I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from Annamalai University, India in 1989 and also a Master's Degree in Plant Breeding and Genetics from Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, India in 1992. I then joined University of Georgia and obtained a Ph.D. in Genetics in 1998. From 1999-2003, I was a post doctoral fellow in Dr. Daphne Preuss lab at The University of Chicago. Subsequently, I was a Research Professional between 2004-2005, during which time I was the team leader of the pollen biology research group in Dr. Preuss lab. Since 2006, I have been a faculty at the Dept. of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona.
