Honor Society® member
Sandesh Dangi
Research Assistant at Michigan State University
- Michigan State University
- Plant Pathology
- Class of 2014
- Lansing, MICHIGAN
Member since September 2014
About
A highly motivated and enthusiastic graduate research assistant with four years of experience in disease management of different crops, especially in potato, seeking a career position to further develop expertise and experience in the field of Plant Pathology. Extensive knowledge in experimental design, implementation, maintenance, and data collection, analysis and interpretation. Interested in diagnosis, epidemiology, pathogen population diversity, disease forecasting, plant-microbe interaction, fungicide resistance, and management of diseases caused by fungi and oomycetes on vegetable and horticultural crops.
Skills:
*DNA Extraction *Isolation/identification/characterization of crop pathogen
*PCR *Histological analysis of potato periderm
*Quantitative real time PCR *Fungicide sensitivity test of different pathogens
*Gel electrophoresis *MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint, SAS, R, R-Studio, JMP software
Education
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Michigan State University
Plant Pathology
2012 – 2015
Honors and awards
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Graduate office Fellowship, 2012
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Travel Award
Northern Late Blight Symposium 2014 in Minneapolis,MN
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Research Associate/Scientist
- Graduate school interests
My research interest includes disease diagnosis, epidemiology, population diversity of pathogen, disease forecasting, plant-microbe interaction, fungicide resistance, disease management of vegetables with emphasis on diseases caused by fungi and oomycetes. I am more concerned about the pathogen of economically important vegetable and field crops. My specific interest are in epidemiology, monitoring/characterizing population diversity of the pathogen and their fungicide sensitivity test. As I have developed skills such as DNA extraction, microsatellite analysis, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), quantitative real time PCR, sequencing, I am interested in studying the pathogens causing diseases of vegetable, horticultural and field crops at molecular level. In addition to the above mentioned interests, I have also interest on Loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) PCR.
Experience
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Research Assistant
Michigan State University
Jan 2012 – Aug 2015
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Research Assistant
Nepal Potato Research Program
Jan 2011 – Dec 2011
Volunteering
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Member/Treasurer/President
Nepal Youth Red Cross
Jan 2007 – Sep 2009
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
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