Lisa Ainsworth
Lisa Ainsworth | |
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Ainsworth in 2015, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service photo | |
| Born | Elizabeth Anna Ainsworth |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles (BS) University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Thesis | Intraspecific, Interspecific, and Seasonal Variation in Acclimation of Photosynthesis to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration (2003) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stephen P. Long |
| Website | lab |
Elizabeth Anna Ainsworth (commonly identified as Lisa Ainsworth) is an American plant physiologist currently employed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She previously worked for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS). She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and was awarded the 2018 Crop Science Society of America Presidential Award. She is known for researching the effects of atmospheric pollutants, including ozone and carbon dioxide, on the productivity of selected major crops such as corn and soybeans.
A highly influential researcher, Ainsworth was ranked in the top 1% by citations for her field in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022.