Education
B.S. (Ag.) Hons. (Agriculture); Univ. of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, India, 1964
M.S. (Agronomy); Indian Agric. Res. Inst., New Delhi, India, 1966;
M.S. (Weed Physiology); Univ. of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1970;
Ph.D. (Weed Science); Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1981.

Professional Positions
1993 to present.  Professor - Weed Science, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst (Teaching - 40%, Research - 50%, and Extension - 10%)
1987 to 1992.  Associate Professor - Weed Science, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Univ.of Massachusetts, Amherst
1981 to 1986.  Assistant Professor - Weed Science, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst
1978 to 1981.  Graduate Research Assistant, Agronomy Department, University of  Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1970 to 1978. Senior Research Technician, Crop Science Department, Univ. of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
1967 to 1970. Graduate Research Assistant, Crop Science Department, Univ. of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Honors/Awards
First Class First (Gold Medalist) - B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons., Univ. of Kalyani, India, 1964
National Scholarship in India, 1965
West Bengal State Scholarship, India, 1965
Indian Council of Agric. Res. Fellowship, 1966
National Research Council Fellowship in Canada, 1967-1970
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fellowship in Wisconsin, 1978-81
1994 Outstanding Applied Research Award - Turf, Ornamental and Vegetation Management, Northeastern Weed Science Society
1996 Fellow of the Weed Science Society of America
1998 Distinguished Member Award of the Northeastern Weed Science Society
2000 Outstanding Researcher of the Year, Northeastern Weed Science Society
2001 Distinguished Agricultural Scientist Award, West Bengal, India
2007 Outstanding Educator Award, Northeastern Weed Science Society

Graduate Advisee Awards
1987 Co-author of an Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation Award at the 41st Annual Meeting of Northeastern Weed Science Society, Williamsburg, VA. Jan. 6-8, 1987. (Frank Himmelstein)

 1988 Co-author of an Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation Award at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Weed Science Society, Hartford, CT.  Jan. 6-8, 1988. (Frank Himmelstein)

 1997 Co-author of an Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation Award at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Weed Science Society, Newport, RI.  Jan. 6-8, 1997. (Sowmya Mitra)

 1999 Co-author of a research paper for Outstanding Young Scientist Award at the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 6-8, 1998. (Sowmya Mitra)

 2002 Co-author of an Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation Award at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Weed Science Society, Philadelphia, PA. Jan. 7-10, 2002. (Mike Elston)

Grants Received
From 1982 to 1992 – received a total grant of $815,412 from both competitive Industrial sources as well as Government Agencies

USDA Competitive Grant, SEA/CSRS, and other industrial grants, 1993, $108,455
USDA/NEPIAP Competitive Grant and other Industrial Grants-1994, $46,000
Competitive Grants-1995, $31,099
Competitive and Industrial Grants-1996, $64,600
Competitive and Industrial Grants-1997, $63,000
Competitive and Industrial Grants-1998, $69,900
Competitive and Industrial Grants-1999, $64,750
Competitive and Industrial Grants-2000, $59,700
Competitive Grants-2001, $34,000
Competitive Grants-2002, $60,860
Competitive Grants-2003, $45,000
Competitive Grants-2004, $43,000
Competitive Grants-2005, $35,000