Suraj Kar is a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University (OSU). His focus area of research is grapevine ecophysiology. At OSU, he collaborates with wine grape growers and studies grapevine interactions with local climatological and biotic stress factors such as wildfire smoke, seasonal drought, and grapevine red blotch disease. He holds a Ph.D. in Biosphere Science from Hokkaido University, Japan. Before joining OSU, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in viticulture at the Pennsylvania State University and Texas Tech University. He is currently a member of The American Society for Enology and Viticulture.