AUBURN UNIVERSITY — The Auburn University Office of Technology Transfer presented its Excellence in Innovation Award to Joseph Kloepper, professor of entomology and plant pathology, during the fourth annual luncheon of the Auburn University chapter of the National Academy of Inventors in April.
Kloepper’s work uses beneficial bacteria as microbial inoculants to promote plant growth and provide biological disease control. Biological materials developed by Kloepper are being commercialized by BASF Corp. in Ames, Iowa.