Rajeev K. Varshney

Biography

Born in Bahjoi, Moradabad, U.P, India on 13 July 1973. Educated at C.P. Arya Adarsh Inter College, Bahjoi, 1986-1990; Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 1990- 1995; Ch Charan Singh University, Meerut, 1995-2001; B.Sc. (Honours) 1993; M.Sc. 1995; Ph.D. 2001. Principal Scientist (Applied Genomics), Research Program Director - Grain Legumes & Director, Centre of Excellence in Genomics, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India, 2008 to date; and Winthrop Research Professor (Plant Biology), The University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, Australia, 2010 to date. Research Scientist, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics & Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany, 2001-05; Senior Scientist (Applied Genomics), ICRISAT, Patancheru, India, 2005-08. Awards/Honours: Young Crop Scientist Award of Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), 2013; INSA-Young Scientist Medal, 2008; NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award, 2007; ICRISAT Promising Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award, 2007 & 2008; AMU Gold Medal, 1995. Review Editor, Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2008 onwards); Associate/Subject Editor: Molecular Genetics and Genomics (2013 onward), The Plant Genome (2012 onwards), Plant Breeding (2012 onwards), Frontiers in Plant Genetics and Genomics (2010 onwards), Journal of Food Legumes (2010 onwards), Plant Genetic Resources (2005 onwards), BMC Plant Biology (2009-2011), BMC Genetics (2009-2011), Molecular Breeding (2008-2013), Euphytica (2005-2012), Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2008-2012).

Research Interest

Applied Genomics and Molecular Breeding