Dr. Nanda Gudderra received his Doctoral degree with emphasis on Medical Entomology and Protein Biochemistry from North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, NC. Subsequently, he worked as an Associate Scientist for eight months on a Department of Defense-sponsored project on designing vector control strategies. Dr. Gudderra then completed a three-year post-doctoral research fellowship through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland and worked on host-parasite interactions at the biochemical and molecular level. Since then, he has completed two years of formal training in biosafety and biosecurity at the NIH.
Dr. Gudderra has previously worked in the biotechnology, pesticide and pharmaceutical industries. Dr. Gudderra has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses for more than seven years and is a Fellow of National Association of College Teachers in Agriculture and a Professoriate Fellow from NCSU. In addition, he is also the recipient of ‘Outstanding Teaching Award’ from NCSU and ‘Excellence in Entomology Award’ from NC Entomological Society. Dr. Gudderra is a member of honor societies of Delta Tau Alpha and Gamma Sigma Delta. He has several publications to his credit and in 2006 has provided a number of invited speeches at the national and international level on topics relating to recombinant DNA use and nanotechnology. Besides his significant interest in biosafety, Dr. Gudderra’s research interests include nanotechnology, dual-use issues, synthetic biology, vector transmission, and pathogen stability. |
