Paul Struik

Paul Christiaan Struik is a Dutch agronomist, academic and author. He is an Honorary Professor of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Adjunct Faculty staff member of the University of Bangalore, as well as an emeritus Professor in Crop Physiology at Wageningen University.

Struik's research primarily focuses on agrobiodiversity, potato physiology, seed systems science, integration of social and natural sciences, and modelling of photosynthesis. He has authored and co-authored more than 675 journal articles and edited or wrote more than 15 books including ''Seed Potato Technology'', ''Plant Production on the Threshold of a New Century'', ''Crop Systems Biology: Narrowing the Gaps between Crop Modelling and Genetics'' and ''Crop Science: Progress and Prospects''. He is the recipient of awards, such as the 2019 International Crop Science Award from the Crop Science Society of America, the 2022 World Potato Congress Industry Award, and he was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau by King Willem-Alexander in 2022.

Struik is a Fellow of the Association of Applied Biologists and the Editor-in-Chief of ''Potato Research''. Provided by Wikipedia