Dr. Krishna Jagadish received his M.S. from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharward, India, and his Ph.D. in Agriculture (Crop Physiology) in 2007 from University of Reading, UK. Before joining Texas Tech University, he served as Scientist I, II and Deputy Division Head of the Crop and Environmental Sciences Division at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines for 7 years and moved to Kansas State University as a tenured Associate Professor in 2015 and promoted to Professor in 2021.

Honors for Dr. Jagadish include the Kansas State Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Research Award (2021), International Fellow of the Indian Society of Plant Physiology (2021), and the Association for Agricultural Scientists of Indian Origin Outstanding Young Agricultural Scientist Award (2015). He is a member of the Crop Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, and the North American Plant Phenotyping Network. He was provided the prestigious Felix Scholarship (2003-2007) for his doctoral studies.