Lisa Ainsworth
American molecular biologist
Biography
Elizabeth Anna Ainsworth (commonly identified as Lisa Ainsworth) is an American plant physiologist currently employed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She previously worked for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS). She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and was awarded the 2018 Crop Science Society of America Presidential Award. She is known for researching the effects of atmospheric pollutants, including ozone and carbon dioxide, on the productivity of selected major crops such as corn and soybeans.
A highly influential researcher, Ainsworth was ranked in the top 1% by citations for her field in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- United States Department of Agriculture
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Awards & honours (3)
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Charles Albert Shull Award
- NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
Quick answers about Lisa Ainsworth
- What is Lisa Ainsworth's nationality?
- Lisa Ainsworth is a citizen of United States.
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- Lisa Ainsworth is known as physiologist, researcher.
