Upcoming Speaker Event: XI International Symposium on Mineral Nutrition of Fruit Crops
Dr. Patrick Brown is a professor of Plant Sciences in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Brown’s research focuses on function and transport of nutrients in plants and the management of nutrients in agricultural ecosystems. Dr. Brown is a highly cited researcher whose contributions include the identification of nickel as an essential element for plants, critical contributions to the understanding of the function, uptake and transport of boron in plants, identification of mechanisms of plant tolerance to heavy metals in the environment and on the mechanisms of action of foliar fertilizers. Dr. Brown has served as chairman and executive committee member of the International Plant Nutrition Colloquium, as co-chairman of the 1st and 2nd International Congress on Biostimulants in Agriculture and has held numerous leadership roles at the University of California, Davis and in state, national and international committees and panels.
Education:
Courses:
Just Coffee, PLS007V, Fall and Winter
Plant Nutrition, PLS158, Spring Odd Years
Crop Responses to the Environment, PLS100C, Spring
Current Positions:
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Plant Science
Editorial Board, Soil Systems
Editorial Board, Frontiers Agricultural Science and Engineering
Science Advisory Board, Plant Impact LLC
Science Advisor, Compass Minerals
Science Advisor, NewAg International Academy
Science Advisor, East San Joaquin Water Coalition
Chairman, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Executive Committee
Chairman, International Congress for Biostimulants in Agriculture
Board Member, International Council for Plant Nutrition
Past Positions:
SOPIB, Researcher of Year, 2011
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s 2014 Experiment Station Section Excellence in Multistate Research Award