Shashi Kumar
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, India
Biography
Shashi Kumar is a Team Leader at ICGEB in New Delhi, India. He has graduated in Genetics from the University of Delhi, 1998, Postdoctoral research at University of Virginia, University of Central Florida, University of California Berkeley and Scientist at Yulex Inc., USA and USDA, Albany, USA. He has participated in establishing the “Centre for Advanced Bio-Energy Research” supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. His area of interests include metabolic engineering for drug biosynthesis, metabolic engineering of rubber plant for hypoallergenic latex, http://plantgenomics.conferenceseries.com/, development of sustainable algal biofuel technology and genetic engineering of marine algae for higher lipid and biomass.