Asad Prodhan

Asad Prodhan is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia. His research focuses on plant genomics, molecular biology, and agricultural biotechnology with applications to sustainable crop improvement. Key areas include RNA sequencing methodologies, phosphate transport mechanisms in plants, and abiotic stress tolerance in crops.

Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms underlying plant nutrient utilization, genomic approaches for crop breeding, and bioinformatics tools for transcriptome analysis. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to sustainable agriculture and food security.

Publications highlight advancements in genomic marker development for rice breeding, waterlogging tolerance in pulses, and phosphorus efficiency in Proteaceae species. His guide on RNA-seq processing has been widely shared in bioinformatics communities.

No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. Collaborations involve international researchers in plant genetics and agronomy.