Preethi Radhakrishnan

Contact Us

Room: M-Building, M-204
Phone: (718) 482-5940
naturalsci@lagcc.cuny.edu

Monday- Thursday 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Education

Post-doc in Behavioral Ecology, University of Central Florida
Ph.D. in Animal Behavior and Genetics, Macquarie University
M.S. in Biotechnology, University of Madras
B.S. in Zoology, Ethiraj College for Women

Areas of Expertise or Research

Behavioral Ecology
Insect behavior and life history traits
Coastal remediation using shellfish and bivalves
Oyster metagenomics

About

Dr. Preethi Radhakrishnan is the current Program Director of the Environmental Science Program at LaGuardia. She teaches courses such as Anatomy and Physiology, a research based First Year Seminar, Animal Behavior and Ethics and Integrative Physiology. Dr. Radhakrishnan is passionate about creating an equitable classroom where student-centric learning is a priority. She manages two USDA grants focused on getting students interested in careers focused around urban agriculture, climate-resilient farming, and animal science. In her free time she enjoys hiking the Catskills with her two boys and their sheepdog.