Rakesh Mishra

Rakesh K. Mishra is an Indian scientist specializing in genomics and epigenetics. Dr. Mishra is currently the Director of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, India and heads the 'Genome Organisation and Nuclear Architecture Lab' at CCMB. He is an elected fellow of the Indian National Academy of Science, New Delhi, the Indian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences and the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences. He is also a life member of Proteomics Society, India. Dr. Mishra obtained his Masters in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Allahabad and was appointed Director CCMB by CSIR, assuming charge on May 19, 2016. Dr. Mishra has also edited and contributed a chapter to the book, Chromosomes to Genome. Dr Mishra had previously held post doctoral positions at the Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, University of Bordeaux, France and University of Geneva, Switzerland prior to joining CSIR-CCMB in 2001.

Dr. Mishra investigates genome organisation focusing on evolutionarily conserved regions, structure of chromatin material and epigenetic regulation of genes during embryonic development stages.