Leena Tripathi

PARTNER

Leena Tripathi is a Plant Biotechnologist with over 21 years of experience in genetic improvement of important staple food crops for control of diseases and pests. After obtaining Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology, she began her career as a Research Scientist at the University of North Carolina, USA. Dr. Tripathi is currently a Deputy Regional Director and Principal Scientist leading the transgenic and genome editing research at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)-Kenya. Her team has successfully established a robust genetic transformation platform for banana at IITA to develop genetically modified and genome-edited products and to transfer these technologies to national agricultural research systems in Africa and beyond. The research outputs of her group have been published in over 95 articles in internationally reputed journals and book chapters. Her research has been featured in more than 200 national and international news articles and documentary films.

Email: L.Tripathi@cgiar.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/leena_tripathi
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leena-tripathi-a6746a67/