Prof. K. Raja Reddy is a William Giles Distinguished Professor at the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University. He received his B.Sc. in Botany, Zoology, and Chemistry, M.Sc. in Applied Plant Physiology, and Ph.D. from Sri Venkateswara University in 1975, 1977, and 1984, respectively. His research topics mainly include environmental control of plant growth and development, crop simulation modeling and applications, global change biology, and remote sensing applications in natural resource management.