Ritesh Kumar

Ritesh Kumar, PhD, currently serves as a Postdoctoral Associate at the Boyce Thompson Institute since June 2022. Concurrently, Ritesh holds positions as a Review Editor for the Journal of Plant Growth Regulation and for two specialty sections, Plant Abiotic Stress and Crop and Product Physiology, within Frontiers in Plant Science. Prior to these roles, Ritesh worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Kansas State University from March 2021 to June 2022 and completed doctoral studies at Delhi University from July 2013 to February 2021, where Ritesh earned a PhD in Plant Molecular Biology. Earlier academic experience includes serving as a Junior Research Fellow at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute. Ritesh's educational background also includes an Integrated M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, obtained between 2006 and 2011.