Huzefa Raja

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Huzefa Raja

June 8, 2017

Huzefa Raja, Research Scientist, is a mycologist by training and studies fungal diversity and biology.  He isolates and describes known and novel fungi belonging to different ecological groups.  His research findings have important implications in studies of biodiversity, phylogenetics, and taxonomy, contributing new understanding to the origins and diversity of the fungal kingdom. Huzefa is an expert at identifying fungi, using a combination of morphological data, molecular phylogenetics and DNA barcoding approaches.

When Huzefa is not examining fungi through a microcope, he may be found playing or watching cricket or, with the right company of friends, even golf.  He also enjoys watching model trains.