Nicholi Pitra

Nicholi Pitra has extensive experience in plant sciences, currently serving as the Technical Director of Plant Sciences at Hopsteiner since 2009. Pitra has held multiple roles at Hopsteiner, including Lead Scientist for Variety Development and Bioinformatics, as well as Plant Molecular Research and Bioinformatics Scientist, focusing on hop genetics, next-generation sequencing, bioinformatics programming, plant breeding, and field research. Pitra also pursued higher education at Johns Hopkins University, earning a Master of Science in Bioinformatics from 2019 to August 2022, along with a Master's Degree in Biology from the University of Northern Iowa, obtained between 2007 and 2009.