Million Tadege, professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at Oklahoma State University, was lately named a 2025 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow for his progressive work in understanding leaf blade improvement and biomass useful genomics.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is likely one of the world’s largest normal scientific societies and writer of the Science household of journals. The newest class of Fellows included 449 scientists, engineers and innovators throughout 24 AAAS disciplinary sections, “who have demonstrated research excellence, made notable contributions to advance science and delivered important services to their communities,” based on Sudip S. Parikh, AAAS chief government officer and government writer of the Science household of journals.
“These Fellows and their accomplishments validate the importance of investing in science and technology for the benefit of all,” Parikh stated.
AAAS has been honoring Fellows with this lifetime recognition since 1874 and acknowledges Fellows for their achievements throughout disciplines, from analysis, instructing and know-how to administration in academia, trade and authorities to excellence in speaking and decoding science to the general public.
“Being selected as an AAAS Fellow means that the broad scientific community has recognized Million for a distinguished and sustained impact on the science of plant functional genomics,” stated Wade Thomason, head of the OSU Department of Plant and Soil Sciences.
Tadege was named a Fellow for “distinguished contributions to the field of plant biology, particularly for development of functional genomics resources for biomass and leguminous crops,” based on an AAAS announcement.
Tadege was acknowledged for his ongoing work with leaf dimension regulation and leaf patterning in legumes, developmental part transition in sorghum and the event of useful genomics sources in Medicago, chickpeas and sorghum.
Tadege’s present analysis is trying to perceive how patterns govern leaf blade improvement to type completely different leaf sizes and shapes in legumes and the impression these patterns would have on photosynthetic effectivity and biomass yield accumulation. Tadege’s lab lately printed a paper illustrating that grain sorghum vegetation could be genetically programmed to not flower in greater than three years, which is vital to understanding how sorghum vegetation measure the size of time and know the time of the day.
“I am thrilled to be recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the oldest and most prestigious scientific honors in the United States, that honored the likes of Thomas Edison and several Nobel Laureates,” Tadege stated. “I have been lucky to have very talented and dedicated postdocs and graduate students who sacrificed their evenings and weekends to make a difference at the frontiers of plant science. I am grateful to all who contributed over the years. This recognition is a testament to the quality of work we do at OSU, and I am proud to be a part of it.”
The new Fellows acquired a certificates and a gold and blue rosette pin (representing science and engineering) to commemorate their election and had been celebrated at a discussion board on May 29, 2026, in Washington, D.C.