Michael Udvardi,Chief Scientific Officer of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.His current projects:Regulation of senescence and nutrient remobilization in switchgrass;Genetic and cellular dissection of mutualistic plant-microbe symbioses in Medicago truncatula;Engineering synthetic symbioses between plants and bacteria to deliver nitrogen to crops;Plant Nitrogen Network (PlaNNet); Coordinating Research on Plant Nitrogen for Sustainable and Productive Agriculture;Genome-wide analysis of small signaling peptides in Medicago truncatula with an emphasis on macronutrient regulation of root and nodule development;Establishment to senescence: plant-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions mediate switchgrass sustainability;Characterization of genes with potential to improve symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes;Discovery of genes and mechanisms underlying abiotic stress tolerance in plants;Characterization of transporters involved in nutrient exchange between legumes and rhizobia during symbiotic nitrogen fixation;Discovery and utilization of senescence regulators to improve yield and quality of forage species.His honors:Elected Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science, 2012;Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher (period of 2002-2012), 2014;Elected Corresponding Member of the Australian Society of Plant Scientists, 2015