Rattan Lal is a Professor of Soil Science in the School of Natural Resources, Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, and Director of the South Asia Initiative at The Ohio State University, Columbus. The author, coauthor, or editor of numerous journal articles, book chapters, and books, including the Encyclopedia of Soil Science and Principles of Soil Physics (both titles, Marcel Dekker, Inc.), he received the B.Sc. degree (1963) in agriculture from the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, the M.Sc. degree (1965) in soil science from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India, the Ph.D. degree (1968) in soil physics from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and the Doctor of Science degree (2001) from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India. Director, Carbon Management and Sequestration program of FAES/OARDC Fellow, Soil Science Society of America Winner, International Soil Science Award, SSSA ,Ohio State University, Columbus,U.S.A.