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Giridara Kumar Surabhi

Regional Plant Resource Centre, Agri Biotech Foundation (ABF), ANGRAU Campus, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Colorado State University

ORCID iD 0000-0003-2668-890X
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Dr. Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, holds ‘Senior Scientist’ position at Regional Plant Resource Centre -RPRC [ An autonomous organization under the Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department, Govt. of Odisha], Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. His current research work focuses on (i). Molecular characterization of horticultural crops and forest tree species, (ii).‘OMICS’- approaches to enhance fruit shelf-life in banana and (iii). Plant /crop stress biology aspects. He obtained Doctoral Degree from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, India. From 2002 to 2010, he worked as Research Scientist and Post-Doctoral Fellow at different reputed institutions in abroad, such as Leibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Germany; Mississippi State University, Kansas State University and Colorado State University, USA; where his research work focused on plant proteomics, genome-wide gene expression studies by microarrays, impact of multiple abiotic stress factors on different crops and grasses (C3-C4), pre-mRNA splicing and synthetic biology aspects. Thereafter, from 2011 to 2012, he was an Associate Professor - Plant Biotechnology at Agri Biotech Foundation (formerly A.P. Netherlands Biotechnology Programme), Hyderabad.

Dr. Surabhi has guided over 25 M.Sc. and Ph.D. students for their Dissertation and Thesis work, respectively, and published his research findings in esteemed journals of international repute [such as Plant J, J Proteome Res, Plant Cell & Env, J Exp Bot, Plant Sci, Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult; Env Exp Bot; J Photochem Photobiol B: Biol; Chemosphere etc.] and presented at highly prestigious international conferences. He has constantly received many national and international awards and prestigious fellowships, such as Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Senior Research Fellowship (SRF), HRD, Govt. of India; Department of Science and Technology (DST, Govt. of India)/ German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, Germany)-Project-based Personnel Exchange Programme (PPP); DAAD/Leibniz Scholarship, Germany; GABI-Fellowship, Germany; INRA-Fellowship, France and travel grant from Ecological Genomics Institute (EGI) etc. Dr. Surabhi is an Elected Fellow of A.P. Akademi of Sciences (FAPASc) -2017". He served as a committee member/reviewer for Kansas State University-EGI Seed Grant, USA; and at present, Member, Editorial Board/ Associate Editor for the scientific journals, and independent reviewer for several journals of international repute.

Employment

  • Regional Plant Resource Centre Senior Scientist
    2012 - Present
  • Agri Biotech Foundation (ABF), ANGRAU Campus Associate Professor
    2011 - 2012
  • Colorado State University Post-Doc
    2008 - 2010
  • Kansas State University Post-Doc
    2007 - 2008
  • Mississippi State University Post-Doc
    2005 - 2006
  • Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research Research Scientist
    2002 - 2005

Education

  • Sri Krishnadevaraya University Ph.D.
    ? - 2002
  • Sri Krishnadevaraya University M.Sc.
    ? - 1996

Projects & Funding

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Publications (40)