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dhirs0

Sarwan K. Dhir, PhD

Plant Science Program Coordinator, Professor of Plant Biotechnology

(478) 825-6887

dhirs0@fvsu.edu

Academic Program: Biotechnology, Plant & Environmental Soil Sciences

Research Area: Plant Biotechnology

Research Interests:
  • Genetic engineering of plants for medicinal uses
  • Phyto-remediation
  • Biomass and biofuels production
Honors/Awards:
  • 2005 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science
  • Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) at White House, Washington, November 16, 2005
  • J. W. Davidson "Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award" at FVSU May 7, 2006
  • Outstanding Mentoring Award at the 7th Annual NSF HBCU-UP National Research Conference, February 9-12, 2007
  • Outstanding Grantsmanship Awards from FVSU President Larry E. Rivers and Dr. Erroll B. Davis Jr., Chancellor of the University System of Georgia, May 7
Education:

Post-Doctoral Fellow: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (1989-1991)

Doctor of Philosophy: Botany (Plant Biotechnology) - Jodhpur University, Jodhpur, India (1986)

Master of Science: Botany (1981)

Bachelor of Science: Biological Sciences (1979)

Recent Publications/Presentations:

Dhir S.K., Knowles K, Livia C. Pagan, Mann J, Shireen Dhir, Singh HP (2010). Optimization and Transformation of Arundo donax L. Using Particle Bombardment. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 9 (39), pp. 6460-6469, 27 September.

Dhir S.K., Singh H.P., Dhir S. (2008). Sweet Potato: In the Transgenic and Molecular Tailoring in Plants, Transgenic Series, Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops, Vol. 3, Blackwell Publishing, (eds.) Chitta R. Kole et.al, pp, 157-175.

Singh H.P., Dhir S., Dhir S.K. (2008). Stevia: In the Transgenic and Molecular Tailoring in Plants, Transgenic Series, Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops, Vol. 3, Blackwell Publishing, (eds.) Chitta R. Kole, et al. pp, 97-115.