Prof. Dr. Senthold Asseng
Curriculum Vitae
Research areas
Prof. Asseng’s field of research is the analysis of atmosphere-crop-soil systems. His main research areas include impact of climate variability and climate change, cropping sustainability, food security, and how systems analysis and crop modelling can assist autonomous robot-managed cropping systems in the field and in fully-environmentally controlled indoor vertical farming.
Prof. Asseng is among the 1% most cited scientists and was listed by Reuters as the number 192 of the world's 1000 most influential climate scientists.
Stages of the academic career
Prof. Asseng studied agricultural sciences and received his PhD at Humboldt University Berlin and his Habilitation at Technical University Munich. He was a Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO in Australia. He became a Full Professor in Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Florida and the Director of the Florida Climate Institute. In 2020, Prof. Asseng was appointed to the professorship for Digital Agriculture and in 2021 the Director of the World Agricultural Systems Center at the Technical University Munich.
| Humboldt University Berlin, Germany | Agronomy and Horticulture | BSc | 1989 |
| Humboldt University Berlin, Germany | Agronomy and Horticulture | MSc | 1990 |
| Humboldt University Berlin, Germany | Agronomy and Horticulture | PhD | 1994 |
| Techincal University Munich, Germany | Agronomy | Doctor of Science | 2004 |
Coordination of interdisciplinary research
- Executive Committee Member of Agricultural Model Intercomparison & Improvement Project (AgMIP), since 2017
- Co-Leader of Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP)-Wheat, since 2011
- Chair (elected) of Climatology and Modeling Section, Agronomy Society of America, 2015
- Chair (elected) of Expert Working Group for Plant and Crop Modeling of international Wheat Initiative, since 2014
- Leader of South East Climate Consortium (SECC), 2014-2016
- Member of Scientific Advisory Panel REACCH, 2012-2017
- Science Coordinator (Director) for the WA Climate Adaptation Program, 2008-2010
- Member of FAO International Expert Team advising The Government of India on research/policy/technology options for farmers in India’s major wheat producing areas to address climate change, 2009
Awards, memberships, reviewer activities, editorial activities, etc.
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, 2019
- William R. Jones Outstanding Mentor Award, Florida Education Fund (FEF), 2019
- Highly Cited Researcher by Web of Science, 2019
- UF/IFAS “High Impact” Research Publication Award, University of Florida, 2017
- University Term Professorship Award, University of Florida, 2017-2019
- Institute for Sustainable Food Systems Fellow, 2017-2019
- Florida Climate Institute Fellow, 2016-2018
- University of Florida Research Foundation Professor, 2016-2019
- Adjunct Professor at Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 2016-2021
- International Educator of the Year Award, University of Florida, 2013
- Adjunct Professor, University of Western Australia, Australia, 2007-2010
- CSIRO Australia Excellence Award, 2007
- Research Scholar, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, 1990-1994
- DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Research Scholar for USA, 1991-1992
- Member of American Society of Agronomy, Crop and Soil Sciences (ASA, CSSA, SSSA)
- Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Member of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
- Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Guest Editor for Special Issue in Environmental Research Letters, 2016-2018
- Member of the Editorial Board of Global Change Biology, since 2017
- Member of the Editorial Board of Agricultural Forest Meteorology, 2014-2020
- Member of the Editorial Board of Field Crops Research, since 2012
- Member of the Editorial Board of European Journal of Agronomy, since 2006