Jyoti Prasad Kakati

Proficient in conducting laboratory and field experiments while training new hires on research methods and data collection procedures. Hardworking and driven with superior organizational and analytical skills combined with unparalleled dedication to research excellence. Skilled in conceptualization, design and implementation of heat and drought stress related projects on agronomically important crops.

• Received the Gerald O. Mott Award in Crop Science -2023 by the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA).
• Received the Wade Stackhouse Fellowship 2021-2023 ($20000) 2021-2023 from the College of Agriculture Forestry and Life Sciences, Clemson University, SC.
• Awarded the Clemson University Graduate Fellowship 2020-2023 ($17,000) from the Jeanne Fraser and George R. MacDonald Endowment Trust.
• Received the Graduate Travel Grant ($750) from the Clemson University Graduate Student Government for Fall 2021.
• Received the Graduate Travel Grant ($750) from the Clemson University Graduate Student Government for Fall 2022.
• Received the Graduate Student Travel Scholarship ($750) from the Agronomic Science Foundation.

• Won the Third prize in the Graduate Student Poster Competition (Crop Physiology and Metabolism Division) organized by the Crop Science Society of America during the International Annual Meeting 2022.
• Selected to participate in the Graduate Student Leadership Workshop organized during the ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Meetings in Baltimore, MD, November 6-9, 2022.
• Honored as the Best Undergraduate Student Award 2011-12 from the Department of Biotechnology, K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tamilnadu, India, for excellence in Research, Academics, and Extracurricular activities.
• Received the Best Project Award 2011 from the Dept. of Biotechnology, K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tamilnadu, India.
• Won the First Prize for oral presentation in the National Level Technical Symposium organized by the Indian Society for Technical Education Student Chapter-2011.
• Received the Meritorious award 2010-2011 from the Dept. of Biotechnology, K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tamilnadu.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Kakati, J.P.; Fallen, B.; Bridges, W.; Narayanan, S. Characterization of a soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) population for germination and seedling root traits under water stress. Agronomy 2022, 12, 1944.
• Kakati, J.P.; Zoong Lwe, Z.S.; Narayanan, S. Heat stress during the early flowering stage did not affect seed fatty acid contents in conventional oleic peanut varieties. Peanut Sci. 2022, 49.
• Rustgi, S.; Kakati, J.P.; Jones, Z.T.; Zoong Lwe, Z.S.; Narayanan, S. Heat tolerance as a function of membrane lipid remodeling in the major US oilseed crops (soybean and peanut). J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol. 2021, 30, 652-667.
• Ghodke, R.S.; Kakati, J.P.; Tadi, S.R.R.; Mohan, N.; Senthilkumar, S. Kinetic modeling of hyaluronic acid production in palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer) based medium by Streptococcus zooepidemicus MTCC 3523. Biochem. Eng. J., 2018, 137, 284-293.
• Mythili, G. B.; Ponmurugan, P.; Jeeva, S.E.; Manjukarunambika, K.; Elango, V.; Hemalatha, K.; Kakati, J.P.; Mohanraj, R.; Prathap, S. Biosynthesised silver and copper nanoformulation as foliar spray to control bird's eye spot disease in tea plantations. IET Nanobiotechnol. 2017, 11, 917-928.
• Robinson, J.P.; Kakati, J.P.; Sebastinraj, J.; Kumaresan, S. In vitro seed germination of Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw., a potential medicinal orchid from eastern ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. J. Plant Biotechnol. 2017, 44, 343–348.
• Kakati, J.P.; Ponmurugan, P.; Rajasekaran, N.; Mythili, G. B. Effect of textile effluent treatment plant sludge on the growth metabolism of green gram (Vigna radiata L). Int J Environ Pollut. 2013, 51, 79-90.

BOOK CHAPTER

• Robinson, J.P.; Kakati, J.P. In vitro seed germination and protocorm development of Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw. from eastern ghats of Tamil Nadu. Current Scenario in Biotechnology. 2012. Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi-110 015 (ISBN 978-93-82563-27-3).

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS/CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Jyoti Prasad Kakati, Benjamin Fallen, William C Bridges, and Sruthi Narayanan, “Characterization of a Soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) Population for Germination and Seedling Root Traits Under Water Stress,” ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, Baltimore, Maryland, on 6-9 November 2022. (Oral Presentation).
• Jyoti Prasad Kakati, Benjamin Fallen, Paul Armstrong, Shuping Yan, and Sruthi Narayanan, “Stability of the High-Protein, Low-Oil (HPLO) Trait of Soybean Under Drought and Heat Stresses,” ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, Baltimore, Maryland, on 6-9 November 2022. (Poster Presentation).
• Jyoti Prasad Kakati, Sruthi Narayanan, Benjamin Fallen, Matthew Inman, “Root morphological traits that improve soybean emergence under water stress,” ASA Southern Branch 2022 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 12-14 February 2022 (Oral Presentation).
• Jyoti Prasad Kakati, Zolian Zoong Lwe, and Sruthi Narayanan, "Heat stress during the early flowering stage will not affect seed fatty acid contents in peanut", ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 7-10 November 2021 (Poster Presentation).
• Jyoti Prasad Kakati, Sruthi Narayanan, Benjamin Fallen, Matthew Inman, "Root morphological traits that improve soybean germination under water stress", ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 7-10 November 2021 (Poster Presentation).
• Jyoti Prasad Kakati, Avishek Dey, Prabin Kumar Sharma, Sanjeev Kumar, G. J. N. Rao and Lingaraj Sahoo “An improved and efficient protocol for transformation of scented rice of Northeast India”, Indian Plant Science Congress, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India, 23-25 January 2019 (Poster Presentation).
• Ponmurugan. P, Jyoti Prasad Kakati, R. Subbaiya and J. Philip Robinson “Production of silver Nanoparticles using Trichoderma atroviride for the biological control of rhiozome rot disease in Turmeric Plants”, Intl. Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, K.S.R. College of Technology, Tamilnadu, India, 13–16 December 2010.

• Graduate Student Member of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.
• Graduate Student Member of the Association of Agricultural Scientists of Indian Origin (AASIO), USA
• Member of the South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, Columbia, South Carolina.
• Member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Clemson University chapter.
• Member of the Foundation for Critical Thinking, Santa Barbara, CA.