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Donald R. Ort

January 01, 1970

Donald Richard Ort is an American botanist and biochemist. He is the Robert Emerson Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he works on improving crop productivity and resilience to climate change by redesigning photosynthesis.[1] He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)[2] and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)[3] and American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB).[4]

Donald Richard Ort
Donald R. Ort inspects a model crop at the South Farms.
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
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Websitelab.igb.illinois.edu/ort/

Early life and education edit

He earned his bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from Wake Forest University in 1971 and went on to earn his doctorate in plant biochemistry from Michigan State University in 1974. Following his doctorate, Ort was an NIH postdoctoral research fellow at Purdue University (1974–1976) and later at the University of Washington (1976–1978).[5][6]

Career edit

Ort joined the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an assistant professor in 1978 and went on to become an associate professor in 1982, and later, a full professor in 1985. From 1978 to 2018, Ort was a research plant physiologist with the Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit of the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (ARS); he served as the Research Leader of the Unit from 1997 to 2018. From 1986 to 1987, he was a visiting professor at the University of Essex.[6]

Ort has served as president of the International Society of Photosynthesis Research, the International Association of Plant Physiology, and the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB).[7] He also served as editor-in-chief of Plant Physiology[8] and is an associate editor of the Annual Review of Plant Biology.[9] Today, Ort leads the Genomic Ecology of Global Change research theme at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology.[10][11]

He is a member of the Editorial Board for PNAS.[12]

Research edit

Ort helped found the SoyFACE (Soybean Free-Air Concentration Enrichment) research facility to study the effect of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, ozone, and temperature on crops,[13] and served as the facility's director from 2007-2018. In 2019, he showed that a synthetic pathway for photorespiration could increase plant productivity.[14] Over the past decade, Ort’s research interests have focused on the effect that specific environmental factors and abiotic stresses have on the photosynthetic performance of crop plants and on improving photosynthetic efficiency to increase crop yields.[15] Ort serves as a leader for many research projects including as Deputy Director of Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE)[16] and Deputy Director for Research & Development for the Center for Advanced Biofuel and Bioproduct Innovation (CABBI).[17]

Other honors and awards edit

The Agricultural Research Service recognized Ort as the Senior Area Midwest Researcher of the Year in 1993 and as a Supergrade Scientist in 2003. He was also a recipient of various Merit Awards from the United States Department of Agriculture. The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) recognized Ort with the ACES Service Award in 2005 and the Team Research Award in 2006. The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) presented Ort with the Kettering Award in 2006.[18] From 2011 to 2013, he received a Distinguished Professor Fellowship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Ort was inducted into the Agricultural Research Service Science Hall of Fame in 2015.[13] Ort became an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2017,[2] an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[3] in 2009, and an elected fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) in 2007.[4] In 2020, ASPB recognized Ort with the Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award.[19] Ort has been recognized as a Pioneer Member of the American Society of Plant Biologists. [20]

References edit

  1. ^ "The Ort Lab: Donald Ort". www.life.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  2. ^ a b "NAS Member Directory". nasonline.org. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  3. ^ a b "AAAS Fellows" (PDF). aaas.org. (PDF) from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  4. ^ a b "Fellow of ASPB Award". American Society of Plant Biologists. aspb.org. from the original on 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  5. ^ "ASPP members elect Don Ort, approve education foundation" (PDF). Newsletter July/August. Vol. 22, no. 4. American Society of Plant Physiologists. 1985.
  6. ^ a b "Donald R. Ort" (PDF). University of Illinois. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Past Presidents". aspb.org. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  8. ^ Ort, Don (2005). "Plant Physiology. The Next 5 Years". Plant Physiology. 139 (1). plantphysiol.org: 3–4. doi:10.1104/pp.104.900169. PMC 1203352. PMID 16166255. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  9. ^ "Annual Reviews Directory". annualreviews.org. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  10. ^ "Genomic Ecology: People | Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology". www.igb.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  11. ^ "Donald Ort | Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology". www.igb.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  12. ^ "Editorial Board | PNAS".
  13. ^ a b "Four Scientists Named to Agricultural Research Service Science Hall of Fame : USDA ARS". www.ars.usda.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  14. ^ South, Paul F.; Cavanagh, Amanda P.; Liu, Helen W.; Ort, Donald R. (2019-01-04). "Synthetic glycolate metabolism pathways stimulate crop growth and productivity in the field". Science. 363 (6422): eaat9077. doi:10.1126/science.aat9077. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 7745124. PMID 30606819.
  15. ^ "About | Ort Lab". lab.igb.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  16. ^ "Donald Ort | RIPE". ripe.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  17. ^ "People | Center for Advanced Bioenergy & Bioproducts Innovation". Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  18. ^ "ASPB Kettering Award". aspb.org. from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  19. ^ Kronfeld, Shoshana (2020-04-03). "ASPB Names 2020 Award Recipients". Plant Science Today. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  20. ^ "ASPB Pioneer Members".

External links edit

  • Curriculum vitae
  • Faculty web page
  • Ort Lab

January 01, 1970
donald, donald, richard, american, botanist, biochemist, robert, emerson, professor, plant, biology, crop, sciences, university, illinois, urbana, champaign, where, works, improving, crop, productivity, resilience, climate, change, redesigning, photosynthesis,. Donald Richard Ort is an American botanist and biochemist He is the Robert Emerson Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where he works on improving crop productivity and resilience to climate change by redesigning photosynthesis 1 He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences NAS 2 and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science AAAS 3 and American Society of Plant Biologists ASPB 4 Donald Richard OrtDonald R Ort inspects a model crop at the South Farms NationalityAmericanCitizenshipUnited StatesAlma materWake Forest University BSc Michigan State University PhD Scientific careerFieldsPlant science Photosynthesis Global change Molecular biologyInstitutionsUniversity of Illinois 1978 present University of Essex 1986 1987 Websitelab wbr igb wbr illinois wbr edu wbr ort wbr Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Research 4 Other honors and awards 5 References 6 External linksEarly life and education editHe earned his bachelor s degree in biology and chemistry from Wake Forest University in 1971 and went on to earn his doctorate in plant biochemistry from Michigan State University in 1974 Following his doctorate Ort was an NIH postdoctoral research fellow at Purdue University 1974 1976 and later at the University of Washington 1976 1978 5 6 Career editOrt joined the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign as an assistant professor in 1978 and went on to become an associate professor in 1982 and later a full professor in 1985 From 1978 to 2018 Ort was a research plant physiologist with the Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit of the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service ARS he served as the Research Leader of the Unit from 1997 to 2018 From 1986 to 1987 he was a visiting professor at the University of Essex 6 Ort has served as president of the International Society of Photosynthesis Research the International Association of Plant Physiology and the American Society of Plant Biologists ASPB 7 He also served as editor in chief of Plant Physiology 8 and is an associate editor of the Annual Review of Plant Biology 9 Today Ort leads the Genomic Ecology of Global Change research theme at the Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology 10 11 He is a member of the Editorial Board for PNAS 12 Research editOrt helped found the SoyFACE Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment research facility to study the effect of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide ozone and temperature on crops 13 and served as the facility s director from 2007 2018 In 2019 he showed that a synthetic pathway for photorespiration could increase plant productivity 14 Over the past decade Ort s research interests have focused on the effect that specific environmental factors and abiotic stresses have on the photosynthetic performance of crop plants and on improving photosynthetic efficiency to increase crop yields 15 Ort serves as a leader for many research projects including as Deputy Director of Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency RIPE 16 and Deputy Director for Research amp Development for the Center for Advanced Biofuel and Bioproduct Innovation CABBI 17 Other honors and awards editThe Agricultural Research Service recognized Ort as the Senior Area Midwest Researcher of the Year in 1993 and as a Supergrade Scientist in 2003 He was also a recipient of various Merit Awards from the United States Department of Agriculture The College of Agricultural Consumer and Environmental Sciences ACES recognized Ort with the ACES Service Award in 2005 and the Team Research Award in 2006 The American Society of Plant Biologists ASPB presented Ort with the Kettering Award in 2006 18 From 2011 to 2013 he received a Distinguished Professor Fellowship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Ort was inducted into the Agricultural Research Service Science Hall of Fame in 2015 13 Ort became an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2017 2 an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 3 in 2009 and an elected fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists ASPB in 2007 4 In 2020 ASPB recognized Ort with the Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award 19 Ort has been recognized as a Pioneer Member of the American Society of Plant Biologists 20 References edit The Ort Lab Donald Ort www life illinois edu Retrieved 2020 01 15 a b NAS Member Directory nasonline org Retrieved 2019 01 20 a b AAAS Fellows PDF aaas org Archived PDF from the original on 2015 02 18 Retrieved 2019 01 14 a b Fellow of ASPB Award American Society of Plant Biologists aspb org Archived from the original on 2017 06 26 Retrieved 2019 01 20 ASPP members elect Don Ort approve education foundation PDF Newsletter July August Vol 22 no 4 American Society of Plant Physiologists 1985 a b Donald R Ort PDF University of Illinois Retrieved 1 April 2020 Past Presidents aspb org Retrieved 2019 01 14 Ort Don 2005 Plant Physiology The Next 5 Years Plant Physiology 139 1 plantphysiol org 3 4 doi 10 1104 pp 104 900169 PMC 1203352 PMID 16166255 Retrieved 2019 01 14 Annual Reviews Directory annualreviews org Retrieved 2019 01 14 Genomic Ecology People Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology www igb illinois edu Retrieved 2020 01 15 Donald Ort Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology www igb illinois edu Retrieved 2020 01 15 Editorial Board PNAS a b Four Scientists Named to Agricultural Research Service Science Hall of Fame USDA ARS www ars usda gov Retrieved 2020 01 15 South Paul F Cavanagh Amanda P Liu Helen W Ort Donald R 2019 01 04 Synthetic glycolate metabolism pathways stimulate crop growth and productivity in the field Science 363 6422 eaat9077 doi 10 1126 science aat9077 ISSN 0036 8075 PMC 7745124 PMID 30606819 About Ort Lab lab igb illinois edu Retrieved 2020 01 15 Donald Ort RIPE ripe illinois edu Retrieved 2020 01 15 People Center for Advanced Bioenergy amp Bioproducts Innovation Retrieved 2020 01 15 ASPB Kettering Award aspb org Archived from the original on 2017 06 30 Retrieved 2019 01 14 Kronfeld Shoshana 2020 04 03 ASPB Names 2020 Award Recipients Plant Science Today Retrieved 2020 04 07 ASPB Pioneer Members External links editCurriculum vitae Faculty web page Ort Lab Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Donald R Ort amp oldid 1218724487, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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