Background
Jain, Subodh Kumar was born on December 11, 1934 in Nanauta, India. Son of Jambu Prasad and Jagwati Devi (Singhal) Jain.
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Subodh Kumar Jain
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Subodh Kumar Jain, American Biology educator. Achievements include discovery and breeding of crop species for production of industrially used oils as a substitute for sperm whale oil; research in evolution of crop plants, breeding domestication of amaranths and meadowfoam (Limnanthes), ecology and evolution of colonizingplants, population biology, biosystematics of genetic resources, vernal pools, floristics and nature conservation.
Education
Bachelor of Science with honors, U. Delhi, 1954; Master of Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, 1960.
Career
Assistant geneticist, University of California, Davis, 1963-1967;
associate professor, University of California, Davis, 1967-1972;
professor, University of California, Davis, since 1972. Visiting professor Council of Science and Industrial Organisation, Canberra, Australia, 1971-1972, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Aridas, Mendoza, Argentina, 1982, Plant Breeding Institute, Wageningen, Netherlands, 1984. Consultant and lecturer in field.
Ad hoc panel, advising committee National Research Council, 1980-1989,National Science Foundation, 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Institute Biological Sciences, Society for Study of Evolution, European Society for Evolution Biology, American Genetic Association, Genetics Society American, American Society Naturalists, Society for Economics Botany, Indian Society Genetics and PlantBreeding, Botanical Society American.
Connections
Married Saroj Kumari, July 6, 1957. Children: Sudhanshu, Vinoo, Sarita.
