Rajeev Arora

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: rarora@iastate.edu

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. Dr. Arora serves as the Director of Graduate Education (DOGE) for the Horticulture Graduate Major.

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990
  • Master of Science, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, India, 1979

Scholarly Recognition

  • Invited seminar, 9th International Plant Cold Hardiness Symposium, Abbey of Neumunster, Luxembourg (organized by Centre de Recherche Public - Gabriel Lippmann), 2011
  • Invited seminar, Centre de Recherche Public - Gabriel Lippmann, Department 'Environment and Agro-biotechnologies' (EVA), Luxembourg, 2010
  • 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

Research