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Directory Profile for Amit Dhingra
- Professor and Department Head
- Office:
- HFSB 202B
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- (979) 321-7013
Education
- Undergraduate Education
- B.S. Botany, University of Delhi
- Graduate Education
- M.S. Botany, Agra University, India
- Postgraduate Diploma, Marketing Management, IGNOU, India
- Ph.D. Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, India
- Awards
- 2026 Wine Press Award - Texas Wine Grape Growers Association, Texas
- 2017 National Council on Undergraduate Research (Biology Division) Mentor Award
- 2013 Outstanding Thesis Advisor, Honors College, Washington State University
- 2008 Undergraduate Research Excellence Award, Washington State University
- 1999 The Rockefeller Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship
- Courses Taught
- HORT - 281 Professions in Horticulture
Professional Summary
| Amit Dhingra is the Head of the Department of Horticultural Sciences, Professor of Genomics and Biotechnology, and Senior Scientist at the Borlaug Institute of International Agriculture at Texas A&M University. He is also a member of the Council of Inventors at TAMU.
He completed his B.Sc. in Botany (Honors) from Hindu College in 1991, New Delhi, India, and his M.Sc. in Botany (Honors) from Agra University, India, in 1993. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Delhi, India, and Rutgers University, New Jersey, supported by fellowships from the University Grants Commission and The Rockefeller Foundation, USA, respectively, in 2000. After post-doctoral training at Rutgers University (2000-2001), the University of Central Florida (2001-2004), and the University of Florida (2004-2006), he joined Washington State University in 2006 as an Assistant Professor. He obtained tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in 2012 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2018 and served as interim Department Chair from 2020 to 2021. He was the chair of the Entrepreneurial Faculty Ambassadors program at WSU from 2017 – 2021. He moved his research program to Texas A&M University in 2021. The Dhingra research program investigates important biological processes in specialty crops. He and his team have been awarded three US and three international patents on regulating ripening in fruits to reduce post-harvest wastage. He has published over a hundred high-impact peer-reviewed journal articles. He has trained 17 graduate students, several post-doctoral scientists, and 131 undergraduate students, and in 2017, he was awarded the Council on Undergraduate Research National Biology Mentor award. He serves on the editorial board of five internationally reputed plant science journals. Dr. Dhingra’s research has been featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, BBC, The Times of London, and several other news outlets. Connect on LinkedIn – https://linkedin.com/in/amitdhingraphd |