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Dr.RattanLal
Rattan Lal, Ph.D., is a Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science
andDirectoroftheCarbonManagementandSequestrationCenter,The
OhioStateUniversity,andanAdjunctProfessorofUniversityofIceland.
With completion of education from Punjab Agricultural University,
Ludhiana(B.Sc,1963),IndianAgriculturalResearchInstitute,NewDelhi
(M.Sc,1965),andtheOhioStateUniversity,Columbus(Ph.D,1968),he
served as Sr. Research Fellow with the University of Sydney, Australia
(1968-69),SoilPhysicistatIITA,Ibadan,Nigeria(1969-87),andProfessor
of Soil Science at OSU (1987-to date). His current research focus is on climate-resilient
agriculture, soil carbon sequestration, sustainable intensification, enhancing use efficiency of
agroecosystems,andsustainablemanagementofsoilresourcesofthetropics.Heisafellowof
the American Society of Agronomy (ASA, 1985), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA, 1986),
Third World Academy of Sciences (1992), American Association for the Advancement of
Sciences (1996), Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS,1997), Indian Natl. Academy of
Agricultural Sciences (1998), and Rothamsted, U.K. (2013). He received the Hugh Hammond
Bennett Award of the SWCS, 2005; Borlaug Award (2005), and Liebig Award (2006) of the
InternationalUnionofSoilSciences,M.S.SwaminathanAward(India)of2009,andCOMLAND
Award (Germany, 2009). He received honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Punjab
Agricultural University (2001), the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas (2005), Alecu
Russo Balti State University, Moldova (2010), and Technical University of Dresden Germany
(2015) and cited in Thomas Reuters 2014 and 2016 list of World’s Most Influential Scientific
Minds.HewaspresidentoftheWorldAssociationoftheSoilandWaterConservation(19871990),theInternationalSoilTillageResearchOrganization(1988-91),theSoilScienceSocietyof
America(2005-2007),andisPresidentElectoftheInternationalUnionofSoilSciences,Vienna,
Austria(2014-).HewasamemberoftheFederalAdvisoryCommitteeonNationalAssessment
ofClimateChange-NCADAC(2010-2014),memberoftheSERDPScientificAdvisoryBoardofthe
Department of Defense (2011-), Senior Science Advisor to the Global Soil Forum of IASS,
Potsdam, Germany (2010-2012), member Steering Committee of the Global Soil Week, IASS,
Potsdam, Germany (2012-), member Advisory Board of FACCE-JPI of the European Council
(2013-2016) and Chair Advisory Committee to UNU-FLORES, Dresden, Germany (2014-). Prof.
LalwasaleadauthorofIPCC(1998-2000),andwasawardedNobelPeacePrizeCertificateby
IPCC in 2007,and Global Dry land Champion of the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification, Bonn, Germany in 2013. He has mentored 105 graduate students and 54
postdoctoral researchers, and hosted 149 visiting scholars from around the world. He has
authored/co-authored more than 2023 research publications including 798 refereed journal
articlesand436bookchapters,haswritten19andedited/co-edited63books.
July1,2016
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