Prof. Kronzucker is a Distinguished Professor and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Plant Physiology (Elsevier). He currently holds Professorships at the University of Melbourne and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He has served as Head of the School of BioSciences and Head of the School of Agriculture and Food at the University of Melbourne and is the founder and inaugural Director of the Canadian Centre for World Hunger Research. Prof. Kronzucker obtained his Ph.D. in Botany from the University of British Columbia, Canada. He has held a Rockefeller ‘Human Frontier’ Fellowship at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines and Professorships at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto in Canada. From 2017-2018, he led the School of BioSciences at the University of Melbourne and, in 2018, was appointed to the leadership of the University’s School of Agriculture and Food. Prof. Kronzucker’s research is on plant nutrition and ion transport in the world’s major cereal crops, in particular rice, with a focus on plant nitrogen relations, potassium homeostasis, sodium toxicity, micronutrients, and silicon. His primary work has been published in the premier international venues, including Nature, Nature Plants, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), and Trends in Plant Science, and has been prolifically featured in the popular media. He has won many prestigious awards, including a Canada Research Chair, a lifetime achievement award from Laval University, and a Bayer Science for a Better Life Award. He has been classified as a ‘Highly Cited Researcher’ (Clarivate, 2024 & 2022).
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Honorary Professor
School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne
2020-present
2020-2022
Visiting Professor
University of British Columbia
Head of School
School of Agriculture and Food, University of Melbourne
2018-2020
2018-present
Honorary Professor
Shanghai Jiaotong University
Australian Council of Deans of Agriculture (ACDA)
2018-2020
2017-2018
Head of School
School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne
Distinguished Professor
University of Toronto
2015-present
2015-present
Consulting Editor
Plant & Soil
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Plant Physiology (Elsevier)
2014-present
2014-present
Editorial Board
Frontiers in Chemistry (Agricultural Biological Chemistry)
Bayer Science for a Better Life Award
For Canadians who have made a mark on society through science and innovation
2013
2013
Lifetime Achievement Award
Laval University
2013 Spring Convocation Speaker
University of Toronto, Science
2013
2013-2017
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Research Grants Board of the UK
Advisor
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2013-present
2012-2013
Principal’s Research Award
University of Toronto Scarborough
Editorial Board
Frontiers in Plant Science
2011-present
2010-2013
Evaluation Group
Biological Systems & Functions, Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Founder And Inaugural Director
Canadian Centre For World Hunger Research
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2007-2017
2007
Full Professor
University of Toronto
Editorial Board
Plant, Cell & Environment
2006-2017
2005-2015
Canada Research Chair
Systems Biology of Plant Nutrition & Ion Transport
Associate Professor
University of Toronto
2004
2001
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
Assistant Professor &
Director, Sherwood Fox Arboretum
University of Western Ontario
1998-2001
1995-1998
Rockefeller “Human Frontier” Fellow
International Rice Research Institute