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Experts on Environmental Biotechnology
National:
1.
National facility for Marine
Cyanobacteria
Prof. L. Uma, E.mail: uma@nfmc.res.in
Research Area: Environmental Biotechnology includes Methane generation from animal wastes, tannin degradation by bacteria, degradation / detoxification / mineralization / decolouration / disinfection / metal accumulation / biosorption by marine cyanobacteria.
2.
Institute of Microbial Technology
Research Area: Protein Chemistry & Molecular Biology
Dr. Tapan Chakrabarti, tapan@imtech.res.in
Research Area: Microbial / Molecular Genetics
Dr. R.K. Jain, rkj@imtech.res.in
Research Area: Environmental Microbiology
3. NEERI (Environmental Biotechnology
Division)
Dr. Tapan Chakrabarti, t_chakrabarti@neeri.res.in
Area of expertise: Environmental monitoring with special reference to toxic wastewater and hazardous sludges Biotechnological production of value added chemicals from wastes treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes Genotoxicity of toxic wastewaters and leachates.
Dr. A.M. Deshkar
Research Area: Hazardous
Waste Managenet, Water & Wastewater treatment & disposal
Research Area: Hazardous
waste management, Wastewater treatment
Dr. T.V. Subbarao
Research Area: Environmental
Monitoring, Environmental Biotechnology for treatment of wastes and
wastewaters toxicity testing of industrial effluents
Dr. R.D. Sahu
Research Area: Chemistry,
Soil waste management, Biosolids management Polarographic &
Voltammetric method of analysis, Environmental
biotechnology
Dr. M. Suresh Kumar
Research Area: Environmental
Biotechnology Environmental Management
4. Agharkar Research Institute
(Microbial Science Division)
Dr. Pradnya P. Kanekar, kanekarp@rediffmail.com
Research Area: Bioremediation of
hazardous waste waters; Biodegradation of toxic chemopollutants
Dr. S. B. Bhosale, sbbhosale@aripune.org
Research
Area: Enzyme chemistry, Anaerobic fermentation, Metabolite and metabolite
products
Dr. K.M. Paknikar,
paknikar@vsnl.com
Research area:
Metal-microbe interactions and their applications, Nanoscience and
nanotechnology, Microbial Culture Collections
Dr. D.R. Ranade, drranade@vsnl.com,
drranade@aripune.org
Research Area:
Anaerobic bacteria, Treatment of industrial waste, Biogas technology,
Microbial induced corrosion
Dr. T.Y. Yeole, tyyeole@aripune.org
Research
Area: Anaerobic bacteria, Treatment of industrial waste, Biogas technology
Dr. Smita S.
Nilegaonkar, smitanilegaonkar@rediffmail.com
Research
Area: Production of industrially useful chemicals and enzymes by microbial
fermentation
Dr. Seema S. Sarnaik, Sarnaik@hotmail.co
Research Area:
Microbial treatment of industrial effluent, Production of industrially
important enzymes
5.
Rajib Gandhi Centre of Biotechnology,
Dr. Hari Krishnan K, harirgcb@yahoo.co.in
Area of interest: Isolation of microbes from the polluted sites capable of bioremediation and microbial transformations of these chemicals. The metabolic pathways of xenobiotics, molecular characterization of microbes to elucidate the genes responsible for degradation.
6. IICB, Kolkata:
Dr. A.K. Ghosh, aghosh@iicb.res.in
Research Area: Molecular mechanism of trehalose metabolism in yeast
Dr. M. Mukherjee, mmukherjee@iicb.res.in
Research Area: Biochemistry and Enzymology of Edible Mushroom
Dr. Nirmalendu Das
Research Area: Endotoxin mediated degradation in erythrocyte
Dr. Jharna
Bhattacharyya
Research Area: Cellular regulation of enzyme secretion by fungi
7. ITRC (Environmental
Microbiology Division),
Research Area: Bacterial detoxification of industrial waste ; Isolation and characterization of bacteria from soil, water and food
Dr. Ashwani Kumar, ashwani26@rediffmail.com
Dr.
N, Manockam, nmanickam@rediffmail.com
Research
Area: Microbial
degradation of environmental pollutants and characterization of degradative
genes. Environmental Biotechnology
and environmental genomics
8. NBRI,
Research Area: Ecotoxicology and bioremediation
Dr. R. D. Tripathi, tripathi_rd@rediffmail.com
Research Area: Ecotoxicology and bioremediation
Dr. Chandra Shekhar Nautiyal, csnnbri@yahoo.com nautiyalnbri@lycos.com
Research Area: Molecular biology and genetic engineering
9. IIT, Kharagpur
Dr. Debabrata Das, Professor, ddas@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in
Research Area: Biochemical Engineering , Environmental Biotechnology , Microbial Biotechnology
Dr. N. Mallic, nm@agfe.iitkgp.ernet.in
Research Area: Environmental Biotechnology, Stress Physiology
Dr. Ramkrishna Sen, rksen@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in
Research Area: Biochemical Engineering, Bioprocess Development and Optimization, Microbial Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology, Enzyme and Bio-fuel Technology
10.
Dr. Rita Kumar, rita@igib.res.in
Dr. V. C. Kalia,
vckalia@igib.res.in
Area: Bioenergy from waste
11.
Dr. Rajinder K.
Gupta,
rkg67ap@yahoo.com
Research Area: Natural products from microorganisms & plants, microbiology & physiology of actinomycetes, biotransformations, biocontrol agents/biopesticides, and biofuels and biomass conversion/utilization.
12.
Dr. Jaishree Paul,
jpaul33@hotmail.com ;
jaishree@mail.jnu.ac.in
Area of Research: Microbiological and Molecular Aspects of Human Gut Flora; Epidemiological Studies on amoebiasis using Molecular Probes; Detection and analysis of Food borne parasites using molecular approaches; Study of rDNA episome of Entamoeba and its replication; Bioremediation of arsenic.
13. Interdisciplinary
Biotechnology Unit,
Dr. M. Saleemuddin,
btisamua@nde.vsnl.net.in
Research Area: Membrane biochemistry and enzyme
technology. Use of protein-protein interactions in the stabilization of
enzymes of industrial and analytical
utility. Construction of field effect, optical and other sugar
biosensors and used successfully in the FIA systems also the usefulness of
anti-enzyme antibodies directed against the specific regions of the enzymes
like the glycosyl and those where the unfolding process may begin.
14. Department of Bio
Science and Biotechnology,
Dr. R.P.Mathur, biost@rurkiu.ernet.in
Area of Research: Environmental Pollution
Abatement. In the current area of research emphasis is laid on use of
microbial agents (fungus, yeast and bacteria) in degradation of refractory
recalcitrant materials. The materials being targetted are Lignocellulosic
Compounds, dyes in textile industries and Cdor (melaonidin) is distillery
wastes.
15. Department of
Environmental Biology,
Prof. P. Pardha Saradhi,
saradhi@ndf.vsnl.net.in, ppsaradhi@hotmail.com
Specialisation: Plant
Stress Physiology, Environmental Biotechnology, Remediation of Wastelands
16.
Dr. N. S. Punekar, Professor nsp@iitb.ac.in
Research Interest: Microbial Biochemistry and Molecular Enzymology (Major fields) , Microbial Metabolic Regulation, Understanding Metabolism through biochemical & recombinant DNA techniques, Fungal Molecular Genetics and its Applications to Metabolic Engineering.
17. IIT, Madras
Dr.
G.K. Suraishkumar,
gk@iitm.ac.in,
gk@biotech.iitm.ac.in
Research Interests: Induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) to improve productivities of bioreactor cultures from a genetic view-point. Production of many bioproducts such as enzymes, xanthan gum, etc. Strategy of oxygen supply to aerobic bioreactors, which eliminates the gas-liquid transport resistance, improvement of productivities of viscous and shear-sensitive fermentations. Development of novel biosorbents for toxic trace metal removal with high uptake capacities; they resulted in two patents.
Dr. Anju Chadha, Professor anjuc@iitm.ac.in, anjuc@biotech.iitm.ac.in
Research Area: Bioorganic
Chemistry: Biocatalysis and Enzyme Mechanisms
Dr. T.S. Chandra, Professor, chandra@iitm.ac.in, chandra@biotech.iitm.ac.in
Research Area: Microbiology
and Genetics
Research Interests : Biotechnology for food, feed and fuel Riboflavin enriched animal feed supplement , rib gene expression ,lipase and membrane fluidity changes by fluorescent probes in ascomycetes fungi. Nutraceuticals , phenolic antioxidant activity ,wound healing and anti-glycaemic effects in millet diet. Molecular Microbial Diversity in compost, vermicompost of sugar industry wastes (pressmud, bagasse ,trash etc) Low temperature biogasification, psychrotrophic microbes and cold-tolerant industrial enzymes (xylanases, cellulose , B-galactosidase etc).
Dr.
K.B. Ramachandran, Professor kbram@iitm.ac.in
Research Interests: Bioreactor Design and Analysis, Modeling, Simulation and Control of Bioprocesses, Enzyme Engineering and Environmental Biotechnology.
18.
Prof. Subir Kundu, Profrssor and Coordinator, subirbhu@satyam
Specialisation:
Microbial Engg., Enzyme Engineering, Bioreactor-kinetics, Modelling and
Scale-up, Downstream Processing, Bioconversion, Bioinformatics, Food
Engineering, Nanobiotechnology
Dr. S. K. Srivastava, Professor,
sksri_2512@sancharnet.in
Specialisation: Enzyme Engg., Bio-conversion, Wastewater Engg., Downstream Processing, Instrumentation and Process Control.
Dr. Mira Debnath (Das), Reader, mdevdas1@rediffmail.com
Specialisation: Ferment.Tech., Microbial Engg., Enzyme Engg., Genetics Engg., Instrumentation and Process Control
19. Centre for Biotechnology, JNU
Dr. Rakesh Bhatnagar, Professor rakeshbhatnagar@mail.jnu.ac.in
Research Area: Search
for Novel bioinsecticides from xenorhabdus nematophilus, Strategies to
Control Anthrax Lethal Factor Binding Domain of Protective Antigen of
Anthrax Toxin
Dr. Uttam K. Pati, Professor, uttam@mail.jnu.ac.in
Research Area: Identification,
purification and characterization of active hypoglycaemic principle from Momordica charantia, Bovine
immunodeficiency Virus: Isolation, Molecular Characterization and
Development of diagnostics
Dr. Aparna Dixit, Professor, adix2100@mail.jnu.ac.in
Research Area: Investigations
into Botanical Based Products and their studies at molecular levels in
identified therapeutic areas
20.
Dr. B.K. Senapati, Professor
Specialisation: Ecology, Environmental Bio-Technology & Vermitechnology
21.
Dr. Anil Kumar, Professor & Head,
ak_sbt@yahoo.com , bioinfo@sancharnet.in
Specialization:
Genetic Engineering and Enzyme Technology.
22. IIT,
Dr. A.K. Srivastava, Professor & Head, hoddbeb@dbeb.iitd.ac.in
Area of Interest: Modelling, simulation, optimization & control of bioprocesses. Plant/animal cell fermentation for the roduction of commercially important metabolites. Propionic acid fermentation, Poly-Beta-hydroxy-butyrate (PHB) production. Software development for data acquisition and control, Bioreactor development.
Dr. G.P. Agarwal, Professor, gopal@dbeb.iitd.ac.in
Area of Interest: Bioprocess engineering of low value but high volume bio-chemicals; Application of membranes for water purification; Downstream Processing of bio-chemicals via high throughput membrane based separation methods; Methods for therapeutic proteins, peptides, antibiotics and recombinant bio-molecules purification using Ultrafiltration (UF), Nanofiltration and Immobilized Metal ion Affinity Chromatography (IMAC); Biosensor design and application; Bioinformatics: (i) Study of large data bases of genomes and its annotation (ii) Teaching of bioinformatics at UG & PG level (iii) Application of bioinformatics tools to study comparative microbial genomics.
Dr. V.S. Bisaria, Professor , E-mail: vbisaria@dbeb.iitd.ac.in
Area of Interest: Biotechnology of Lignocellulose Conversion - biosynthesis and applications of cellulase, xylanase and related enzymes, conversion of xylose to ethanol, microbial upgradation of agro-residues to animal feed. Production of secondary metabolites by fermentation.
Dr. Chand Subhash, Professor , E-mail: subhashc@dbeb.iitd.ac.in
Area of Interest: Bioprocessing of industrial/agricultural feedstock using Immobilized cells/enzyme system. Microbial production, purification & characterization of industrial enzymes. Application of enzymes in process in microaqueous media. Management issues in industrial biotechnology.
Dr. S.N.Mukhopadhyay, Professor , snmukho@dbeb.iitd.ac.in
Area of Interest: Bioprocess Engineering. Bioconversion. Oxygen mass transfer and process analysis. Food Biotechnology. Environmental Biotechnology. Cellulase-cellulose process biotechnology, Tools of r-DNA technology (Restriction enzymes), Transfectional fermentation biotechnology in animal cell engineering.
Dr. T.R. Sreekrishnan, Associate Professor , sree@dbeb.iitd.ac.in
Area of Interest: Waste Engineering and Environmental Biotechnology-Development, modelling and optimization of aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment processes for high strength and toxic industrial waste streams. Biodegradation of xenobiotic compounds. Production of biodegradable polymers. Development of biosensors for monitoring environmental pollutants.
Dr. E.V.Ramasamy, Lecturer, ev_ramasamy@yahoo.com
Research Areas: Environmental Biotechnology : Anaerobic wastewater treatment technologies Solid Waste Management : High-solid digestion, Composting, Vermicomposting Bioremediation : Phytoremediation of domestic wastewater, Soil bioremediation with Earthworms
24. National Institute
for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIST)
(Formerly Regional Research Laboratory)
Dr. Ashok Pandey, Head, Biotechnology Division, E-mail: pandey56@yahoo.co.in
Research Area: Biopolymers (including bio-degradable plastics)
25. Institute of Microbial Technology
Dr. C.R. Suri,
Scientist,
raman@imtech.res.in
Research Area: Biosensors/Biomarkers
Environmental Microbiologists Expert Directory (Southern Region)
|
Sl. No. |
Name & Designation |
Corresponding Address |
Area of Specialization |
|
1. |
Dr. N. Anand, Director |
CAS in Email: botany@vsnl.com |
Cyanobacteria, |
|
2. |
Dr.R.Balagurunathan, Senior Lecturer |
Dept.of Microbiology Email: rbalaguru@sancharnet.in |
Marine actinomycetes and their bioactive compounds |
|
3. |
Dr. K. Balaraman, Deputy Director |
Vector Control Research
Centre, Email: rk_bala@yahoo.com |
Microbial Pesticides, |
|
4. |
Mrs. Bhavani, Reader |
8, Kala Flats, 15, RK Shanmugam Salai, K.K. Nagar, Chennai-75. Email: madhurimant@eth.net |
Food microbiology, |
|
5. |
Dr.T.N. Bhavanishankar, General Manager |
Bacardi Martini India Ltd.,3KM
Stone, Email: tbhavnis@bacardi.com |
Biological treatment of organic waster, |
|
6. |
Dr.T.S.Chandra,
Professor |
Dept of chemistry, |
Microbial Biochemistry, |
|
7. |
Dr.S.R.Dave, Professor & Head |
Professor & Head, Email: shaileshrdave@yahoo.co.in |
Bioremediation of metallic pollutants, |
|
8. |
Dr.P.B.Desai, Professor |
Director, Email: pdesai54@hotmail.com |
Medical Microbiology, |
|
9. |
Dr.S.S. Gnanamanickam, Professor |
CAS in Botany, Email: gmanick@vsnl.com |
Plant in microbiology - management of plant health
with microbial nioculants also rice pathology, |
|
10. |
Dr. Y.D. Gaur, Emeritus Professor |
Division of Microbiology |
Soil microorganisms, |
|
11. |
Dr. K.S. Jagadeesh, Associate Professor |
Department of Agri
Microbiology, Email: jagsmicro@yahoo.co.in |
Biocontrol of Phytopathogens, |
|
12. |
Dr.V. Kannan, Lecturer |
CAS in Botany, Email: vkannan@unom.ac.in |
Microbial Physiology, |
|
13. |
Dr. P.T. Kalaichelvan, Professor |
CAS in Botany, Email: Manikavi53@yahoo.com |
Mycology, Edible mushrooms, |
|
14. |
Dr.V.Kaviyarasan, Lecturer |
CAS in Botany, Email: Manikavi53@yahoo.com |
Mycology, Edible mushrooms, |
|
15. |