Khalifa Center for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology
Overview
The Khalifa Center for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (KCGEB) was inaugurated in 2014 by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs. Research at the KCGEB is focused on exploring flora of the arid region to generate scientific knowledge to address the global challenges in the food security and sustainable agriculture practice through genomics, genetic engineering and biotechnological innovations. Our work is supported by strategic funding from the Ministry of Presidential Affairs.
Research
The research at the KCGEB is primarily involved in the development of crops tolerant to abiotic stresses through knowledge generation and translational research. The Center is also focused on developing crops with enhanced agronomic traits to expand value chains of existing industrial crops.
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Work Experience
KCGEB presents exciting short-term research hands-on training for undergraduate and postgraduate students of the UAEU, to build on essential skills and expertise to become a professional researcher.
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Our Researchers
Dr. Khaled Amiri
Director, Khalifa Center for Genetic Engineering and BiotechnologyKhalifa Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology has come a long way since its inauguration in 2014. His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, directions have been instrumental for the success of the center.
Martin Kottackal, Ph.D
Senior Research AssociateDr. Martin is graduated from University of Calicut, Kerala, India in 2001. He is a recipient of the prestigious UKEIRI-India research fellowship, and he performed his research to enhance the production of pharmaceutical compounds in medicinal plants using molecular tools in De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
Ling Li, Ph.D
Senior Research AssociateDr. Ling joined the Khalifa Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology as a Senior Research Associate in 2014. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from the Ohio State University (Ohio, USA). She completed her doctoral degree in Molecular Genetics under the supervision of Professor Harald Vaessin at the Ohio State University in 2000.
Suja George,PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDr. Suja obtained PhD in Biotechnology from University of Madras in 2008. Her doctoral work involved understanding the molecular mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance in the drought tolerant plant Prosopis juliflora.
Khaled Hazzouri, Ph.D.
Research Assistant ProfessorDr. Hazzouri earned his Ph.D. in evolutionary genomics from the University of Toronto in 2012. In his doctoral research he worked on mating system evolution in the flowering plants (Capsella and Collinsia) and its genomic consequences. He joined as a senior research scientist at the Purugganan laboratory in the New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), working mainly on the genomic diversity and origin of the perennial Date palm fruit tree as well as mining genetic variants in the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Ajay Kumar Mishra, PH.D.
Research Assistant ProfessorDr. Ajay Kumar Mishra started his research group at Khalifa Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (KCGEB) in 2022.
Naganeeswaran Sudalaimuthuasari, PH.D.
Laboratory SpecialistDr. Naganeeswaran Sudalaimuthuasari is a bioinformatician with over 15 years of experience in Genomics and Next-Generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis.
Binu Antony, PH.D.
Research Associate ProfessorDr. Binu Antony, the research lead and senior expert on palm weevil research, joined KCGEB in January 2025.
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