Savithri Nambeesan
Associate Research Scientist; Emphasis: Ripening & post-harvest physiology
Areas of expertise
Horticultural ProductionPlant BiologyGenetics
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Horticultural Science
Purdue University, IN, United States (2009)
Master of Science, Molecular Biology
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India (2003)
Bachelor of Science, Biology/Biological Sciences, General
St Xaviers College, Mumbai, India (2000)
Awards and Honors
- Instructor of the Year Certificate (2019)
- Outreach Lecturing Fund (2018)
Scholarly Works
- The sunflower genome provides insights into oil metabolism, flowering and Asterid evolution, NATURE, (2017).
- Overexpression of yeast spermidine synthase impacts ripening, senescence and decay symptoms in tomato, PLANT JOURNAL, (2010).
- Genetic Analysis of Floral Symmetry in Van Gogh’s Sunflowers Reveals Independent Recruitment of CYCLOIDEA Genes in the Asteraceae, PLOS GENETICS, (2012).
- Polyamines attenuate ethylene-mediated defense responses to abrogate resistance to Botrytis cinerea in tomato., Plant Physiol, (2012).
- Association Mapping and the Genomic Consequences of Selection in Sunflower, PLOS GENETICS, (2013).
Contact
Mailing Address
1111 Miller Plant Sciences
120 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602 0000
Shipping Address
1111 Miller Plant Sciences
120 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602 0000
