Amit Dhingra

Expert Bio

Amit Dhingra is an associate professor in the area of Genomics and Biotechnology at the Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. He worked for his Ph.D. at the University of Delhi and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey supported by University Grant Commission, India and The Rockefeller Foundation, USA. Prior to his position at WSU, he worked at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of Central Florida and University of Florida. He is currently a graduate faculty in four interdisciplinary graduate training programs at WSU. The Dhingra research program focuses on understanding chloroplast biology in fruit crops, plant biotechnology and researching issues such as ripening, fruit abscission and drought tolerance in plants with an emphasis of finding near and long term solutions to food production. He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed and refereed papers in high impact journals including Nature Genetics, PNAS, Plant Cell, Plant Physiology and he serves on the editorial board of three internationally reputed plant science journals. Additional information about the program can be obtained by visiting www.genomics.wsu.edu or learn about the research efforts in this TED talk.