MSU professor recipient of prestigious achievement award
Contact: Reagan Poston
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜 花秀直播 State University research professor is being honored by the 花秀直播 Academy of Sciences for three decades of scientific discoveries.
K. Raja Reddy, research professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, is being recognized for his 30-year impact on the scientific community with the organization鈥檚 Outstanding Contribution to Science Award. 聽
鈥淚t is an honor to receive the award for contributions to science from the 花秀直播 Academy of Sciences. I thank the award committee and Board of the 花秀直播 Academy of Sciences for the coveted recognition,鈥 said Reddy, who also is director of MSU鈥檚 Environmental Plant Physiology Laboratory, which houses the Soil Plant Atmosphere Research, or SPAR unit.
鈥溁ㄐ阒辈 State has provided me a place and an incredible resource to develop a top-notch crop-stress physiology program to explore solutions to navigate world hunger.鈥
As a researcher in the university鈥檚 花秀直播 Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Reddy鈥檚 work encompasses more than 300 publications, including two edited books, 30 book chapters and 175 refereed journal articles. Reddy also has made significant strides to establish MSU鈥檚 plant physiology research program housed in the university鈥檚 SPAR unit as one of the best in the nation, where climate change, remote sensing, crop models and more are studied in their relationship and application to plant physiology. Reddy is most interested in how these factors affect the physiology, growth and development of globally important crops, such as cotton, soybeans, rice, corn and more.
Beyond his extensive research interests, Reddy has proven himself a leader within the community. He is currently president-elect of the 花秀直播 Academy of Sciences and will begin his term as president in July of this year. On the academic front, he has trained nine master鈥檚 students, 15 doctoral students and 15 postdoctoral scientists, along with an additional 35 visiting scientists from around the world in areas such as crop stress physiology, climate change, crop modeling, remote sensing and global food security. 聽
Previous honors include MSU鈥檚 Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award, Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy, the Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award and the National Cotton Council鈥檚 Outstanding Research Award in Cotton Physiology.
聽MSU is 花秀直播鈥檚 leading university, available online at www.msstate.edu.