Ruparamadurga Naga Charan Konakalla
Presentation
My interest is in studying host-pathogen interactions focusing on developing new and sustainable ways to control plant diseases. I am currently working as a Researcher at the Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp. My research focuses on to use of bio-nanoparticles engineered from harmless plant virus proteins to precisely target and deliver fungicides and biological substances against plant pathogens.
Forskning
Development of Bio/Nanotech-based delivery vehicles, Spray-induced gene silencing technology to control plant diseases.
Development of viruses as Bio-nanocarriers for the targeted delivery of pesticides/ fungicides and biologicals for precision farming (FORMAS Project from Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development).
Forskningsprojekt
Pedagogiska meriter
2024 Teaching in Higher Education, Unit for Pedagogical Development (EPU), SLU, Sweden
2025 Teaching in Higher Education-Step II, Unit for Pedagogical Development (EPU), SLU, Sweden
2025 Doctoral Supervision Course, offered by EPU, SLU
2025 Course in Grading and Assessment, EPU, SLU, Sweden
2025 The Doctoral Co-Supervisory Role: A Member in the Supervisory Team
Background
- 2018 December- Ph.D. from the Department of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University, India. Erasmus Mundus Doctoral researcher: Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
- 2016 January-E-COST STSM Researcher, Plantenbiotechniek, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium
- 2019 August-Postdoctoral research associate at the Plant Virology lab, CAES, University of Georgia (UGA), Tifton, GA, USA.
- 2020 September- Postdoctoral fellow with Carl Triggers scholarship, Plant Protection Biology group, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden.
- 2022 September-2024 September- Postdoctoral Researcher-Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
- 2024 September to till date-Researcher- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
Supervision of Masters and PhD Students
Lara Rosemarie Palatinus; Master's thesis supervisor
Bharati Boddu; Master's thesis supervisor
Veerraghava Reddy, Master's thesis supervisor
Bharati Boddu, Ph.D. Co-supervisor
Publications
Patents
Method of conferring resistance to late blight in plants, and plants thus obtained. Applicants: Erik Andreasson, Marit Lenman, Muhammad Awais Zahid, Nam Phuong Kieu, Naga Charan Konakalla
Recognition, Scholarships and Media
- Naga Charan Konakalla receives royal award for research on nano carriers for targeted pesticide delivery
- Distribution of scholarships from the King Carl XVI Gustaf Foundation's 50th Anniversary Fund for Science, Technology and the Environment
- Sweden's largest innovation prize in the green industry has been awarded
- Great potential for sustainable plant protection products
- SLU Alnarp and Sparbanken Skåne Innovation Prize 2022