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Rucha Karnik is a Professor of Membrane Cell Physiology at the School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow. With a background in the agri-biotech industry, Rucha holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Biotechnology and Molecular Biology. She obtained her Ph.D. in Membrane Biology from the University of Leeds in 2011, where her research focused on identifying mechanisms of potassium channel traffic and their impacts on human health and disease. After joining the University of Glasgow in 2011 as a postdoctoral researcher in the Blatt laboratory of membrane biophysics, she began to emphasize plant systems and novel mechanisms related to ion transport and membrane trafficking. In 2016, Rucha was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship to establish her research group at Glasgow. Her lab's research aims to understand how plants grow and cope with climate challenges, specifically investigating how plants integrate stress signals with growth and development, as well as pathogen immunity. A leading project in her research is Sci-Seedlets, a cross-disciplinary initiative designed to inspire the next generation of plant scientists and support plant biology education in classrooms.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Leading research on membrane physiology and plant biology.