Dr. Thavarajah is an organic pulse breeder who focuses on improving the nutritional quality of dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas to combat global obesity and micronutrient malnutrition. Dil leads the Pulse Biofortification and Organic Nutritional Breeding program (the nation's first public organic breeding program) at Clemson University, SC and co-leads the Phenomics of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement at Cornell University. She is the 2022 FoodShot Global Award recipient for her career dedication to global food and nutritional security through pulse crop biofortification (Precision Protein Groundbreaker Prize). She established the "Going Organic Platform," an extension outreach education for our growers and consumers to educate on organic crop production and healthy food choices. Dil served as an honorary visiting lecturer at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and a partner to the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) to release biofortified lentil cultivars for Africa and Asia. Dr. Thavarajah taught several courses: (1) PES 8710: Food Systems: Linking Agriculture to Human Health; (2) PES 8060: Pulse Breeding and Cultivar Development and undergraduate courses (1) PES 4960: Vegetable Crops; (2) PES 4760: Global Food Security – a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) with Sri Lanka, Rwanda, and Morocco (Science, Technology, and Society approval); and (3) HON 2060-003: Food System-World and History. Dil is the Past President of the North American Pulse Improvement Association (NAPIA) and the 2023 meeting hosting Chair for the NAPIA and Bean Improvement Cooperative (BIC) joint meeting at Clemson to host legume researchers worldwide. Dr. Thavarajah is the North American Representative for the International Food Legume Research Committee to host the 2025 meeting in Perth, Australia.