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G.K. JAYAPRAKASHA Research Assistant Professor |
G.K. Jayaprakasha (Jay) working as a ‘Research Assistant. Professor’ at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center, Horticultural Sciences. The interdisciplinary center is focused on “Foods for Health to prevent certain chronic diseases”. He received M.S and Ph.D in Chemistry from University of Mysore, Mysore, India. Later, he served as Scientist at Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India, for 15 years. Dr. Jayaprakasha completed postdoctoral fellow at Texas A&M University-Kingsville and joined to Horticultural Sciences, TAMU, in 2005. Dr. Jayaprakasha’s research involves process optimization and discovering potential therapeutic and chemopreventive agents for cancer prevention and understanding the antioxidant potentials of natural products particularly from food. During his professional carrier, successfully discovered a number of analytical and isolation techniques for the separation of biologically active compounds from Citrus, Grapes, Pomegranates, Custard apple, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Garcinia, Dillenia indica, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Curcuma longa, Lichen, Orchids, Tamarind and Terminalia aurjuna. Apart from carrying out research, he is very active in training undergraduate and graduate students. During his professional career, he published >120 research papers, book chapters and reviews as well as 24 patents were filed in US, Europe and India. Dr. Jayaprakasha was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) from the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, and Fellow of Indian Chemists (FIC) from Institution of Chemists (India). |
