Jennifer Ann Thomson (16 June, 1947) is a South African microbiologist, author and most notably an expert on and proponent of the agricultural benefit of Genetically modified organisms (GMO).
[3] Thomson began her journey of professorship as a lecturer and associate professor in the genetics department of University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa before she established the Laboratory for Molecular and Cell Biology for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and served as its director.
[3] As well as being an advisor, fellow, chair and member of many boards such as the Council for Biotechnology Information,[2] African Agricultural Technology Foundation, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications, BIO-EARN, and the European Action Group on Life Sciences.
This lack of growth in crops adds to the severe starvation and hardships faced by many in the area where Thomson conducts her research.
[1] Most recently the Accademia dei Lincei of Italy awarded Thomson the International Prize for the Protection of Human Rights.