NAWIN C. MISHRA, PhD, is an Emeritus Professor of Molecular Genetics and Genomics at the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina. Professor Mishra has also served as a scientific consultant to the FAO of the United Nations, as Chairman of the Program Committee of the Genetics Society of America, and on the review panel of the Human Genome Project for the United States DOE. Professor Mishra has published over sixty articles in prominent research journals, including Nature, the Proceedings of the United States National Academy of Sciences, and Genetics.