Postdoctoral Associate Directory
Debolina Chakraborty
B.S.: Calcutta University, India
M.S.: Calcutta University, India
Ph.D.: University of Florida
Research: Agroecology concentration
Major Professor: D. Rowland
Phone: (352) 273-3405
Email: dchakraborty@ufl.edu
Mukesh Jain
B.S.: Botany, Delhi University, New Delhi, India
M.S.: Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Ph.D.: Plant Tissue Culture and Biochemistry, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Research: Molecular physiology of stress responses, Plant biotechnology
Major Professor: M. Gallo
Phone: (352) 273-8197
Email: mjain@ufl.edu
“Understanding nematode-induced changes in cellular architecture of peanut roots leading to establishment of feeding sites, and developing transgenic strategies to augment nematode resistance in peanut.”
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Baskaran Kannan
B.S.: Agriculture, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), India
M.S.: Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), India
Ph.D.: Plant Breeding and Genetics, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and TNAU, India
Research: Genetic improvement of elephantgrass for biofuel and bahiagrass for turf quality.
Major Professor: F. Altpeter
Phone: (352) 273-3401
Email: kbaskaran@ufl.edu
Jae Yoon Kim
B.S.: Korea University, Korea
M.S.: Korea University, Korea
Ph.D.: Korea University, Korea
Research: Plant molecular biology and genetics to improve fermentable sugar in sugarcane.
Major Professor: F. Altpeter
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Email: janee@ufl.edu
“I am a Postdoctoral Associate researching lignocelluloses based bioethanol. My research goal is increase of cell wall degradation enzyme expression in nuclear genome or chloroplast genome to improve fermentable sugar in sugarcane.”
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Spurthi Nayak
B.S.: Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India
M.S.: Agriculture, Plant Biotechnology, University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad, India
Ph.D.: Genetics, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Major Professor: J.Wang
Phone: (352) 273-8105
Email: nayak.spurthi@ufl.edu
Kenny Woodard
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Major Professor: L. Sollenberger
Phone: (352) 273-2213
Email: woodard@ufl.edu
Hao Wu
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Major Professor: F. Altpeter
Phone: (352) 273-3401
Email: whao@ufl.edu
Janice Zale
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Major Professor: F. Altpeter
Phone: (352) 273-3401
Email: jzale@ufl.edu