Dr.Ginny Antony

Assistant Professor
Department Of Plant Science
Central University of Kashmir
India

Professor Plant Sciences
Biography

Dr. Ginny Antony did her M.Sc.in Biochemistry from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi under the guidance of Dr. Shelley Praveen . She graduated in 2004 and her thesis is titled ' Gene stacking for the development of dual resistance against leaf curl disease and mosaic disease of tomato using pathogen derived resistance.’ Soon she joined the Ph.D program in Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA and earned her PhD in 2010 under the guidance Dr. Frank F. White (Professor and Distinguished faculty). Her dissertation work was published in high impact journals like The Plant Cell and Nature. She continued to work in Dr. Frank White's lab as a Research Associate prior to her appointment as Assistant Professor in Central University of Kerala in 2013.She has 13 publications in peer reviewed journals and one book chapter.

Research Intrest

Molecular Plant Pathology, Molecular tools for crop improvement