National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Kapuganti Jagadis Gupta
FELLOW, ELECTED 2023

Born in Dharmavaram, India on 1st August 1980, BSc at Silver Jubilee College, SK University, Anantapur in 2001, MSc at University of Hyderabad, 2003, PhD at University of Weurzburg 2007, Postdoctoral Fellow at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany 2007-2010, Postdoc at University of Rostock Germany, 2010-2012, Marie Curie Fellow at University of Oxford, UK 2012-2014.

Scientist V, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India.

Scientist IV at DBT-NIPGR, India, 2014-2018; Marie Curie Fellow at University of Oxford, UK, 2012-2014; Postdoc at University of Rostock Germany, 2010-2012; Postdoctoral Fellow at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany 2007-2010.

Awards/Honours: ABAP Senior Scientist Award 2022; Editorial Board member GM Crops & Food, 2022; Visiting Faculty Yogi Vemana University 2022; Member of Editorial Advisory Board, New Phytologist 2021; Elected member, Association of Applied Biologists, UK, 2021; Ramakrishna Pramahamsa Grant Award from Sree PVF foundation 2021; Guest Editor Physiologia Plantarum 2021; BIRAC-BIG Ignition grant 2020; Associate Editor Food & Energy Security 2020: Member Society for Redox Biology & Medicine, USA 2020; Member Marie Curie Alumni Association, 2020; Editorial Review Board of Plant Cell & Environment, 2020; DST-DAAD Fellow 1998-2020; India-EMBO Symposia Co-Organizer 2019; Editorial Review board member Journal of Experimental Botany 2018; SERB Early Career Research Award 2016; Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award 2014; Ramalingaswami Fellowship from DBT 2014; Hind Rattan Award NRI Welfare Society of India 2014; Marie Curie Fellowship 2012; Editorial board Plant Signaling and Behaviour 2009; Member of German society of biochemistry 2011; Oxford Research Staff Society: Divisional coordinator of life Science division at University of Oxford 2012-2014.

Research Areas: Nitric oxide signalling, Mitochondrial metabolism, Plant response to low oxygen stress, Alternative oxidase regulation, Photorespiration, Nitrogen metabolism, Plant microbe interactions, Post-harvest technologies

Address: Scientist V, Lab 110, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067; H-IV-103, NIPGR Staff Residences, New Delhi 110067; [Tel: Off. (011) 26735111; Res. (011) 26735112; Cell: 9899526383; Email: jgk@nipgr.ac.in]