Karthikeyan Thiyagarajan

About

Karthikeyan Thiyagarajan recently started his new tenure as an Associate Professor at Amity University. He completed his tenure as a Post-Doctoral Consultant Scientist at the Borlaug Institute for South Asia-International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, Punjab, India. His most recent research has been focused on marker trait associations of wheat micronutritional elements zinc and iron. His previous research in wheat and its wild relatives includes studying specific genes for wheat salinity, drought, etc., through the Vavilov-Frankel Fellowship from Bioversity International (2014-2015) and an International Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (2012-2014), and subsequently continuing as a Post-Doctoral Consultant Scientist in the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (2016-2024).

Karthikeyan Thiyagarajan completed his Ph.D. in Agrobiodiversity-Plant Genetic Resources in 2009 at Sant' Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy. He obtained his master's degree in plant biotechnology in 2005 and his bachelor's degree in microbiology in 2002 from Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India. 

Employment

• Amity University Associate Professor
  2025 - Present
• Borlaug Institute for South Asia Post Doctoral Research Consultant
  2022 - 2025
• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Plant Genetics and Genomics Collaborative Freelance Researcher
  2020 - 2021
• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Post Doctoral Consultant Researcher/Visiting Scientist
  2016 - 2019
• Bioversity International Vavilov-Frankel Fellow
  2014 - 2015
• ENEA Agenzia Nazionale per Le Nuove Tecnologie l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile ENEA International Post Doctoral Fellow
  2012 - 2014
• Srimad Andavan Arts and Science College (An ISO 9001:2015 Certified Institution) Assistant Professor
  2010 - 2011

Education

• Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Ph.D. Agrobiodiversity: Plant Genetic Resources
  2006 - 2009
• Bharathidasan University M.Sc. Plant Biotechnology
  2003 - 2005

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (40)

• Agroclimatic suitability mapping and seasonal phenotypic evaluation of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) in subtropical India
  Plant Science Today 2026 DOI: 10.14719/pst.13452
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• Natural genetic variations underlying iron and zinc uptake efficiency in rice under direct-seeded cultivation conditions
  Theoretical and Applied Genetics 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-026-05289-4
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• Glutamine-Driven Nitrogen Regulation and Defense Mechanisms in Rice: Insights into Signaling and Stress Adaptation
  Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s00344-026-12068-4
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• Computational Predictions and Evolutionary Analysis of LrK10 Kinase-Related Putative PSTOL1 Gene Homeologs in Wheat and Orthologs of Its Wild Relatives
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026 DOI: 10.3390/ijms27104513
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• Molecular markers for the identification of BNI capacity in chromosome addition lines and their use in marker-assisted breeding
  Euphytica 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s10681-025-03624-2
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• Accelerating Genetic Gains in Wheat through Early Testing of Stage 2 Lines for Yield Potential and Grain Zinc across Target Population Environments in South Asia
  PAG Asia 2025-India 2025
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• Breeding and Deployment of High Zn Wheat in South Asia
  Breeding Zinc Crops for Better Human Health 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-84342-6_2
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• Genetic Analysis of Quinoa Germplasms Reveal Genome Level Complexity
  Current Research in Agriculture and Farming (CRAF) 2025
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• The Chenopodium quinoa Crop Improvement: A Comprehensive Review Analysis
  Current Research in Agriculture and Farming (CRAF) 2025
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• Identification of genomic regions associated with Ug99 adult plant resistance on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
  Discover Life 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s11084-024-09655-4
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