Fri, 02/05/2021
LAWRENCE Rondy Malik, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of KU Foundation Distinguished Professor Jim Bever, has been named a “Rising Star” on a list of “1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America.” The list was compiled by Cell Mentor, an online resource maintained by Cell Press, a publisher of open-access research journals on cellular biology.
Malik earned a doctorate in ecology from Pennsylvania State University and came to KU in 2019 on a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship. His fellowship-supported research addresses global change, specifically how enriched atmospheric CO2 impacts monarchs, milkweed and soil microbial dynamics. His past research topics have included population structure of a nonindigenous weed, microbial bioprotection of crops and wood decomposition in eastern mixed hardwood forests.