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Venkatesan Sundaresan

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Venkatesan Sundaresan
Born1952
India
Education
AwardsWolf Prize
Scientific career
FieldsPlant biology, Plant reproduction
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Davis
Doctoral advisorFrederick M. Ausubel
Websitesundarlab.weebly.com

Venkatesan Sundaresan (born 1952) is an Indian academic who is serving as a professor in the Departments of Plant Biology and Plant Sciences at the University of California, Davis.[1] His research focuses on plant reproduction, including using synthetic apomixis to clone hybrid strains of commercial crops like rice and maize.[2][3] Sundaresan was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 2023[4] and received the 2024 Wolf Prize in Agriculture "for key discoveries on plant developmental biology of relevance to crop improvement".[5]

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  1. ^ "Venkatesan Sundaresan". UC Davis College of Biological Sciences. The Regents of the University of California, Davis campus. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  2. ^ Milius, Susan (12 December 2018). "Hybrid rice engineered with CRISPR can clone its seeds". ScienceNews. Society for Science & the Public. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  3. ^ Wait, Liana (17 July 2024). "Plant Biologist Venkatesan Sundaresan Wins 2024 Wolf Prize in Agriculture". UC Davis. The Regents of the University of California, Davis campus. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Venkatesan Sundaresan". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Venkatesan Sundaresan". Wolf Foundation. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.