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Qualification

• BSc with Honors in Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India (2006)
• MSc in Biotechnology, University of Burdwan, Barddhaman, West Bengal, India (2008)
• PhD, Department of Plant Biology,(2012-2017)
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Illinois, USA
• Advisor: Prof. Ray R Ming

Research

• DBT Junior Research Fellow (2009): TocklaiTea Research Association, Jorhat, Assam
• DBT Senior Research Fellow (2010): TocklaiTea Research Association, Jorhat, Assam
• Post-Doctoral Research Associate
• Carl R. WoeseInstitute of Genomic Biology
  Water Efficient Sorghum Technologies- Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (WEST- CABBI)
  Advisor: Prof Andrew DB Leakey
• Academic Professional - Soybean Research Laboratory (United States Department of Agriculture-UIUC)
• Advisor- Prof. Steven J Clough

Teaching

• Graduate Teaching Assistant (2013-16) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Assistant Professor, Department of Botany
  The Assam Royal Global University, Guwahati, Assam (2021-2022)

Honours and Awards

• GATE 2011 Biotechnology (97 percentile)
• Graduate Teaching Excellence Certificate
  Centre For Innovation In Teaching And Learning (CiTL)
  University Of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2015)

Publications

• Zhang J, Zhang X, Tang H, Zhang Q, Hua X, Ma X, Zhu F, Jones T, Zhu X, Bowers J, Wai CM, Zheng C, Shi Y, Chen S, Xu X, Yue J, Nelson DR, Huang L, Li Z, Xu H, Zhou D, Wang Y, Hu W, Lin J, Deng Y, Pandey N, Mancini M, Zerpa D, Nguyen JK, Wang L, Yu L, Xin Y, Ge L, Arro J, Han JO, Chakrabarty S, et al (108 co-authors). Allele-defined genome of the autopolyploid sugarcane Saccharum spontaneum L. Nature Genetics50, 1565–1573 (2018)https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0237-2
• Bandyopadhyay, T., Bharalee, R., Gohain, B., Gupta, S., Agarwala, N., Chakrabarty, S., Bhorali. P., Kalita, M.C., and Das, S.Isolation of functional RNA from heavily infested, wilted and necrotic leaf tissues of tea with high polyphenol content,Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B 2; (January, 2012):121-127.DOI:10.17265/2161-6264/2012.01B.013 Chakrabarty, S., Mahanta, R. Oxidative stress and Antioxidant profiles during 3-methylcholanthrene induced carcinogenesis in Mus musculus. Poster presented at National Workshop on Advanced Techniques in Biotechnology; University of Burdwan and The Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal, Burdwan, India, February 22-24, 2008.
• In Press
  Chakrabarty S, Ming R. Analysis of differentially expressed genes prior to flowering between male and female papaya (Carica papaya).
• Chakrabarty S, Ming R. Generation of female sterile mutants in Arabidopsis and analysis of associated genomic regions using mapping-by-sequencing methods.