National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Prof. Krishna V. Subbarao
FELLOW, ELECTED 2020

Born in Periyapatna, District Mysore, Karnataka on 8 July, 1958. Educated at University of Mysore, B.Sc. 1976; M.Sc. 1978; and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA, Ph.D. 1989.

Professor, University of California, Davis, USA, 2002 to date; Visiting Professor, Northwest University of Agriculture and Forestry, Yangling, China, 2018-2021; Visiting Professor, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Huhhot, China, 2018-2021; Distinguished Professor, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, 2016 to date; Distinguished International Supervisor, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, 2016 to date; Chair, Publications Board, The American Phytopathological Society, 2019-2022.

Assoc. Professor, University of California, Davis, 1996-02; Asst. Professor, University of California, Davis, USA, 1992-96; Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley, 1991-92; Postdoctoral Fellow, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA, 1989-1990; Graduate Student, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1986-1989; Research Associate, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India, 1979-85; CSIR Doctoral Fellow, University of Mysore, Mysore, 1978-79.

Awards/Honours: C.W. Edgerton Honor Award for outstanding performance as a graduate student, Louisiana State University, 1988; Associate Editor, Phytopathology, 1996-1998; Senior Editor, Phytopathology, 2000-2002; Syngenta Award, The American Phytopathological Society, 2004; Fellow, The American Phytopathological Society, 2010; Prof. M. J. Narasimhan Medal, Indian Phytopathological Society, 2011; Senior Editor, Phytopathology, 2012-2014; Editor-in-Chief, Phytopathology, 2015-2017; Member, Advisory Board, Indian Phytopathological Society, 2017 –; Ruth Allen Award, The American Phytopathological Society, 2018; Chair, Publications Board, The American Phytopathological Society, 2019-2022; Grant Panelist, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Washington, DC, 1999 -2014; Grant Panelist and Chair, US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund, 2008-2014; Member, Journals Task Force, The American Phytopathological Society, 2015; Chair, Journals Task Force II, The American Phytopathological Society, 2019; Member, International Verticillium Symposium Committee, 2001 – present; Chair, IPS-APS Working Group, 2016-2019.

Fellow: American Phytopathological Society

Research Areas: Evolution and Systematics, Ecology and Quantitative Epidemiology, Disease Management, Host Resistance Mechanisms, Population Genetics, and Fungal Genomics

Address: Professor, University of California, Davis, C/o U.S. Agricultural Research Station, 1636 E. Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93905, USA; [Tel: Off. (001) 831-755-2890; Cell: (001) 831-320-5642; Fax: (001) 831-755-2814; Email: kvsubbarao@ucdavis.edu]