**[Mattoo - HONORS AND AWARDS]{.underline}**

**[2006:]{.underline}**

-   **Scientist of the Year award, Association of Indian Americans,
    Washington, D.C. Chapter, June 2006.**

**[2005:]{.underline}**

-   **Nominated as a member of Overseas Scientific Advisory Committee,
    Biotechnology, Government of India (term to 2007)**

**[2004]{.underline}:**

-   **US State Dept International Visiting Lecturer as Agricultural
    Biotechnology Expert, India**

-   50^th^ ARS Celebration Speaker, Proud Past and Promising Future,
    National Scientific Leadership Conference, New Orleans. January
    21-23, 2004

**[2003:]{.underline}**

-   **USDA Beltsville Area Distinguished Lecturer, April 28, 2003**

-   **Nominated for the 2003 Biotechnology Award, World Technology
    Network, in association with NASDAQ, TIME magazine, AAAS, Science
    magazine and Technology Review magazine**

-   **Roper survey ranks 'development of high lycopene tomato' at the
    Top of Biotechnology research in the USA**

**[2002:]{.underline}**

-   **US Department of State International Speaker, Philippines and
    Thailand, Sept. 2002**

-   **Invited Expert, to evaluate Plant Sciences at the Tohoku
    University, Sendai, Japan, Feb. 2002**

-   **Member, Organizing Committee, US-Israel BARD Roundtable Discussion
    on: BARD's Goals for the New Millennium, Alexandria, Virginia, Jan.
    2002**

**[2001]{.underline}:**

-   **Invited Participant and USDA-ARS representative,
    Cornell-Eastern-Europe-Mexico (CEEM)/USDA-FAS sponsored Workshop on
    Collaborative Research on Potato Late Blight: Building Strategies
    and Synergies, Warsaw, Poland. June 5-9, 2001**

**[1999]{.underline}**:

-   **Member, Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), U.S.-Israel Binational
    Agricultural and Development (BARD) Fund, 1999-2001**

-   **Member, Scientific Program Committee, and Symposium Speaker, Vth
    International Symposium on Biochemical Roles of Eukaryotic Cell
    Surface Macromolecules, Bangalore, India, January 4-8, 1999**

-   **Awarded 1999 USDA Secretary's Award recognizing "People Making a
    Difference"**

-   **Awarded 1999 USDA Secretary's Honor Award for Personal and
    Professional Excellence**

-   **Member, Selection Panel for 1999 ARS Hall of Fame Awards Program**

**[1998:]{.underline}**

-   **Member, International Scientific Organizing Committee, Discussion
    Leader and Plenary Lecturer, 1997 International Symposium on Plant
    Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Lucknow, India, December 28,
    1997-January 2, 1998**

-   **Awarded 1998 Senior Scientist of the Year, Beltsville Area**

-   **Awarded 1998 ARS Distinguished Research Scientist of the Year**

**[1996:]{.underline}**

-   **ARS representative at the NATO-ICAR Workshop on Plant
    Biotechnology to build a bridge between the Indian Council for
    Agricultural Research and USDA, Nov 12-15, 1996**

-   **Member, select Working Group, IRRI (Philippines), Frontier Project
    on N~2~ metabolism, Sept 7-11, 1996**

**[1995:]{.underline}**

-   **Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, International Conference
    on Ethylene, Greece**

**[1995- :]{.underline}**

-   **FAS, USDA Expert for long-term, collaborative linkage program with
    India in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology**

**[1993:]{.underline}**

-   **Co-organizer, Symposium on Dynamic Aspects of Plant Senescence,
    International Botanical Congress, Yokohama, Japan.**

**[1992:]{.underline}**

-   **Chairman, Gordon Conference on Plant Senescence, Plymouth, NH**

-   **Member of Gordon Research Conferences Council, Rhode Island**

**[1991]{.underline}:**

-   **Member of Program Committee, Gordon Research Conference on
    Agricultural Sciences, California**

**1991- :**

-   **Member, Gamma Sigma Delta**

**[1988]{.underline}:**

-   **Acting Chairman, Gordon Research Conference on Plant Senescence,
    Colby-Sawyer, New Hampshire**

-   **FASEB travel grant to speak at the IUB Congress, Jerusalem,
    Israel**

**[1984]{.underline}:**

-   **Elected Vice-Chairman, Gordon Research Conference on Plant
    Senescence**

**[1979/80]{.underline}:**

-   **Deutscher Akademischer Austaschdienst (German Academic Exchange
    Program) Scholar. The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel**

**[1976 - 1977]{.underline}:**

-   **Visiting Faculty Appointment, USDA, BARC-W, with Dr. Morris
    Lieberman.**

**[1976]{.underline}:**

-   **Awarded \"Dr. C. S. Patel Gold Medal\", M.S. University of Baroda
    (India), for best postdoctoral research paper published**

-   **International Union of Biochemistry Travel Fellowship, 10th
    International Congress of Biochemistry, Hamburg, Germany**

-   **National Research Associate Award for university teachers.
    University Grants Commission, India**

**[1975/76]{.underline}:**

-   **British Council (U.K.) Award-Commonwealth University Interchange
    Fellowship for postdoctoral work at the University of Adelaide,
    Australia**

-   **Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, The University of Adelaide
    Australia with Dr. D. Bruce Keech**

**[1965]{.underline}:**

-   **Anil Starch Products Prize -- Gold medal (top position in
    graduating class)**

**[1987 -- 2003]{.underline}:**

-   **Certificates of Merit for outstanding leadership and management,
    Yearly Performance Ratings, USDA**

**[1989 -- 1992]{.underline}:**

-   **U.S. -Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development
    (BARD) grant award (\$200,000). Co-P.I. USDA/CRGO grant award
    (\$100,000). Co-P.I.**

**[1991-1994]{.underline}:**

-   **USDA/NRI grant award (\$120,000). P.I.**

**[1986 -- 1989]{.underline}:**

-   **U.S.- Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development
    (BARD) Grant award (\$180,000). Co-P.I.**

**[1983 -- 1986]{.underline}:**

-   **U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development
    (BARD) Grant award (\$150,000). Co-P.I.**