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Sushma Naithani
Associate Professor Senior Research, Oregon State University
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Follow your dream and be more confident and prudent.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
I am an Associate Professor Senior Research at Oregon State University. The current focus of my research is to understand information flow in living systems and how evolution shapes this flow using systems-level pathway modeling supported by high-quality biocuration, gene-orthology based predictions, and analysis of omics data. I serve as a senior curator for Plant Reactome knowledgebase. I have authored ~30 peer-reviewed refereed research articles in high impact journals including Nature, Nature Biotech, PNAS, etc. One of my research papers has been selected by the 'Faculty of 1000 Biology'. I am is also the Editor-in-chief of the Current Plant Biology journal published by Elsevier and review editor for 'Frontier in Plant Science'.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS FIELD?
I was inspired by scientific logic and evolution of life on earth.
WHAT DO YOU LOOK AT & THINK, "I WISH YOUNGER ME WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS WAS POSSIBLE?"
I wish I knew how to negotiate for getting a tenured academic position and not being shy about boasting my capabilities and achievements. I wish I had paid some attention on becoming more aggressive and outgoing and employed less self-criticism.
WHY DO YOU LOVE WORKING IN STEM?
I like to work around a rationale idea, discovering something new and hope that humanity benefits from the work I do.
BEST ADVICE FOR NEXT GENERATION?
Follow your dream and be more confident and prudent.
INSPO / FUN FACT
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
― Voltaire