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= Arun Kirshna Sasikala-Appukuttan =

Arun Kirshna Sasikala-Appukuttan (born 2 March 1976), is an Indian research scientist working in USA. He completed a veterinary medicine degree from India before moving to USA for graduate studies. In 2006, he graduated with a masters degree in Dairy Nutrition under the guidance of Dr. David J. Schingoethe from South Dakota State University. In 2010, he got a Ph.D. in Genetics (Major: Quantitative Genetics) from University of Maryland, College Park. His Ph.D. research concentrated on genetic improvement in utilization of the nitrogen and phosphorus in broiler birds, so as to improve the environment. He is doing voluntary job as a postdoc at the University of Minnesota.