Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Tuskegee University (USA) where he has served on faculty since 1989, is professor of crop genetics & biotechnology. Dr. Prakash’s research expertise is on genetic improvement research on food crops of importance to developing countries. His lab was among the first to develop transgenic sweet potato and peanut plants and conduct pioneering genomic studies on the peanut.
Dr. Prakash has been a global leader in enhancing the societal awareness of crop and food biotechnology issues around the world for nearly three decades.
He has an active presence in the social media, globally ranked as top influencer on ‘agricultural biotechnology’ with 93,000 followers, generating millions of impressions per month on Twitter (@agbioworld) & Facebook (/agbioworld).
Elected as a Fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), honored for his “distinguished contributions to crop genetics and biotechnology and science communication, and for advocating science-based agricultural development in the developing world.”
Co-editor of three recent books "Sustainable Agriculture in the Era of the OMICs Revolution”, “Principles and Practices of OMICS and Genome Editing for Crop Improvement” published by Springer and “OMICS-based Techniques for Global Food Security” published Wiley.
Recipient of the 2015 Borlaug CAST Communication Award, by the Council of Agricultural Science and Technology which credited him as “arguably done more than anyone else in academia or industry to promote agricultural technologies that can help feed the world’s growing population.”
Recognized by Huffington Post as among the Top 30 social influencers in biopharma and biotech.
Editor-in-Chief, GM Crops & Food.
Named one of the ‘Top Personalities Who have made the Most Significant Contribution to Biotech’ by Nature Biotechnology
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‘One of the 100 Top Living Contributors to Biotechnology’ by The Scientist (chosen by peers via polling)
Biotech Food Hero by Crop Life International and
The inaugural ‘Foodfluencer’ award by the US Soybean Export Council in November 2022.