February 3, 2022
Professor of agronomy receives Outstanding Scientist Award
Ignacio Ciampitti, professor of agronomy and director of the Digital Tools, Geospatial, and Farming Systems Consortium of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification, is the recipient of K-State's Sigma Xi Outstanding Scientist Award.
Ciampitti received the award and presented his lecture on Nov. 17, 2021, via Zoom. The title of his lecture was "Advancing Digital Agriculture for Improving Agronomic Decisions." The lecture focused on discussing the bottlenecks for translating science into actionable management and topics related to digital agriculture, precision agriculture and use of new technologies such as satellite imagery to develop relevant agronomic decisions for producers.
View the video recording of the seminar.
The award recognizes K-State Sigma Xi members who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in scientific research. The award was presented by P.V. Vara Prasad, current president for the Sigma Xi chapter at K-State, director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification and university distinguished professor.
"It is an honor for me to present the K-State Sigma Xi Outstanding Scientist Award to Dr. Ignacio Ciampitti," Prasad said. "I had the privilege of working and collaborating with him on many research projects. He has made tremendous contributions to research, education, outreach, and service at K-State. He is passionate about capacity building and his dedication to scholarship and scientific accomplishments set him apart, and I see him as a leader in cropping systems and digital tools that will benefit producers around the world. I appreciate his leadership of the consortium through which he is helping students, researchers, and smallholder farmers."
Ciampitti has authored or co-authored more than 150 refereed journal articles in the last 10 years. He received early career awards from the national agronomy and crop science societies, received the Agronomy Extension and Education Award and earned research awards from Gamma Sigma Delta. He is currently serving as an associate editor-in-chief for the European Journal of Agronomy and is part of the editorial board for Field Crops Research, Remote Sensing, and Forecasting journals. He is also an active member of the tri-societies and board member-elect for the C-3 Crop Ecology Division, Crop Science Society of America.
The Sigma Xi honor society recognizes scientific achievements; is dedicated to the advancement of science through research, service and teaching; and promotes the public's understanding of science.
The society has nearly 100,000 members, more than 500 chapters and 200 Nobel laureates.