Douglas D. Randall

Broader Impacts Champion

University of Missouri (retired)

Dr. Douglas D. Randall is a retired professor of plant biochemistry at University of Missouri, where he established an internationally recognized research program in the area of plant metabolism, signal transduction, regulation of plant enzymes and understanding the metabolic interactions between photosynthesis, photorespiration and respiration. His lab established the first plant enzyme to be regulated by reversible phosphorylation and established that this biochemical switch mechanism regulates which pathway supports mitochondrial energy production during photosynthesis.

Dr. Randall was founder of the Interdisciplinary Plant Group on campus and served as its Director from 1981-2008. He serves on the ARIS Council of Experts and has supported ARIS and the broader impacts community since the beginnings of NABI.

The American Society for Plant Biologists has honored Dr. Randall as a Pioneer Member and Fellow and bestowed upon him its Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award. In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed Dr. Randall to the National Science Board, and he was reappointed in 2008. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2009. In the spirit of his dedication to the growth of young scientists, the Douglas D. Randall Young Scientists Development Fund provides travel awards to undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows.