Dr. Mukesh Jain is currently serving as Professor at the School of Computational & Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Trained as a molecular biologist, he has worked extensively in the area of Plant Genomics, Biotechnology and Computational Biology, and published more than 120 articles in international journals of high repute with h-index of 54 and >14000 citations.

Prof. Jain has made significant contributions to understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying various abiotic stress responses and seed development, and identified several novel key candidate genes and pathways involved in these agronomic traits.

For his scientific contributions, Dr. Jain has been honored with several awards, including Tata Innovation Fellowship, Haryana Vigyan Ratna Award, National Bioscience Award, NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist Award, and Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award to name a few. He is a Fellow of National Academy of Sciences India, Prayagraj and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi. Dr. Jain is serving on the editorial board of several reputed international journals. 

Dr. Jain’s current research interests include understanding of epigenetic and chromatin-level regulation of abiotic stress responses and seed development in crop plants using integrated multi-omics and systems biology approaches along with generation of useful resources for the scientific community.