Beronda L. Montgomery, Ph.D., is Foundation Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics in the Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory at Michigan State University. Montgomery conducts research on the means by which plants and cyanobacteria are able to monitor and adjust to changes in their external environments. The ability of these largely immobile organisms to adapt to dynamic environments increases their survival and maximizes productivity.

Montgomery received an NSF CAREER Award, is an 2017-2019 American Society of Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer and was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2018. The Academy Governors selected Montgomery for the 2022 ASM Honorary Diversity Lecturer Award.