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Silvas  Kirubakaran    Research Geneticist (Plants) /ARSUserFiles/80601000/images/People/SilvasKiruakaran.jpg  Grape Genetics Research Unit USDA, ARS 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY  14456 315 787 2483 (office) **Overview** My group focuses on identifying traits to enhance grapevine resilience towards environmental stressors driven by climate change (e.g., freezing, nutrient stresses, and drought). My research lays the groundwork to understand better the whole plant physiology in response to their environment and to translate the knowledge to crop breeding efforts to develop new cultivars with optimized yields and enhanced soil resource acquisition. Our approach leverages cutting-edge technologies from different research domains: population genetics, genomics, molecular biology, synthetic biology, high-throughput imaging, and phenomics to study plant stress adaptation and resilience. **** **Education** **Ph.D.** Plant Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India (Research at University of Saskatchewan, Canada- Graduate Student Exchange program) **M.S**Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India **B.S** Agriculture, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India **** **Professional experience** Research Geneticist, Dec 2023-Present, USDA-ARS, Geneva, New York Senior Research Scientist, July 2023 – Nov 2023, Upstream Biotechnology, North Carolina Team Lead (Breeding), Oct 2021- Sep 2022, BASF, Morrisville, North Carolina Research Scientist III (Breeding), Jan 2021-Oct 2021, BASF, Morrisville, North Carolina Postdoctoral Research Associate , June 2016-Nov 2020, Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, Oklahoma Postdoctoral Research Associate , July 2011-June 2016, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri   PublicationsNo publications listed for this employee.  ProjectsGenetic Improvement of Grape Quality and Adaptation to Diseases and Abiotic StressIn-House Appropriated (D)Accession Number:445254  ARS News ArticlesNo news articles listed for this employee.


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