Elected: 2018
Country (Nationality)
Australia
Discipline
Agricultural & Nutritional Sciences
Bio
Professor Kadambot H.M. Siddique AM, CitWA, FTSE, FAIA, FNAAS, FISPP, FAAS
Hackett Professor of Agriculture Chair and Director The UWA Institute of Agriculture
After completion of his PhD at UWA in 1985 Professor Siddique joined the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) as a cereal crop physiologist and worked his way up to principal scientist and leader of DAFWA's Pulse Program. He became the Director of Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA) at UWA in 2001 and remained in this position until 2006 when he was appointed to establish and lead The UWA Institute of Agriculture.
Professor Siddique is recognised internationally as a leader in crop science and agriculture.