Mithila Jugulam is a professor at Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University (KSU). She comes from India where she obtained her B.S. in Agriculture from the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University and her M.S. in Plant Breeding and Genetics from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. She then worked as an ARS-Scientist with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for several years. She joined KSU in 2011 to accept research and teaching responsibilities in Weed Physiology. She received a Ph.D. in Weed Science from the University of Guelph in Canada in 2004. Before moving to KSU, she worked for several years as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Guelph.