Rate My Professor M. Muthamilarasan

Dr. M. Muthamilarasan serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, at the University of Hyderabad. His research focuses on nutrigenomics and stress biology of millets, utilizing molecular genetics and genomics approaches to investigate nutritional and climate-resilient traits in foxtail millet and barnyard millet. He earned a scholarship for standing first in BSc Biotechnology at Dayananda Sagar College (2007-2009) and pursued advanced studies supported by the Joint CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship (2012-2014) and the Pulveraft-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship at Louisiana State University (2014-2017). Appointed as a DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellow in 2017, he joined the University of Hyderabad, where he has held administrative positions including Deputy Chief Warden since November 2023, Faculty-in-Charge of the Radioactive Facility since February 2022, and various hostel warden roles.

Dr. Muthamilarasan has garnered numerous accolades, including the INSA Associate Fellow (2023), Har Gobind Khorana-Innovative Young Biotechnologist Fellowship from DBT, Fulbright-Nehru Alumni Award (2019), INSA Medal for Young Scientist (2018), NASI Country Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2018), SERB Early Career Research Award (2018), and DST INSPIRE Faculty Award (2017). He is listed among the top 2% globally cited scientists by Stanford University (2023 data) with over 7,700 citations and 110 publications. Key works include 'Histone Deacetylase 19 interacts with SiHAT3-1 and SiHDA19 to repress heat generation responses through H3.9 deacetylation in foxtail millet' (Journal of Experimental Botany, 2024) and 'Multi-environment GWAS identifies genomic regions underlying grain nutrient traits in foxtail millet (Setaria italica)' (Plant Cell Reports, 2024). He authored the book 'Fellowships and Funding Opportunities for School Students: The Way Forward' (INSA, ISBN: 978-81-939482-2-4). As Associate Editor for Heliyon (Cell Press) and editor for multiple journals, member of NASI, INYAS, and ISCA, and organizer of international symposia and workshops such as the International Symposium on Plant Biology and Functional Genomics (2024), his contributions advance millet research for sustainable agriculture and food security.