2^nd World Biotechnology Congress

Biography

Krishna Dronamraju is the President and Director of the Foundation for Genetic Research in Houston which was founded by him in 1992. He was a Member of the US Presidential delegation led by President Bill Clinton to India in 2000. He has received his PhD in Genetics under the direction of the famous scientist J.B.S. Haldane, who is well known as a polymath, a founder of population genetics and as a prolific author of numerous popular scientific essays. He is the author of 20 books and 200 papers in Genetics, Biotechnology and the History of Science. Many of his books were concerned with the life and scientific work of J.B.S. Haldane. He was an Advisor to the US Government as a Member of the two National Advisory Committees in Health and Agriculture in Washington D.C. He is an Invited Professor of the University of Paris, France, Honorary Professor of the Albert Schweitzer International University, Geneva, and an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of London. He is also an Honorary Visiting Professor of Andhra University in India. He was awarded the Nayudamma Prize in Science and Technology in 1997.

Research Interest

Biotechnology, Genetics