Award: CSSA Fellow

Recipient: Prof. Dr. Thomas Lübberstedt

Iowa State University

Biography: Thomas Lübberstedt received his PhD at the University of Munich, completed his Habilitation at University of Hohenheim, was Heisenberg fellow at the Technical University of Munich, and Senior Scientist at the Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, before coming to Iowa State University in 2007. Dr. Lübberstedt currently is K.J. Frey Chair, Director of M.S. Distance Plant Breeding, Faculty Scholar of Plant Sciences Institute, and founder and professor-in-charge of the Doubled Haploid (DH) Facility at ISU. He authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Lübberstedt focused his research on DH technology, which resulted in USDA-, NSF-, and FFAR-funded projects, patents and novel germplasm including haploid inducers. Dr. Lübberstedt served as chair of the Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee in 2015/16, president of the National Association for Plant Breeding in 2023/24, CSSA C07 chair in 2024, and Director of R.F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding at ISU from 2007 to 2023.