{"id":10,"date":"2020-11-19T21:24:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T21:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/akhoddam\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:23:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:23:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/akhoddam\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dr. Amir Ali Khoddamzadeh serving as Chair of Department of Earth and Environment<\/a> (E&E) at Florida International University (FIU). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is an associate professor of environmental horticulture and a core faculty in the Agroecology Program and affiliated with International Center for Tropical Botany (ICTB) at the Kampong Botanic Garden within the Institute of Environment, an FIU Preeminent Program. He is a Research Associate at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Dr. Khoddamzadeh leads the Conservation and Sustainable Horticulture Laboratory, which has been designated as a Trimble Technology Lab (TTL) since 2022 and is supported by Trimble Agriculture (Trimble Ag Solutions). His research focuses on plant conservation, environmental horticulture, specialty crop physiology, abiotic stress tolerance, plant biotechnology, and precision agriculture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has secured over $6 million in external research funding as PI or co-PI investigator from federal, state, foundation, and industry sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Khoddamzadeh spent his sabbatical at USDA ARS Subtropical Horticulture Research Station in Miami and collaborating with the Ornamental Group on Conservation, Management, Characterization, and Distribution of Subtropical and Tropical Ornamental Genetic Resources. He is the 2024 USDA E. Kika De La Garza<\/a> “”. As USDA Science Fellow<\/a>, he spent his fellowship at the USDA ARS Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit in Riverside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Khoddamzadeh serves as the Chair of Urban Horticulture Program Advisory Board led by UF\/IFAS Extension in Miami-Dade County. He chaired the Education Planning Committee, Orchid interest group and serves as the chair of Horticultural Plant Reproductive Biology (HPRB) Interest Groups and served as the chair of Human Issues in Horticulture, Seed & Stand Establishment, and Ornamental Plant Breeding Interest Groups. In addition, he chaired the Outstanding International Horticulturist Award Committee and Graduate Student Activities and is the member of Nominations and Elections Committee in the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS). He serves in the Conservation Committee of Florida Native Plant Society and Dan Austin Award for Ethnobotany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Khoddamzadeh is a Fulbright Specialist and serves as Senior Fellow & Chair of the Sustainability Education Innovation Lab<\/a> at the Global Council for Science and the Environment (GCSE) and part of the aashe<\/a> Sustainability Program Directors’ Cohort and Sustainability Education Accreditation Commission (SEAC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He serves as associate editor in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Biogeography and Macroecology.<\/a> In addition, he is the editor\/guest editor of several scientific journals. The most recent in Frontiers in Plant Science on “Advancements in Precision Agriculture and Remote Sensing for Optimizing Fertilizer and Irrigation Management of Specialty Crops”<\/a> and in Plants “Micropropagation and Germplasm Conservation of Horticultural Plants”.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fulbright Specialist         <\/strong> 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global Council for Science and the Environment (GCSE) \u201cSenior Fellow\u201d                    <\/strong> 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair of the Sustainability Education Innovation Lab D.C. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

USDA E. Kika De La Garza \u201cScience Fellow\u201d      <\/strong> 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USDA HSI National Program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

USDA D.C. and USDA ARS Water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit: Riverside, CA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engagement Award           <\/strong>2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College of Arts, Sciences, and Education (CASE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida International University (FIU)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Scholar Award<\/strong>                  <\/strong>2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research & Creative Activities <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty with Significant Grants (STEM), FIU<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Award                <\/strong> 2023                  <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CASE, FIU<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engagement Award                <\/strong> 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CASE, FIU<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prestigious Recognition Award<\/strong> <\/strong>2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garden Club, CASE, FIU<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certification of Appreciation<\/strong>   2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Council for Student Organizations, FIU<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Career Faculty Award <\/strong>   2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Society for Horticultural Science<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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