Graduate Student
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
I am Samadhi Wimalagunasekara, a Ph.D. student in biological sciences at Louisiana State University under the supervision of Dr. Maheshi Dassanayake. I am studying adaptive mechanisms in extremophytes for salt stress tolerance. I am working on two major projects. The first one is aimed to identify the traits that convergently evolved in extremophytes adapted to high salinity using comparative genomics. The second project is focused to quantify functional responses to high salinity in the model halophyte Schrenkiella parvula. I completed my undergraduate Studies at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Sunday, August 6, 2023
4:30 PM – 4:50 PM EDT