Dr Anil Gaddameedi
ICRISAT, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Rothamsted Research
About
Dr. Anil Gaddameedi is an Associate scientist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad. He obtained his Ph.D. in Genetics with a specialization in Plant Breeding and Genetics from Osmania University and ICRISAT. Post Doc Visiting Research Fellow from Rothamsted Research, London, U.K He is passionate about research, academic tutoring, and collaborative networking. His research interest in plant breeding, biofortification, Multi environment testing, utilizing modern research tools in both conventional and molecular breeding. He also works on abiotic stresses such as cold, drought, and salt stress in plant breeding.
Since he started his academic career in 2019, Dr. Anil has received several prestigious awards, including the Outstanding Partnership Award from International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad 2022.First Grant New Donar Award ICRISAT Hyderabad 2019.Seed funding £1,600 (Award BB/P027970/1) for the project, eco-Sense in seed funding competition as part of the recent Global Food Security symposium and workshop at Cambridge UK 2019. Best Researcher Award from IARA (Indian Academic Researchers Association 2018, Winner of the Best Poster award in1st National Genetics Congress on “Genetics for Sustainable Food, Health and Nutrition Security2018, and the Vice Chancellor’s Prize for Outstanding Research 2020. He is co-supervising a team of 2 postgraduate students and 10 Undergraduate students. To date, he has published more than 15 journal articles and 5 book chapters in just 5 years of his career. His publications have been cited over 300 times in the past 5 years, and he has an h-index of 9.
Dr. Anil is serving as an active reviewer for more than 5 esteemed journals by, Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley publishers.
Dr. Anil also renders his service as an editorial panel of National and International Journals. Dr. Anil holds membership in several national and international bodies, which include life Telangana Academy of science (TAS), Indian Academic Researchers Association (IARA), The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), etc.
Employment
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ICRISAT Associate Scientist2023 - Present
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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Post Doctoral consultant2019 - 2023
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Rothamsted Research Post Doctoral Research fellow2019 - 2019
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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Research Fellow2018 - 2019
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Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture Research scholar2012 - 2013
Education
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ICRISAT PhD2013 - 2018
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (17)
- Application of plant breeding and genomics for improved sorghum and millet grain nutritional quality Save
- Drought‐Induced Cyanogenesis in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.): Genotypic Variation in Dhurrin Biosynthesis and Stress Response Save
- Exploring genotypic diversity in sorghum breeding lines for water‐saving traits to enhance drought adaptation during the post‐rainy season Save
- Genomics breeding approaches for developing Sorghum bicolor lines with stress resilience and other agronomic traits Save
- Variability in drought stress-induced physiological, biochemical responses and expression of DREB2A, NAC4 and HSP70 genes in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Save
- Biofortifying Sorghum for Delivering Grain Micronutrients in High Yielding Cultivars with Market-Preferred Traits Save
- Variations in structure and saccharification efficiency of biomass of different sorghum varieties subjected to aqueous ammonia and glycerol pretreatments Save
- Heterosis and Combining ability for Grain Fe and Zn Concentration and Agronomic Traits in Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] Save
- Application of Plant Breeding and Genomics for Improved Sorghum and Pearl Millet Grain Nutritional Quality Save
- Identification of QTLs and candidate genes for high grain Fe and Zn concentration in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.)Moench] Save