Siddharth Tripathi

• I obtained my Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Lucknow, India, in 2008, and I carried out my thesis work at the Plant Gene Expression Laboratory at the National Botanical Research Institute in Lucknow. 
• My Ph.D. work involved isolation and characterization of genes expressed during the process of petal abscission in rose using mRNA Differential Display. 
• After completing my Ph.D., I conducted postdoctoral research for one year at the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in New Delhi, India, where I studied the role of calcium signaling and helicases in abiotic stress in plants. 
• Since May, 2009, I have been working as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Center for Natural Products Research at the University of Mississippi. 
• I am conducting research on a NIH-funded project, focused on identifying the molecular mechanism of action (MOA) of novel natural products using S. cerevisiae as a model organism using a combination of genomic and genetic approaches.

Membership and Honors:

• Full Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
• Member of American Society for Microbiology 
• Member of Genetics Society of America
• Award of Senior Research Fellowship (2003-2006) of CSIR by Govt. of India
• Award of Junior Research Fellowship (2001-2003) of CSIR by Govt. of India
• Qualified  National Eligibility Test  for Lectureship (2001)  by Govt. of India 
• Qualified for Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE) with an all India rank #71