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Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Ph.D. Entomology
University College of Sciences M.Sc. Zoology
Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
University College for Women B.Sc. Botany, Zoology
Osmania University, Hyderabad, India Chemistry
Dr. Abraham has served as the chair of the Department of Natural Sciences since 2021 and is currently the interim dean of the College of Natural and Health sciences.
Dr. Abraham has been teaching at SEU since 2006 and is blessed to journey alongside faculty and students in their pursuit of excellence. She considers it an absolute joy to explore God's magnificent beauty and creativity in and through the study of biology with students both in and out of the classroom.
Dr. Abraham’s doctoral research focused on the physiological and molecular processes in the digestive tract of beetles that feed on stored food products. Her research involved characterizing the cDNAs encoding proteases in the midguts of Tenebrio molitor (yellow mealworms).
She has published her work in journals including Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules, Cell Biology International, Florida Field Naturalist, Insect Molecular Biology, Physiological Entomology, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Bioinoculants for Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry and Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society.
Brief Highlights:
• Received the Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award, 2022
• Received the Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award, 2015
• Received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship, 2014