Rachana Kumar, PhD

Rachana Kumar, PhD

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-successfully built IP portfolios in sync with business goals of emerging, mid-sized, and…

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    Sacramento, California Area

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    Davis

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    Greater Seattle Area

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    Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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    Pune, Maharashtra, India

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    University of Washington

    Activities and Societies: Scientist mentor for Botanical Society of America, Greenhouse Docent, Mentor for Making Connections organized by Women’s Center

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Volunteer Experience

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    Greenhouse Docent

    University of Washington

    - 7 years 4 months

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    Led greenhouse tours to educate people on the importance of plant diversity

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    Scientist mentor

    Botanical Society of America

    - 6 years

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    Served as a scientist mentor to high school students and helped them think like a scientist. Helped the students with all the steps of research: formulating questions based on hypothesis, designing and conducting experiments and interpreting data to conclude from the results obtained.

  • Patent Agent

    Washington Pro Bono Patent Network

    - Present 3 years 3 months

    Science and Technology

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    Scientific Researcher

    Carnegie Institution for Science

    - 1 year

    Science and Technology

    Conduct experiments in molecular biology
    Assist post-doctoral, and doctoral researchers

Publications

  • On the fate of plastid DNA molecules during leaf development

    Plant Cell

    Other authors
    • Oldenburg DJ
    • Rowan BA
    • Bendich AJ
  • Organellar DNA damage and integrity during maize development

    Journal of Experimental Botany

    Other authors
    • Oldenburg DO
    • Bendich AJ
  • The amount and integrity of mtDNA in maize decline with development

    Planta

    Other authors
    • Oldenburg DO
    • Bendich AJ
  • Distinguishing authentic mitochondrial and plastid DNAs from similar DNA sequences in the nucleus using the polymerase chain reaction

    Current Genetics

    Other authors
    • Bendich AJ
  • Virus-Induced Gene Silencing as a Tool for Comparative Functional Studies in Thalictrum

    PLoS ONE

    Other authors
    • Di Stilio VS
    • Oddone AM
    • Tolkin TR
    • Salles P
  • Effect of temperature and humidity regimes on grain mold sporulation and seed quality in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)

    Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection

    Other authors
    • Tonapi, V.A.
    • Navi, S.S
    • Reddy, R.K.
    • Thakur, R.P.
    • Bandyopadhyay, R.
    • Varanavasiappan, S.
    • Seetharama, N.

Honors & Awards

  • Junior Research Fellow

    Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (Govt. of India)

    Highly competitive fellowship for graduate research with 1% success rate, equivalent to graduate research fellowship by NSF.

  • Special recognition

    Indian Science Congress

  • Frye-Hotson-Rigg Writing Fellowship

    University of Washington

  • Gordon Research Conference Travel award

    Gordon Research Conference

  • Invited speaker at Dynamic Genome conference

    Dynamic Genome Conference

  • Iuvo Award

    University of Washington

    Received award three consecutive years

Languages

  • Englisch

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Hindi

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Marathi

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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