Chandresh Thakker, Ph.D.

Education

• Ph.D. (Microbiology)      July 2006        Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India – University of Pune, India
• M.S.  (Microbiology)       June 1999       University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India

Professional Appointments

• 2012 – present           Research Scientist, Rice University, Houston, USA
• 2007 – 2012                Postdoctoral Associate, Rice University, Houston, USA
• 2006 – 2007                Postdoc Fellow (DBT Fellowship, Govt. of  India), National Center for Cell Science, Pune, India
• 2001 – 2005                Research Fellow, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India
• 1999 – 2000                Scientist, R & D Division, Gujarat Themis Biosyn Ltd., India

 Professional Affiliations

• Member – American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• Member – Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB)
• Member – BioHouston
• Session Convener – ‘Fermentation Considerations for Strain Design‘, 2014 annual meeting of SIMB, St. Louis, MO (July 20-24, 2014)
• Session Convener – ‘Genomic Stability in Fermentation Processes‘, 2013 annual meeting of SIMB at San Diego, CA (August 11-15, 2013).
• Reviewer – Enzyme and Microbial Technology, PLoS One, Microbial Cell Factories

(Website updated – June 2014)