‘Dr. Saba’ Named Outstanding Graduate Educator by National Horticultural Society
As a University of Florida professor, Bala Rathinasabapathi spends many hours in the lab and the classroom – not to mention at his office. He puts just as much emphasis on student success as he does on his scientific pursuits.
Often student success and research are inextricably linked. His colleagues and those he’s mentored notice his dedication.
That’s one reason the horticultural sciences professor at the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences was named the Graduate Educator of the Year by the American Society for Horticultural Science on August 2021.
Rathinasabapathi, known to most as “Dr. Saba,” studies plant genetics and breeding, biofuel algae and arsenic in ferns, among other plant biology topics. He also carves out face time with his students in the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS). In his 24 years at UF/IFAS, Rathinasabapathi has taught undergraduate and graduate courses and has served on more than 60 master’s and Ph.D. advisory committees.
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