Maya Giridhar

Maya Giridhar is a Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology, Technical University of Munich, Germany, where she has been employed since 2011.

Her academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Plant Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Germany (2017-2021)
• M.Sc. in Microbial and Plant Biotechnology, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany (2014-2016)
• B.E. in Biotechnology, Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology, India (2009-2013)

Dr. Giridhar specializes in Spatial Transcriptomics, developing high-resolution microarray methodologies via maskless photolithography to analyze tissue samples while preserving spatial context. Her work primarily investigates molecular mechanisms in crops under biotic and abiotic stresses, contributing to food systems biology. Research interests emphasize Plant Stress Response, Transcriptomics, Plant Biology, Molecular Biology, and Biotechnology.

As part of the Transcriptome & Proteome Profiling unit, she focuses on cost-efficient, high-throughput solutions for agricultural genomics, with applications in crop resilience and food security.