Profile of Dr. H. B. Krishnan

Krishnan, Hari B.

Elected Fellow - 2005

Basic Sciences- Microbiology

DB: 01-03-1956

Birth place

Saidapet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Education

Educated at Government Arts College, Chennai; Tamil Nadu; Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu & Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA; B.Sc. 1977; M.Sc. 1979; Ph.D. 1986.

Positions held 

Research Molecular Biologist, USDA-ARS, Columbia, Missouri, USA (1999 to present); Adjunct Professor, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, USA (1999 to present);  Research Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Missouri, USA (1993-1998); Research Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Missouri, USA (1989- 1992)

Research Area

Agriculture- Biotechnology, Genetic modification of seed composition, Plant-Microbe Interactions.

Awards and fellowships

Big 12 Faculty Exchange Fellowship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, (1999); Foreign Professor and Researcher at Sunchon National University, Korea (2003-present); Fellow, National Academy of Biological Sciences (2005); Missouri Soybean Association Research Award (2006).

Address

Research Molecular Biologist, USDA-ARS-PGRU, 108 Curtis Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.

Residence

105 Knollwood Ct., Columbia, Missouri, MO 65203, USA.
[Tel: 573-882-8151; Fax: 573-884-7850, E-mail:hari.krishnan@ars.usda.gov;  krishnanh@missouri.edu]