Trivedi will be part of the Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance a leading research team within Davis College. His work will focus on developing an internationally recognized microbiome research program using genomic tools to enhance crop resilience to environmental stress particularly in cotton sorghum and other crops vital to West Texas agriculture.  

My research program at TTU will advance integrative microbiome research to support farm productivity, sustainability environmental protection, and food security Trivedi said. We will leverage data-driven biology systems-based approaches and computational innovations to understand and predict microbiome dynamics and interactions with hosts and the environment.

At Texas Tech one of Trivedi’s key objectives is to develop innovative biotechnological approaches to regulate, modify, or engineer the plant and soil microbiome enhancing crop yields and resilience to environmental changes.  

Before joining Texas Tech Trivedi was an assistant and associate professor in Colorado State University’s Department of Agricultural Biology. He previously held research positions at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University the Citrus Research & Education Center at the University of Florida and the GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development in India.

Trivedi earned his bachelor's degree in industrial microbiology from Kurukshetra University and a master's in microbiology from Gurukul Kangri University in India. He completed his Ph.D. in soil microbiology at Kumaun University Uttarakhand.  

His accolades include the Outstanding Contributions to Research & Scholarship Award (2022) and the Excellence in Collaborative Research Award (2024) from Colorado State University. Recognized as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in 2023 and 2024 Trivedi is a founding member and leader of the Global Initiative of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment and the Global Crop Microbiome Project. He also serves as a senior editor for the Journal of Sustainable Agriculture & Environment and is on the editorial board of FEMS Microbial Ecology.

Trivedi is an active member of several professional organizations, including the International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions the American Phytopathological Society the International Society for Microbial Ecology, the Association of Australian Cotton Scientists the American Society for Microbiology and the American Geophysical Union.  

The Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance (IGCAST), led by Luis Rafael Herrera-Estrella, focuses on understanding how plants adapt to environmental stresses such as extreme temperatures drought and brackish water. Herrera-Estrella's recruitment to Texas Tech was supported by a $5 million grant from the Texas Governor's University Research Initiative matched by the university to attract top researchers to the state.Founded in 2020, IGCAST focuses on top-tier research and graduate education in functional and population genomics to enhance crop resilience to environmental stress. The institute brings together an interdisciplinary team to study physiological biochemical and molecular mechanisms shaping plant adaptation. Their work aims to advance sustainable agriculture in the face of climate change.

Source: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/agriculturalsciences/news/posts/2025/04/pss-trivedi-joins-institute-of-genomics-for-crop-abiotic-stress-tolerance.php