Rate Professor Pamela Ronald

Academic Profile

Academic Background:

• Ph.D., Molecular and Physiological Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1990
• M.S., Biology, Stanford University
• B.A., Biology, Reed College

Research Interests: Plant pathology, genetic engineering for disease resistance, and environmental stress tolerance in crops, particularly rice.

Appointments:

• Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis
• Faculty Affiliate, UC Davis Genome Center

Awards:

• National Academy of Sciences Member
• Wolf Prize in Agriculture, 2022

Publications:

• Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food (Oxford University Press, co-authored with R. W. Adamchak)
• Over 200 peer-reviewed articles in journals like Science and Nature

Additional Contributions: Co-developed flood-tolerant rice varieties, impacting global agriculture.