I am from Malerkotla Punjab :india: and work as a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Transforming India’s Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge :uk:.

My work focus :dart: on the development and evaluation of high-yielding, diseases resistance, and abiotic stress tolerance crops. shamshad.in is my blog to keep track :spiral_notepad: of my projects and different HOW TOs related to data :microscope: and tech :satellite:.

I am passionate about Agriculture and cutting-edge technologies. I have a solid :fountain_pen: understanding and rigorous :pushpin: hands-on experience in field of plant breeding, quantitative genetics, computational biology :gear: and high throughput phenotyping, which I earned during my academic and research work with plant breeder/geneticists, bioinformaticist, and pathologists in my undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral career :hear_no_evil:.

I have professional Expertise in Plant Breeding :innocent:, Quantitative Genetics, Genomics and computational biology. I am passionate :heart_eyes: about Experimental Design, Data Analysis and Visualization using R, SAS, jmp SAS, python, UNIX/Linux, HTML/CSS, Git and GitHub. I have worked experience in DNA extraction, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, and Microscopy :microscope:.

about-me


Education

PhD in Plant Breeding & Genetics, 2019

University of Bristol :uk:
University of Nottingham :uk:
Punjab Agricultural University:india:

MSc in Plant Breeding & Genetics

Punjab Agricultural University, 2014 :india:

BSc in Agriculture [Crop Science]

Punjab Agricultural University, 2012 :india:

Interests and Hobbies

:world_map: Breeding and Genetics
:desktop_computer: AI for Plant Breeding
:seedling: Knowledge sharing
:keyboard: Data Science
:writing_hand: Writing
:national_park: Gardening
:weight_lifting_man: Gym

Apart from scientifically dealing :mosque: :recycle: with I have also enjoy :trophy: with the coding, development of programs :crossed_flags:, and going with friends :angel:, and family :family_man_woman_girl_girl:. I grown :egg: up in India :india: and Speak Punjabi, English :gb:, Hindi, Urdu and bit of French :fr:.

I am the person who takes initiative :baby_bottle: and stays curious :eagle:.

Feel free to contact me :envelope_with_arrow: if you find my blog useful, think I might be a good fit or simply would like to connect :medal_sports:.