Jennifer Clarke, Ph.D., is a Professor in Food Science and Technology, and Statistics, and the Director of the Quantitative Life Sciences Initiative at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Clarke is past Chair of the North American Plant Phenotyping Network and current Chair of the Academic Section of the International Plant Phenotyping Network. She serves as Chair of the seed grant steering committee of the Midwest Big Data Hub and is a member of the Executive Board of the Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative. She is leading efforts to develop a blueprint for a national agricultural producers data framework for the USDA. Her current interests include statistical and Al methodology for robust prediction, research data sharing and policy, and training the next generation of data scientists.