CURRICULUM VITAE

 

THUMMALA CHANDRASEKHAR  

Asst Prof. & Co-ordinator

Dept. of Environmental Sciences

Yogi Vemana University

Kadapa-516003

Phone: 08562-225478

Mobile: 9573154641

E. Mail: tcsbiotech@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Ph.D in Botany- Feb 2002, Thesis in the area of Plant Biotechnology

Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi - 517 502, A.P. India

M.Sc:   Botany with Plant Biotechnology as major-1994 with 73.2 %

Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi - 517 502, A.P. India

B.Sc:  Botany, Chemistry and Zoology and as majors – 1992 with 69.2%

Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi-517 502, A.P. India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

At present i am working as Asst. Professor & Coordinator in Environmental Science

department, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh since July 2009.

S.No	Worked as	Organization/University	Period
1	Post Doctoral Fellow	Dong-A University             South Korea	Dec. 2008- July 2009
2	Post Doctoral Fellow	Environemental Biotechnology Research Center-South Korea	Mar 2006- Nov 2008
3	Post Doctoral Fellow	National Chung-Hsing University-Taiwan	Aug 2003- July 2005
4	Post Doctoral Fellow	Academia Sinica-Taiwan	July 2002- Feb 2003
5	Provisional R.A (SRF)	Indian Institute of Science Bangalore	Mar 2001- May 2002

Training in ICRISAT- Project on Comparative Genome Mapping (Rockefeller project):

I was selected for Rockefeller foundation project as a trainee to work on Comparative Genome Mapping Sorghum and Rice using molecular markers (RAPD and RFLP) inICRISAT-Asia center, Hyderbad- INDIA with Dr. N. Seetharama and Dr. N. Sivaramakrishnan

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

1.      Qualified NET-National Eligibility Test for lectureship in 1994 (Accredited by UGC)

2.      Young Scientist award-(In International seminar “2^nd International seminar on medicinal plants and herbal products”  conducted by Sri Venkateswara    University, Tirupathi, India in December -2010)

3.      Best student award in degree level.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1.      Ganesan M,  Han Y-J, Bae T-W, Hwang  O-J, Chandrasekhar T, Shin A-Y, Goh C-H, Nishiguchi S, Song I-J, Lee H-Y, Kim J-I and Pill-Soon Song 2011. Over-expression of phytochromes suppresses shade avoidance responses and stacking with bar gene improves turf quality of Creeping bentgrass and Zoysiagrass. Submitted to Plant Biotechnology Journal PBI-00183-2011

2.      Han Y-J, Kim Y-M, Lee J-Y, Kim S.J, Cho K-C, Chandrasekhar T, Pill-Soon Song, Woo Y-M, and Kim J-I.  2009. Production of colored creeping bentgrass using maize transcription factor genes Pl and Lc through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Plant Cell Reports 28: 397-406

3.      R.Venkatesh, N. Ganesh, N. Guhan, M.S. Reddy, T. Chandrasekhar and K. Muniyappa 2002. RecX protein abrogates ATP hydrolysis and strand exchange promoted by RecA: insights into negative regulation of homologous recombination. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (PNAS) U. S. A, 17: 99 (19): 12091-6

4.      T. W. Bae, E. Vanjildorj, S. Nishiguchi, S. Y. Song, S. S. Yang, I. J. Song, T. Chandrasekhar, T. W. Kang, J. I. Kim, Y. J. Koh, S. Y. Park, J. Lee, Y. E. Lee, K. H.Ryu, K. Z. Riu, Pill-Soon Song and H. Y. Lee. 2008. Environmental risk assessment of genetically engineered herbicide Zoysia japonica. Journal of Environmental quality 37: 207–218.

5.      Hye Jin Choi, Thummala Chandrasekhar, Hyo-Yeon Lee and Kyung-Moon Kim 2007. Production of herbicide-resistant transgenic sweet potato plants through Agrobacterium tumefaciens method. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture 91: 235-242

6.      Town Mohammad Hussain, Thummala Chandrasekhar , Mahamed Hazara, Zafar Sultan, Brhan Khiar Saleh and Ghanta Rama Gopal 2008. Recent advances in salt stress biology – a review. Biotechnology and Molecular Biology. 3 (1): 008–013

7.      T. Chandrasekhar, T. Mohammad Hussain and B.Jayanand 2005. In vitro micropropagation of Boswellia ovalifoliolata. Z. Naturforsch, 60C: 505-507.

8.      Kyung-Moon Kim, P. Stephen Baenziger, Thummala Chandrasekhar, and Hyo-Yeon Lee 2007. Effect of Osmoticum on GUS Transient Expression in the Bombarded Microspore-derived Embryos of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Kor. J. Breeding Science 39(2): 206-210

9.      T. Chandrasekhar, T. Mohammad Hussain, G. Rama Gopal and JVS Rao 2006. Somatic emrbyogenesis of tylophora indica (Burm.f.)Merrill: Int. Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 4, 1: 35-42

10.  Town Mohammad Hussain, Thummala Chandrasekhar and Ghanta Rama Gopal. 2008. In vitro propagation of Crotalaria verrucosa L. an important ethnobotanical plant Journal of Medicinal Plants Research Vol. 2(9); 242-245

11.  Town Mohammad Hussain, Thummala Chandrasekhar and Ghanta RamaGopal 2008. Micropropagation of Sterculia urens Roxb. an endangered tree species from intact seedlings Af. J. of Biotechnology 7 (2); 095-101

12.  Kyung-Moon Kim, Min Young Kim, Pil-Yong Yun, Thummala Chandrasekhar, Hyoyeon Lee, and Pill-Soon Song 2007. Production of Multiple Shoots and Plant Regeneration from Leaf Segments of Fig Tree (Ficus carica L.). Journal of Plant Biology, 50 (4): 440-446

13.  T. Md.Hussain, T.Chandrasekhar and G. Rama Gopal. 2007 High frequency shoot regeneration of Sterculia urens Roxb. an endangered tree species through cotyledonary node cultures Af. J. of Biotechnology Vol. 6 (14). 1643-1649

14.  T. Md. Hussain, T.Chandrasekhar, Md. Arifullah and G. Rama Gopal 2004. Synergistic effect of benzyladinine and thidiazuron on in vitro shoot formation from cotyledonary nodes of tamarindus indicus Linn. Prop of Ornamental Plants, vol.4 No 1: 47-52

15.  D.B. Reddy, S. Reddy, T. Chandrasekhar and A. Padmaja 1997. Effect of some fused1, 2, 3-selenadiozoles and 1,2,3-thidiazoles on microorganisms. Journal of Ecotoxicology & Environmental Monitoring, 9: 225-229

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