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Beronda L. Montgomery, Ph.D., is Foundation Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and °®¶¹´«Ã½ & Molecular Genetics in the Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory at Michigan State University. Montgomery conducts research on the means by which plants and cyanobacteria are able to monitor and adjust to changes in their external environments. The ability of these largely immobile organisms to adapt to dynamic environments increases their survival and maximizes productivity.

Montgomery received an NSF CAREER Award, is an 2017-2019 American Society of °®¶¹´«Ã½ Distinguished Lecturer and was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of °®¶¹´«Ã½ in 2018. The Academy Governors selected Montgomery for the 2022 ASM Honorary Diversity Lecturer Award.