Eva Johansson is a native of Sweden and has a background in wheat genetics, breeding, and quality. She holds a full professorship at the Department of Plant Breeding, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, leading a research group of 35 persons. Professor Johansson is also coordinating SLU Grogrund – Center for Breeding of food crops and the strategic research area TC4F (Trees and Crops for the Future). She has long experience in collaborating with CGIAR institutes. She is involved in programs related to plant breeding in developing countries, educating PhD students in Africa, Asia, and South America, and teaching in MSc programs. She has also evaluated the Sida program in Uganda over a period of seven years. She has published more than 110 peer-review papers in international journals. She received her PhD from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden.