Corn Kernals (IMAGE) Penn State Caption Surinder Chopra, professor of maize genetics, was given seeds from a mutant line of corn in 1997 when he was a postdoctoral scholar at Iowa State University, and he brought the research with him when he joined the Penn State faculty in 2000. Credit Surinder Chopra Research Group/Penn State Usage Restrictions Non commercial use only License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.