Combined Stresses in Plants

O3 + Drought + Heat in Soybeans.- Physiological Aspects of Drought + Heat Bioenergy Crops.- Oxidative Stress + Temperature in Rice.- CO2, Cu and Cd, in Rice and Wheat.- Ozone + CO2 in Soybeans.- High Light and High Temperature in Sunflower.- CO2 and Heavy Metal.- O3 and Soybean Mosaic Virus Interactions.- CO2 and Salinity.- Nematode + Drought Interactions.- Drought + Heat + Virus in Arabidopsis.- Drought + Heat in Lotus.- Next Generation Sequencing + Comparative Genomics + Combined Stresses.

R. Mahalingam (Mali) Associate Professor Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Oklahoma State University Over 25 peer-reviewed articles; 3 chapters; invited speaker at 14 conferences and seminars. Honors and Awards 1. Phoenix Award for outstanding graduate faculty mentor awarded by the Graduate and Professional Student Government Association and Graduate College (2012). 2. Partnership Award for Mission Integration awarded by the USDA NIFA (2011) to Bio based Products and Energy Center, Oklahoma State University. 3. Wade Stackhouse Graduate Fellowship awarded by the Department of Agronomy, Clemson University for outstanding graduate student. GRANTS Federal research grants 1. Building Oklahoma's leadership in cellulosic bioenergy. Agency: NSF EPSCoR RII program. Role: co-PI. Start date and end date: Sep 1, 2008-Dec 31, 2013. Award amount: Total amount awarded $3,061,302 for 5 years. My allocation for each year is approximately $100,00 per year. 2. Molecular, Physiological and Biochemical responses to combined chronic ozone and drought stress in Medicago truncatula. Agency: USDA NRI program. Role: Principal Investigator. Start and end date: Sep 1, 2007-Aug 30, 2010. Award amount: $253,000. Many other Local research grants.