Directory of Faculty/Staff
Rajeev Arora
Professor
Department of Horticulture
139 Horticulture Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-1100
Phone: 515-294-0031
Fax: 515-294-0730
Email:
Dr. Arora's teaching responsibilities are Principles of Horticulture (Hort 221); Horticulture Physiology (Hort 321); and Seed Physiology (STB / HORT 543). Dr. Arora serves as Undergraduate (Horticulture) and Graduate (Horticulture and Interdepartmental Plant Biology) advisor.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990
- Master of Science, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, India, 1979
Awards/Special Recognition
- Invited seminar, University of Aarhus, Horticulture Research Center, Aarslev, Denmark, 2008
- Invited seminar, Plant and Microbe Adaptations to Cold 2006 (PMAC 2006), Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy, 2006
- Invited seminar, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Sapporo, Japan, 2004
- "Guest Editor" -- "Adaptations and Responses of Woody Plants to Environmental Stresses", thematic issue of J. Crop Improvement, 2004
- Associate Editor, J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Science (Environmental Stress Physiology), 2002
- Invited keynote lecture, WINCLIM (Winter Climate Variations and Plant Death in the North), EuroWorkshop, Uppsala, Sweden, 2002
- Invited seminar, Intl Rhododendron Conference "Rhodo 02", Edinburgh, Scotland, 2002
- Opponent (external examiner by invitation) for PhD thesis defense, Faculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu, Finland, 2001
- Invited seminar, The Sixth Intl Plant Cold Hardiness Symposium, Helsinki, Finland, 2001
- Gamma Sigma Delta -- Faculty Merit Award, 2000
- First place, Annual Poster Competition at the International Conference of the Amer. Soc. for Horticultural Science (ASHS), 1998
- Outstanding Teacher, Division of Plant & Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, 1997
- Invited seminar, The Fifth Intl Plant Cold Hardiness Symposium, Corvallis, OR, 1996
- First place, Annual Poster Competition at the International Conference of the Amer. Soc. for Horticultural Science (ASHS), 1996
Organizations/Appointments/Activities
- Chair, Environmental Stress Physiology Working, ASHS (1998 and 2003)
- Chair, ASHS Screening Committee for Ornamental Publication Award (1998-99)
- Session Chair, Plant & Microbe Adaptations to Cold (2003), Quebec City, Canada, and 7th International Plant Cold Hardiness Symposium (2004), Sapporo, Japan
- International Scientific Committee, 8th International Plant Cold Hardiness Symposium, Saskatoon, Canada (2007)
