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Jagmandeep Dhillon, assistant professor, Mississippi State University, has been honored with the Association of Agricultural Scientists of Indian Origin (AASIO) Early Career Agricultural Scientist Award. The award has been bestowed upon him in recognition of his contributions to agricultural research.
Dhillon said the Early Career Agricultural Scientist Award has given him a sense of validation as a junior MSU faculty member.
“I am very thankful and humbled to have received this award because it represents hours of hard work I have put in alongside my students and collaborators. This is a great motivation to stay focused and consistently deliver scientific solutions to benefit producers,” Dhillon said.
“Climate change and market volatility pose significant challenges to the agricultural sector. Through our research efforts, we aim to proactively equip producers in Mississippi and beyond with timely information, enabling them to adapt and thrive in the face of these complex circumstances,” Dhillon said.
In addition to his research, Dhillon teaches graduate courses and has supervised seven graduate students, with four of them graduating during his three years in MSU’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences. He has published 44 peer-reviewed research manuscripts, 20 of which were produced during his time at MSU. Dhillon also serves as the treasurer for the Southern Regional Branch of the American Society of Agronomy.
Dhillon’s childhood on his family’s farm in Punjab, India, included working as a farmhand. His interest in farm machinery inspired him to pursue higher education in agricultural engineering to help address the issues farmers encounter.
Dhillon said. “The interactions with my father and helping with farm operations definitely had a tremendous effect on my career.”
