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Dr. Giridara-Kumar Surabhi

DAAD/Leibniz Fellow; DST-DAAD Fellow; CSIR-Senior Research Fellow

Department of Biology & Program in Molecular Plant Biology,

Colorado State University,

Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.

e-mail: surabhigk@gmail.com (or) G.K.surabhi@colostate.edu

Tel: 001-970-391-0286 (Cell), 001-970-491-3991 (Lab),

Fax: 001-970-491-0649.

Website: http://www.colostate.edu/ ; http://www.plantbiology.colostate.edu/

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-7688-2009

I. Academic qualifications

Ph.D.: Botany- Plant Molecular Stress Physiology and Biochemistry, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, INDIA. (http://www.skuniversity.org)
M.Sc.: Botany- Plant Stress Physiology, Plant Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Breeding and Microbiology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, INDIA. (http://www.skuniversity.org)
B.Sc.: Biology and Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, INDIA. (http://www.svuniversity.in/)

II. Honours/Awards (National & International)

	2007 & 2008 : Travel grant awarded by the Ecological Genomics Institute to present EGI research at American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) & Botany joint congress, July -2007, Chicago, IL, USA & June - July - 2008, Mérida, MEXICO. http://www.k-state.edu/ecogen/
	2004-2005 : Awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowship, GABI SEED II - Genome Aalysis of the Plant Biological System - http://www.gabi.de & BMBF http://www.bmbf.de, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) http://www.ipk-gatersleben.de, GERMANY.
	2003-2004 : Awarded DAAD/Leibniz Post-Doctoral Scholarship http://www.daad.org/?p=51835, GERMANY (http://www.leibnizgemeinschaft.de/extern/englisch/positions/index.html).
	2003 : Awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowship, INRA, Unité de Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), FRANCE (availed DAAD/Leibniz scholarship) (http://www.international.inra.fr/).
	2003 : Awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Research Institute of Meijo University, Tenpaku-ku, Nagoya, JAPAN (availed DAAD/Leibniz scholarship) (http://www.meijo-u.ac.jp/english/index.html)
	2002 : Awarded DST-DAAD-Project Based Personnel Exchange Programme (PPP)-2002 (http://www.dst.gov.in/whats_new/indo-german-guidelines.pdf), Department of Science and Technology-(DST), India /Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst -(DAAD), GERMANY.
	2000-2003 : Awarded Senior Research Fellowship-[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research] http://www.csir.res.in/ CSIR, New Delhi, INDIA.

III. Publications (refereed journals)

Citation Index: For published papers of G.-K. Surabhi (S.G. Kumar), in total 225 citations were indexed by "ISI Web of Knowledge" and "Google Scholar" databases.

Singh SK, Kakani VG, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Reddy KR (2009) Screening cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.) genotypes to multiple abiotic stresses, (in review)
Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Reddy KR, Singh SK (2009) Photosynthesis, fluorescence, shoot biomass and seed weight responses of three cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.) cultivars with contrasting sensitivity to UV-B radiation, *ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, Elsevier, 66 (2) 160-171. doi:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2009.02.004* Impact Factor : 2.301
Witzel K, Weidner A, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Borner A, Hans-Peter Mock (2009) Salt stress-induced alterations in the root proteome of barley genotypes with contrasting response towards salinity, JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, Oxford Journals, 60 (12) 3545-3557. doi:10.1093/jxb/erp198 http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/60/12/3545 Impact Factor : 4.001
Witzel K, Weidner A, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Varshney RK, Kunze G, Buck-Sorlin G, Borner A, Hans-Peter Mock (2009) Comparative analysis of grain proteome fraction in barley genotypes with contrasting salinity tolerance during germination, PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT, Wiley-Blackwell, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122681567/abstract. Impact Factor : 4.666
Singh SK, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Gao W, Reddy KR (2008) Assessing genotypic variability of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.) to current and projected ultraviolet-B radiation, *JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B: BIOLOGY, Elsevier, 93 (2) 71-81. doi:10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2008.07.002* Impact Factor : 1.838
Kakani VG, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Reddy KR (2008) Photosynthesis and fluorescence responses of C4 plant Andropogon gerardii acclimated to temperature and carbon dioxide, *PHOTOSYNTHETICA, Springer Netherlands, 46 (3) 420-430. http://www.springerlink.com/content/u6m350208271g0rh/?p=b0567f48efce4073896b9478be91e4f0&pi=14* Impact Factor : 1.000
Nagamallaiah G, Kumari G J, Thippeswamy M, Reddy P C, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Sriranganayakulu G, Rajasekhar B, Madhurarekha CH, Mahesh Y, Chinta Sudhakar (2008) Proteomic analysis of salt stress responses in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L. cv. Prasad) seedlings, *PLANT SCIENCE, Elsevier, 175 (5) 631-641. Times Cited:1* doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2008.06.017 Impact Factor : 1.974
Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Alavala Matta Reddy, Gottimukkala Jyothsna Kumari, Chinta Sudhakar (2008) Modulations in key enzymes of nitrogen metabolism in two high yielding genotypes of mulberry (Morus alba L.) with differential sensitivity to salt stress, *ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, Elsevier, 64 (2) 171-179. Times Cited:1* doi:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2008.04.006 Impact Factor : 2.301
Jyothsna Kumari G, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Thippeswamy M, Annapurnadevi A, Thimma Naik S, Chinta Sudhakar (2007) Effect of salinity on growth and proteomic changes in two cultivars of mulberry (Morus alba L.) with contrasting salt tolerance, *INDIAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, NISCAIR, 6 (4) 508-518. Times Cited:1* http://www.niscair.res.in/ScienceCommunication/ResearchJournals/rejour/ijbt/ijbt2k7/ijbt_oct07.asp#p11
Katja Witzel, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Gottimukkala Jyothsnakumari, Chinta Sudhakar, Andrea Matros, Hans-Peter Mock (2007) Quantitative proteome analysis of barley seeds using ruthenium(II)-tris-(bathophenanthroline-disulphonate) staining, *JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH, ACS publications, 6 (4) 1325-1333. Times Cited:10* http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/pr060528o?prevSearch=surabhi&searchHistoryKey= Impact Factor : 5.684
Jyothsna Kumari G, Matta Reddy A, Thimma Naik S, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Prasanthi J, Ranganayakulu G, Chandraobul Reddy P, Sudhakar C (2006) Jasmonic acid induced changes in protein pattern, antioxidative enzyme activity and peroxidase isozyme in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) seedlings, *BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM* , Springer Netherlands, 50 (2) 219-226. Times Cited: 8 http://www.springerlink.com/content/7666200817777u72/?p=1da31b39593046e98664c78daac2dab1&pi=9 Impact Factor : 1.426
Matta Reddy A, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Jyothsna kumari G, Thimma Naik S, Sudhakar C (2005) Lead induced changes in antioxidant metabolism of horsegram (Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.) and bengalgram (Cicer arietinum L.), *CHEMOSPHERE, Elsevier, 60 (1) 97-104. Times Cited: 23* doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.11.092 Impact Factor : 3.054
Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Matta Reddy A, Sudhakar C (2003) NaCl effects on proline metabolism in two high yielding gentoypes of mulberry (Morus alba L.) with contrasting salt tolerance, *PLANT SCIENCE, Elsevier, 165 (6) 1245-1251. Times Cited:* 30 doi:10.1016/S0168-9452(03)00332-7 Impact Factor : 1.974
Madhusudhan K.V, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Ranganayakulu G, Chandraobul Reddy P, Sudhakar C (2002) Effect of water stress on some physiological responses in two groundnut cultivars with contrasting drought tolerance, *JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOLOGY, 29 (2) 205-208. Times Cited:* 4 http://www.niscair.res.in/sciencecommunication/AbstractingJournals/isa/isa2k4/isa_16jan04.asp#BOT
Thimma Naik S, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Jyothsna Kumari G, Suryanarayana N, Sudhakar C (2002) Photosynthesis and the enzymes of photosynthetic carbon reduction cycle in mulberry during water stress and recovery, *PHOTOSYNTHETICA, Springer Netherlands, 40 (2) 233 - 236. Times Cited:* 5 http://www.springerlink.com/content/w8160912lj324210/?p=db76dc76c8cc49b0a7f4d003d97714fd&pi=15 Impact Factor : 1.000
Sudhakar Chinta, Lakshmi A, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi (2001) Changes in antioxidant enzyme efficacy in two high yielding genotypes of mulberry (Morus alba L.) under NaCl salinity, *PLANT SCIENCE, Elsevier, 161, 613-619. Times Cited:* 108 doi:10.1016/S0168-9452(01)00450-2 Impact Factor : 1.974
Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Madhusudhan K.V, Sreenivasulu Nese, Sudhakar Chinta (2000) Stress responses in two genotypes of mulberry (Morus alba L.) under NaCl- salinity, *INDIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, NISCAIR, 38, 192-195. Times Cited:* 12 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11218840
Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Lakshmi A, Madhusudhan K.V, Ramanjulu Sunkar, Sudhakar Chinta (1999) Photosynthesis parameters in two cultivers of mulberry differing in salt tolerance, *PHOTOSYNTHETICA, Springer Netherlands, 36 (4) 611-616. Times Cited:* 9 http://www.springerlink.com/content/m331p410l4672488/?p=369800ade3d64e06b070d3a457e42b53&pi=19 Impact Factor : 1.000
Ramanjulu Sunkar, Sreenivasulu Nese, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Sudhakar Chinta (1998) Photosynthetic characteristics in mulberry during water stress and rewatering, *PHOTOSYNTHETICA, Springer Netherlands, 35 (2) 259-263. Times Cited:* 12 http://www.springerlink.com/content/p4679754581j3q41/?p=40aa0b30311547b6bffa785051552fb2&pi=16 Impact Factor : 1.000

IV. Independent reviewer of international journals

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (Elsevier),
Photosynthetica (Springer),
Environmental and Experimental Botany (Elsevier),
Journal of Plant Biology,
Australian Journal of Agricultural Research (CSIRO publishing),
Agronomy Journal (Am. Soc. Agron.).

V. Grant reviewer

2007-2008: KSU- Ecological Genomics Institute (EGI) - Seed Grant, USA.

VI. Research interests

Plant Stress Physiology,
Plant Proteomics,
Plant Molecular Biology,
Plant (Ecological) Genomics.

VII. Member/ Fellow of scientific bodies

American Society of Plant Biologists - ASPB (http://www.aspb.org/)
Crop Science Society of America - CSSA (https://www.crops.org/)
American Society of Agronomy - ASA (https://www.agronomy.org/)
American Proteome Society

VIII. Conferences/Annual meetings/Research forum presentations

Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Sanjay Kumar, Nausheen Alam, Doina Caragea, Nanyan Lu, Amy Hurt, Loretta Johnson, Jyoti Shah (2008) Chronic and transient effects of nitrogen saturation on root processes in a dominant prairie grass Andropogon gerardii: Linking gene expression and ecological responses, presented at American Society of Plant Biologists annual meetings, June 26-July 1, Mérida, MEXICO. (http://abstracts.aspb.org/pb2008/public/P03/P03015.html).

Participated in 5th Annual Symposium: "Genes in Ecology & Ecology in Genes" organized by Ecological Genomics Institute (EGI), Kansas State University, USA. (in Kansas City), November 9-11, 2007.

Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Sanjay Kumar, Dan DeLaughter, Katie Clowers, Nausheen Alam, Loretta Johnson, Jyoti Shah (2007) Environmental and ecological controls on gene expression of root processes in prairie plants , presented at conference on convergence of genomics and the land-grant mission: emerging trends in the application of genomics in agricultural research, Purdue University, IN,USA. Sept. 10-12.(http://www.entm.purdue.edu/conference/program.html).

Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, K.Clowers, D.DeLaughter, Sanjay Kumar, Aparna Patankar, Nausheen Alam, Loretta Johnson, Jyoti Shah (2007) Environmental and ecological controls on gene expression of root processes in prairie plants, presented in ECOLOGICAL GENOMICS RESEARCH FORUM, Kansas State University, KS, USA, June 19.

Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Sanjay Kumar, Dan DeLaughter, Katie Clowers, Nausheen Alam, Loretta Johnson, Jyoti Shah (2007) Environmental and ecological controls on gene expression of root processes in prairie plants , presented at American Society of Plant Biologists annual meeting, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA. (http://abstracts.aspb.org/pb2007/public/P01/P01042.html)

Shardendu Kumar Singh, Vijaya G. Kakani, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, K.Raja Reddy (2007) Screening cowpea cultivars to multiple abiotic stresses , Presented at the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRONOMY SOUTHERN REGIONAL BRANCH MEETINGS, Mobile, AL, USA . (http://crops.confex.com/crops/2007srb/techprogram/P29707.HTM)

Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, V.G. Kakani, K. Raja Reddy (2006) Leaf photosynthetic responses of C3 and C4 grass species to temperature and carbon dioxide , presented at ASA-CSSA-SSSA-International Meetings, Indianapolis, USA. (http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2006am/techprogram/P24932.HTM)

Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, S. K. Singh, K. Raja Reddy (2006) UV-B radiation induced stress responses in three genotypes of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.) , conference presentation at the ASA-CSSA-SSSA -International Meetings, Indianapolis, USA. (http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2006am/techprogram/P24718.HTM)

K. Raja Reddy, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi (2006) The molecular aspects of plant secondary metabolism in response to UV-B radiation, conference presentation at the Workshop on the molecular aspects of plant secondary metabolism in response to UV-B radiation.San Antonio, Texas, USA.

K. Raja Reddy, S. K. Matcha, S. K. Singh, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, V.G. Kakani (2006) Growth temperature and carbon dioxide concentration alters big bluestem (Andropogon Gerardii Vitman) biomass, seed production and subsequent seed germination , conference presentation at the ASA-CSSA-SSSA -International Meetings, Indianapolis, USA . (http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2006am/techprogram/P26947.HTM).

Matcha SSK, Kakani VG, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Reddy KR (2006) growth temperature and carbondioxide concentration alters forage quality and spectral reflectance patterns in Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus L.), conference presentation at the ASA-CSSA-SSSA- International Annual Meetings-2006, USA. (http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2006am/techprogram/P27645.HTM)

S.K. Singh, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, K. Raja Reddy (2006) Assessing genotypic variability in cowpea to current and projected ultraviolet-B radiation, conference presentation at the ASA-CSSA-SSSA -International Meetings, Indianapolis, USA. (http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2006am/techprogram/P27291.HTM)

Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, V. G. Kakani, K. Raja Reddy (2005) Leaf Photosynthetic Responses of Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman) to different Levels of CO2 and Temperature, conference presentation at the 2005 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. (http://crops.confex.com/crops/2005am/techprogram/P8408.HTM)

Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, B.Schlesier, A.Borner, U.Scholz, H.P. Mock (2004) Comparative seed proteome analysis of the parental lines of oregon wolfe barley mapping population ,conference presentation at the 9th international symposium on plant seeds: Seeds in the-Omics Era, the 7th Gatersleben Research conference, Germany (2004 Seeds in the-Omics Era-Surabhi GK.pdf).

Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, B.Schlesier, U.Scholz, H.P.Mock (2003) Evaluation of salt stress responses of barley accessions ,conference presentation at the Institutstag of IPK, Germany.

Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Sudhakar Chinta (2001) Changes in enzymes of proline metabolism in two genotypes of mulberry (Morus alba L) subjected to NaCl salinity, conference presentation at the 70th ANNUAL MEETING OF SOCIETY OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTS (I), organized by Department of Biochemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India .

Sudhakar Chinta, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Ramanjulu Sunkar (1999) Salt stress induced proteins in two cultivars of mulberry (Morus alba L.) with different salt sensitivity, presented at international conference on life sciences in the next millennium organized by school of life sciences, University of Hyderabad, India. Dec. 11-14.

Sudhakar Chinta, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Ramanjulu Sunkar (1999) Changes in the anti-oxidant enzyme efficacy in two high yielding genotypes of mulberry (Morus alba L.) under NaCl salinity, presented at national seminar on “ TROPICAL SERICULTURE” organized by Department of Sericulture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, BANGLORE, India. Dec. 18-30.

Sudhakar Chinta, Giridara Kumar Surabhi, Ramanjulu Sunkar (1999) Salt stress induced proteins in two cultivars of mulberry (Morus alba L.) with different salt sensitivity, presented at national seminar on “ TROPICAL SERICULTURE” organized by Department of Sericulture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, BANGLORE, India. Dec. 18-30.

Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, A.Lakshmi, Sudhakar Chinta (1998) Tolerance indices and physiological stress markers in two high yielding genotypes of mulberry (Morus alba L.) under NaCl salinity, presented at national seminar on ROLE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY organized by Indian Society for Plant Physiology and Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. Feb. 14-16.

Lakshmi, Giridara-Kumar Surabhi, Sreenivasulu Nese, Ramanjulu Sunkar, Sudhakar Chinta (1997) Salinity effect on growth, drymass accumulation amd mineral nutrition of two mulberry varieties differing in salt tolerance, presented at national conference on moriculture: physiological, biochemical and molecular aspects of stress tolerance in mulberry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India. Feb. 22-23.

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