Prof. Dr. Jennifer Ann Harikrishna is a Professor of Genetics & Molecular Biology at the Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Malaysia. She is a British citizen with permanent residence status in Malaysia. Prof. Jennifer moved to Malaysia in 1991, where she continued her post-doctoral research at the University of Malaya, Department of Biology, before joining TropBio Research Sdn Bhd, a small private plant biotechnology company in 1996. In 2001 she joined the Institute of Bioscience at University Putra Malaysia (UPM) as an Associate Professor. Before re-joining the University of Malaya in 2006, Prof. Jennifer was an Associate Professor of Biotechnology at the Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST). Prof. Jennifer became a full Professor at the University of Malaya in 2011 and holds joint positions as a member of the Faculty of Science and as the Director of the Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR), University of Malaya. Prof. Jennifer also holds a current appointment as an Honorary Visiting Fellow in the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester, UK. Her current research focus is on the functional genomics of monocotyledonous plants, including orchid, banana, rice and oil palm.

Prof Jennifer has been an academician in public universities for the last 24 years with vast experience in teaching biotechnology courses.