Kesara Margrét Jónsson

Professor

  • Position
    Professor of botany and plant genetics
  • Starfseining
    Engineering and Natural Sciences - Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • Location
    Askja
  • Webpage
    http://www.hi.is/~kesara/
  • Phone
    525 - 4284
  • Email
    kesara [at] hi.is

Specialization / Research Area

Botany, plant genetics, plant physiology, plant molecular biology, cytogenetics, plant phylogeography

Research collaboration

1. Icelandic Forest Research, Mógilsá, Reykjavik, Iceland
2. Icelandic Insitute of Natural History, Reykjavik, Iceland
3. Land Reclamation Service, Gunnarsholt, Iceland
4. Insitute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland
5. Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Insitute of Botany, Dresden University of Technolgy, Germany
6. Program in Evolutionary Functional Genomics, Uppsala University, Sweden
7. Department of Botany, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
8. Department of Botany, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Education

1973 B.Sc. Botany. Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
1979 M.A. Botany. University of Kansas, USA
1992 Ph.D. Plant Genetics. University of Cambridge, UK

Professional experience

1973-76	Lecturer, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
1979-82	Assistant Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
1982-88	Biologist, Agricultural Research Institute, Iceland
1992-96	Research Scientist, Agricultural Research Institute, Iceland 	
1996		Lecturer, University of Iceland, Department of Biology, Iceland
1996-98	Associate Professor, University of Iceland, Department of Biology
1999-	Professor, University of Iceland, Department of Biology