Background
Podila, Gopi Krishna was born on September 14, 1957 in Paralakhemidi, Orissa, India. Came to the United States, 1981. Son of Surya Prakasarao and Rama Podila.
Biochemistry and molecular biology educator
Podila, Gopi Krishna was born on September 14, 1957 in Paralakhemidi, Orissa, India. Came to the United States, 1981. Son of Surya Prakasarao and Rama Podila.
Bachelor of Science, Nagarjuna University, India, 1974. Master of Science, Nagarjuna University, India, 1978. Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1983.
Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana State University, 1986.
Graduate research assistant Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1981-1983. Graduate teaching fellow Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1983-1986. Postdoctoral research associate Ohio State University Biotechnology Center, Columbus, 1987-1990.
Assistant professor biochemistry Michigan Technology University, Houghton, 1990-1996, associate professor molecular biology, 1996—2001. Professor, chairman biological science University Alabama, Huntsville, 2001—2010.
Board directors Keeweenaw Cooperative, Hancock, Michigan, 1991-1993. Ad-hoc panel member National Institutes of Health-MBRS Review Panel. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Phytopath.
Society (member biochemistry-molecular biology committee since 1992), International Society Plant-Microbe Interactions, Sigma Xi.
Married Vani Ramadugu, December 4, 1989. 2 children.