Kumar Seerangan

Plant Cell Biology | Tree Physiology | Biochemistry | Crop Science | Confocal Microscopy | Molecular Biology | Developmental Biology. Avid learner | Creative | Self-driven | Independent | Multi-tasker | Team player | Worked and gained experience from Umeå, Sweden | Multi-cultural environment | Very enthusiastic and career ambitious.

Postdoctoral Researcher - Umea Plant Science Centre (UPSC) - Umeå, Sweden

(2024-04)

Project-1: Studying starch metabolism in Aspen

PhD. Researcher - Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology - Potsdam, Germany

(2019 - 2024)

Project - "Role of cytoskeleton in directional growth"

• Optimized and performed live-cell time-lapse imaging protocol of Arabidopsis leaf using confocal microscopy
• Expertise in image processing and analysis using ImageJ, MorphographX and Imaris
• Developed imaging chamber to monitor leaf development over time
• Performed Arabidopsis transformation to generate transgenic plant lines
• Conducted lab practical course of Biochemistry at University of Potsdam and supervised master students, master intern and new lab members during PhD

Research assistant fellow - Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB) - Plovdiv, Bulgaria

(2018 - 2019)

• Project-1: "Molecular studies on resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis Friv."
• Project-2: "TCA cycle enzymatic assay analysis using Solanum tuberosum (L.)"

Research assistant fellow - Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology (IPMB) | Academica Sinica - Taipei, Taiwan

(2013 - 2017)

• Project-1: "Generation of double haploid (DH) population through anther culture for Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) mapping in rice"
• Project-2: "Study of genomics and chemical composition in Black Cumin seeds (Nigella sativa L.)"

Doctor of Philosophy - Molecular Biology | Developmental Biology | Biochemistry - Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology/University of Potsdam (2019 - 2024)

MSc - Plant Science - Department of Botany, Bharathiar University (2010 - 2013)

BSc - Plant Biology & Biotechnology - Chiakkaiah Naicker College (2007 - 2010)