Mikhail A Semenov

Dr Semenov is a PI at Rothamsted Research, UK, specialising in mathematical modelling of agricultural and biological systems. His research focused on assessments of climate change impacts on agricultural systems, including impacts on crops, pest and disease. He is Editor-in-Chief of Climate Research since 2008. Dr Semenov developed the LARS-WG weather generator, a popular downscaling method used in over 75 countries for impact assessments. He co-developed the Sirius crop model and pioneered to use crop models for designing crop ideotypes for target environments. He was a PI in many international projects and activities, including AgMIP and MACSUR. In 2018, he was elected as Fellow of European Academy of Sciences for outstanding contribution to science.