Biology
Dr. Pramod Kandoth earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and his M.Sc. from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. His research interests are broadly in understanding plantsā€™ interaction with their environment. His postdoctoral work at the University of South Carolina focused on the role of MAP kinases in the systemin-mediated defense signaling to insects. He demonstrated the essential role of these kinases of plants in the fig