., he frequently works from home.
Authors: Jamie Venzon and Anjin Huang