CURRICULUM VITAE
Throughout my education and career, I’ve worked on several research projects in various aspects of genetics and genomics and have been fortunate to be involved with work published in a variety of different journals.
APPOINTMENTS
Sr. Scientist (Computational Biology); Oct 2015 – Present
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL.
Supervisor: Jeremy Schmutz
Plant Program Leader, Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA.
Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville
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Research Scientist (Postdoctoral Research Fellow); Jan 2011 – Sep 2015
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
Supervisor: Dr. Phillip E. McClean.
Director, Genomics & Bioinformatics Program
Professor - Dry Bean Genetics, Biotechnology, Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA 58108​
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Genomics and Bioinformatics,
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA, Aug 2003 - Dec 2010
Advisor: Dr. Phillip E. McClean
Director, Genomics & Bioinformatics Program
Professor - Dry Bean Genetics, Biotechnology, Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA 58108
B.Sc., Agriculture,
Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Bapatla, India
July 1999 - Jul 2003
CERTIFICATIONS
The Data Scientists Toolbox. John Hopkins University. 2016
Programming with Python, University of Michigan.2016.
R Programming, John Hopkins University. 2016
Introduction to Python for Data Science. Microsoft. 2016
TEACHING
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
Co-Instructor, Genomics (PLSC 411/611), Fall 2013, Fall 2014
Topics: Insilico prediction and annotation of genes, forward and reverse genetics, transcriptomics.
Co-Instructor, Genomics techniques (PLSC 721), Spring 2005, 2007,2010, 2014
Topics: PCR, Gel electrophoresis, sequencing, polymorphism detection, linkage mapping, RT-PCR, RNA-seq analysis.
Laboratory Instructor, Genetics (PLSC 315), Fall and Spring 2006, 2007.
Topics: Structure and function of DNA and Mendelian genetics.
Techno Software Training Institute, Bapatla, AP, India
Lecturer, 01/2001 to 06/2002. Taught computer programming languages (COBOL, C, C++), and office management tools (Microsoft office, Foxpro).
MENTORSHIP
Co-supervised 17 PhD and 4 Masters students.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
Organized more than 10 workshops in the department and online to train personnel on association mapping, and QTL mapping.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Academic Editor, PLOS ONE
Editorial Board, MDPI Plants
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PUBLICATION PROFILE
52 international publications (Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Genetics and others)
1 book chapter
8 meeting proceedings,
50+ posters/presentations in international conferences