Sareena Sahab is an agricultural research scientist with over 18 years of experience. Currently a Senior Research Scientist at the AgriBio Centre for AgriBioscience (Agriculture Victoria), with a joint appointment at La Trobe University. Sareena leads the New Breeding Technologies (NBT) team, delivering industry scale transformation programs and precision breeding projects across canola, wheat, grain legumes, and forage crops. Her research interests include transgene‑free genome editing, doubled haploids and embryo rescue for accelerated breeding, gene delivery systems, regulatory compliance, metabolic pathway engineering, FACS‑based and single‑cell omics tools. She actively mentors students and interns and previously held a postdoctoral position at the Danforth Plant Science Center, USA.