Post Doctoral fellow
Chandan Roy is a Postdoctoral Researcher (Research Associate-I) in the Department of
Biology at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati (IISER Tirupati),
India. He completed his Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Calcutta, where he
investigated the molecular and functional role of OsEULS2/Osr40g3 in rice stress responses.
Before his current position, he spent 1.6 years as a Postdoctoral Researcher (Research
Associate-II) at IISER Tirupati, working on engineering stress-resilient crops and
investigating molecular mechanisms underlying plant responses to environmental stresses.
His research interests encompass plant molecular biology, genome editing, crop
improvement, and plant stress biology. His current research focuses on root engineering
through genome editing in rice to develop resource-efficient crop genotypes. His broader
research experience includes drought, salinity, heat, and biotic stress responses, with
emphasis on identifying and functionally validating stress-responsive regulatory genes and
pathways.
He has expertise in CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing, Agrobacterium-mediated plant
transformation, molecular cloning, gene expression analysis, protein-protein and protein-
DNA interaction studies, confocal microscopy, and transcriptomic analysis. He has worked
extensively with rice, Arabidopsis thaliana, Nicotiana, and Lathyrus.
