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Dr. Surinder Gulia
joins United Genetics Seeds Company as melon breeder
April 2010
 Dr. Remo Ludergnani, President and
CEO of the United
Genetics Seeds Company, is pleased to announce that Dr.
Surinder Gulia has joined United Genetics Seeds Company as melon
breeder.
Dr. Gulia earned his Master’s in Plant Breeding from CCS Haryana
Agricultural University (HAU) Hisar and Ph.D. in Plant Breeding, jointly
from HAU Hisar and ICRISAT-Patancheru, India. He worked with ICRISAT as
Research Scholar and Post-doctoral Consultant from 2001-2005. Working
with ICRISAT, he accomplished his Ph.D. thesis Research and gained
extensive research experience and training in both conventional as well
as molecular plant breeding. During his doctoral research, Dr. Gulia
familiarized with DNA markers research in many crops.
In 2005, Dr. Gulia Joined Fort Valley State University (FVSU) Georgia,
USA, as Research Professional and continued his molecular breeding
research efforts there as well . He mentored several students including
high school, undergraduate and postgraduate students and imparted
training on application of DNA marker technology in plant breeding
research.
As a dynamic young breeder, Dr. Gulia worked in very close collaboration
with plant pathologist, plant physiologist, molecular biologist and
Statistician across universities and institutions. He is a
multidisciplinary scientist and well versed with several computer and
statistical applications used in plant breeding research.
In 2009, Dr. Gulia joined United Genetics Seed Company to take over the
breeding activities of melon of the company at the United Genetics
Bakersfield Research Station.
Dr. Gulia can be reached at suren@unitedgenetics.com
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