Ram J. Singh

Education

High School: Kalika Dham Inter College, Sewapuri, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India;passed in first division with distinction in Sanskrit (1961).

Intermediate: Udai Pratap Inter College, Varanasi, U.P Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India; passed in the first division with distinction in Agricultural Engineering and Agronomy (1963).

B.S. Agriculture: Government Agricultural College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (1966); passed in the first division.

M.S. Agricultural Botany: Government Agricultural College Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (1968); passed in the first division.

Ph.D. Genetics: Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.(1974)

Professional Experience

1983-Present	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A. Associate Agronomist - Soybean Cytogenetics (2/83-7/86) Agronomist - Soybean Cytogenetics (8/86-Present)
1981-1982	Advanced Genetic Sciences, Inc., Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A. Research Scientist - Barley and Potato Cytogenetics, Cell and Tissue Culture
1980-1981	Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A. Visiting Scientist - Barley Cytogenetics
1977-1980	International Rice Research Institute, Philippines Senior Research Fellow - Rice Cytogenetics and Breeding
1974-1976	University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany Visiting Scientist - Wheat and Rye Cytogenetics
1971-1974	Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A. Research Assistant - Barley Cytogenetics
1968-1970	The Rockefeller Foundation, New Delhi, India Research Assistant - Germplasm Maintenance and Seed Testing

Research Interests:

Germplasm Maintenance, Plant Cytogenetics, Plant Genome Mapping, Genomics, Plant Breeding, Biosystematics, Wide Hybridization, Cell and Tissue Culture, Plant Genetic Transformation, Plant Molecular Cytogenetics

Patent:

Singh, R. J. 2007. Methods for producing fertile crosses between wild and domestic soybean species. Pub. No. US2007/0261139 A1; Publication Date, Nove.8, 2007.

Honors and Awards:

Senior Research Fellow, Indian Council Agriculture Research, New Delhi, 1966-1968.

First Year University Fellow, University of California, Davis, California, 1970-1971.

Senior Research Fellow, International Rice Research Institute, Las Baños, Philippines, 1977-1980.

The Marquis Who'sWho in America 55th edition, 2001.

Academic Professional Award for Excellence: Innovative & Creativity, 2000.

Academic Professional Award for Excellence 2007.

Service:

Chief Editor: International Journal of Applied Agricultural Research (www.ripublication.com/ijaar.htm)

Subject Editor: Plant Breeding http://www.blackwellpublishing.com

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