Madan Bhattacharyya
Professor
Iowa State University,
USA
Biography
Bhattacharyya received his Ph.D. in Plant Science from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Following his graduate studies, he joined John Innes Institute, England for his postdoctoral research and isolated the rugosus locus studied by Gregor Mendel. His group has been engaged in conducting research in the area of plant disease resistance with a goal to enhance broad-spectrum disease resistance in soybean. Currently, he directs a multiinstitutional research project funded by USDA-NIFA. He has published over 60 scientif papers mostly in high profile journals. He serves several journals including BMC Plant Biology, BMC Genomics, Molecular Biotechnology, Frontiers in Agricultural Biological Chemistry, and Journal of Plant Genome Sciences for editorial duties.
Research Interest
Plant Innate Immunity