Background
Mallikarjunan, Parameswarakumar was born on May 28, 1964 in Gobichettypalayam, Tamilnadu, India. Son of Parameswaran and Ananthalakshmi (Subramanian) Mallikarjunan.
Mallikarjunan, Parameswarakumar was born on May 28, 1964 in Gobichettypalayam, Tamilnadu, India. Son of Parameswaran and Ananthalakshmi (Subramanian) Mallikarjunan.
Bachelor Agriculture Engineering, Tamilnadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore, India, 1987. Master Agricultural and Food Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, 1988. Doctor of Philosophy in Food Engineering, University Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1993.
Research assistant, Asian Institute Technology, 1987-1988; research associate, Asian Institute Technology, 1988-1989; graduate research and teaching assistant, U. Guelph, 1989-1993; postdoctoral fellow, U. Guelph, 1993; research associate, U. Georgia, Griffin, 1993-1998; assistant professor, Virginia Technology and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, since 1999.
Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Institute Food Technologists, American Society Agricultural Engineers, Asian Association Agricultural Engineers.
Married Vijayalakshmi Sundaram, August 27, 1989. 1 child, Sundar Kumar.