Laureates of the Japan Prize

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Rattan Lal, Ph.D.
- Nationality:
USA
- Date of Birth:
5 September 1944
Outline of Achievements
The 2019 Japan Prize
Award and Honor
1998 |
Hugh Hammond Bennett Award, Soil and Water Conservation Society |
2005 |
Carl Sprengel Agronomic Research Award, American Society of Agronomy |
2005 |
Norman Borlaug Award, IARI, New Delhi, India |
2006 |
Liebig Award, International Union of Soil Sciences,Philadelphia, USA |
2009 |
COMLAND Award, Commission on Land Degradation & Desertification, Berlin, Germany |
2009 |
M.S. Swaminathan Award, New Delhi, India |
2016 |
INRA, Morocco Government Award for Strategic Development of Earth System Science Worldwide |
2018 |
GCHERA World Agriculture Prize, Nanjing, China |
2018 |
Glinka World Soil Prize, FAO, Rome, Italy |
Affiliation
- Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science
Director, Carbon Management and Sequestration Center
The Ohio State University
Education
1965 |
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India, M. Sc. in Soils |
1968 |
The Ohio State University, Ph. D in Soils |
Professional History
1963-1965 |
Research Assistant, The Rockefeller Foundation, India |
1966-1968 |
Research Assistant, Ohio Agricultural Research&Development Center (OARDC) |
1968-1969 |
Senior Research Fellow, University of Sydney, Australia |
1970-1987 |
Soil Physicist, IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria |
1987-2011 |
Professor, Soil Science, The Ohio State University |
2001 - |
Director, Carbon Management & Sequestration Program, OARDC/Ohio State University |
2011 - |
Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science |
Key Publications
- Lal, R. 2004. Soil carbon sequestration impacts on global climate change and food security. Science, 304: 1623-1627.
- Lal, R. 2004. Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change. Geoderma, 123: 1-22.
- CJ Bronick, R Lal. Soil structure and management: a review. 2005. Geoderma, 124: 3-22.