Swapan Chakrabarty

About

Plant geneticist and computational biologist with interdisciplinary research experience spanning plant breeding, molecular and quantitative genetics, genomics and bioinformatics, data science, statistical and predictive modeling, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Proven ability to integrate experimental biology with advanced bioinformatics, computational, and AI-based approaches to dissect complex traits and trait discovery in agricultural crops and forest tree species, as well as translating data-driven insights into practical breeding and agricultural decision-making and solutions. Experienced in leading and collaborating on international, multi-institutional research projects, with a strong record of peer-reviewed publications, teaching, and mentoring.

Employment

• Louisiana State University Postdoctoral Researcher
  2026 - Present
• Iowa State University Postdoctoral Research Associate
  2024 - 2026
• Michigan Technological University Graduate Research Assistant
  2021 - 2024
• Gazipur Agricultural University Research Assistant
  2016 - 2017

Education

• Michigan Technological University M.S. in Data Science (Bioinformatics domain)
  2023 - 2024
• Michigan Technological University Ph.D. in Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
  2021 - Present
• Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Ph.D. in Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control
  2018 - 2021
• Gazipur Agricultural University M.S. in Genetics and Plant Breeding
  2015 - 2018
• Sylhet Agricultural University B.Sc. in Agriculture
  2011 - 2015

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (26)

• Genetic and environmental factors regulating soybean reproductive stages and their transitions
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.10.675456
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• Physiology, Genetics, and Breeding Strategies for Improving Anaerobic Germinability Under Flooding Stress in Rice
  Stresses 2025 DOI: 10.3390/stresses5030049
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• Trends in tree improvement methods: from classical breeding to genomic technologies
  Tree Genetics & Genomes 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s11295-025-01698-6
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• Diallel Analysis and Selection of Hybrids For Nutritional Phytochemicals in Capsicum Annuum L.
  Swapan Chakrabarty, Tofayel Ahamed, Allah Ditta +5 more
  Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 2024 DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/178527
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• Evolutionary relationship of the NBS-LRR gene family in Melaleuca and Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae)
  Tree Genetics & Genomes 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s11295-023-01602-0
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• Chromosome-level genome of black cutworm provides novel insights into polyphagy and seasonal migration in insects
  BMC Biology 2023 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-022-01504-y
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• Cytochrome P450 Gene Families: Role in Plant Secondary Metabolites Production and Plant Defense
  Journal of Xenobiotics 2023 DOI: 10.3390/JOX13030026
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• Sf-FGFR and Sf-SR-C Are Not the Receptors for Vip3Aa to Exert Insecticidal Toxicity in Spodoptera frugiperda
  Insects 2022 DOI: 10.3390/INSECTS13060547
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• Genetic diversity of Jatropha curcas L. genotypes: a potential biofuel crop in Bangladesh
  Biofuels 2022 DOI: 10.1080/17597269.2019.1655213
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• Bacillus thuringiensis Proteins: Structure, Mechanism and Biological Control of Insect Pests
  Bacilli in Climate Resilient Agriculture and Bioprospecting 2022 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-85465-2_25
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• Obstacle in controlling major rice pests in Asia: insecticide resistance and the mechanisms to confer insecticide resistance
  Engineering Tolerance in Crop Plants Against Abiotic Stress 2021 DOI: 10.1201/9781003160717-5
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• Resistance mechanism of several major lepidopteran pest to Bacillus thuringiensis protein
  Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China 2021 DOI: 10.27630/d.cnki.gznky.2021.000157
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• Two ABC transporters are differentially involved in the toxicity of two Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1 toxins to the invasive crop‐pest Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith)
  Pest Management Science 2021 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6170
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• Koroch (Pongamia pinnata): A Promising Unexploited Resources for the Tropics and Subtropics
  Forest Biomass - From Trees to Energy 2021 DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.93075
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• Castor (Ricinus communis): An Underutilized Oil Crop in the South East Asia
  Agroecosystems – Very Complex Environmental Systems 2021 DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.92746
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• Genetic structure and insecticide resistance characteristics of fall armyworm populations invading China
  Molecular Ecology Resources 2020 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13219
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• Bacillus thuringiensis vegetative insecticidal protein family Vip3A and mode of action against pest Lepidoptera
  Pest Management Science 2020 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5804
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• Down-regulation of lysosomal protein ABCB6 increases gossypol susceptibility in Helicoverpa armigera
  Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103387
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• Difference Expression Analysis in Different Tissues of Agrotis ipsilon Reveals the Possible Mechanism of Wing Development
  Biotechnology Bulletin 2019 DOI: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2019-0336
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• Insect ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters: Roles in Xenobiotic Detoxification and Bt Insecticidal Activity
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2019 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20112829
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