2.4 Faculty of Life Sciences & Environment 2.4.0 General information regarding Faculty (Departments and Degrees): Department of Botany (M.Sc., Ph.D.) Department of Microbiology (M.Sc., Ph.D.) Department of Marine Sciences (M.Sc., Ph.D.) Department of Zoology (M.Sc., M.Phil, Ph.D.) Department of Biotechnology (M.Sc., Ph.D.) FACULTY BOARD Dean of Faculty Chairman (Ex-Officio) D. J. Bhat Member (Ex-Officio) P. V. Desai Member (Ex-Officio) S. Bhosle Member (Ex-Officio) G. N. Nayak Member (Ex-Officio) S. C. Ghadi Member (Ex-Officio) U. M. X. Sangodkar Member (Ex-Officio) A. B. Shanbag Member (Ex-Officio) M. K. Janarthanam Member (Ex-Officio) B. F. Rodrigues Member (Ex-Officio) S. K. Shyama Member Irene Furtado Member C. U. Rivonkar Member U. D. Muraleedharan Member S. Kerkar Member 36
Department of Botany Faculty D. J. Bhat, Ph. D., Professor -- Mycology, Plant Pathology, Diversity of Fungi. Prabhat K. Sharma, Ph. D., Professor & Head-- Plant Physiology and Biochemistry M. K. Janarthanam, Ph. D., Professor -- Plant Taxonomy (Angiosperms). B. F. Rodrigues, Ph. D., Professor -- Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding, Wasteland Reclamation, Mycorrhizal Research, Medicinal Plants, Tissue Culture. Vijaya U. Kerkar, Ph. D., Associate Professor – Algae, Pteridophytes. S. Krishnan, Ph. D., Assistant Professor -- Plant Histochemistry, Tissue Culture, Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering. Nandkumar M. Kamat, Ph. D., Assistant Professor -- Taxonomy and Biology of Actinomycetes, Yeasts and Basidiomycetes, Environmental Education, Science Popularisation. Major Thrust Areas of Research and Achievements Biodiversity, morphological and molecular systematic of Algae, Fungi, Pteridophytes and Angiosperms and their bioprospecting; Inoculation production of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi; Biotechnological application of Actinomycetes and macrofungi; Photosynthesis and productivity, Algal physiology and environmental impact assessment on productivity; Rice grain quality evaluation and Micropropagation of in-situ conservation of critically endangered and medicinal plants. Goa University Fungus Culture Collection: Activation of about 700 viable cultures, addition of 18 new cultures of aquatic hyphomycetes, 20 mushroom cultures from terrestrial habitats, 40 halophilic cultures from salt pans, 31 bacterial and 71 fungal cultures from plant defense organs. Visiting Scholars • Arati Ozarkar, University of Pune, Bioinformatics: Tools and Techniques, 15 th and 16 th October, 2010. • M. Karthikeyan, NCL, Pune, Chemoinformatics: Tools and Techniques, 22 nd and 23 rd October, 2010. • J. P. Khurana, University of Delhi, Genes controlling reproductive development and abiotic stress tolerance in rice, 17 th March, 2011. • Subhas Chandran, IISc Field Station, Kumta, Bearings of Ecological History on Western Ghat Biodiversity Studies, 17 th March, 2011. • S. Shishupala, Davanagere University, Davanagere, Bio-diversity assessment using MALDI-TOF-MS, 17 th March, 2011. • G. Bagyanarayana, Osmania University Hyderabad, Rusts of India: An Overview, 17 th March, 2011. • K. Mohanan, Kerala Forest Res., Institute, Peechi, Macro-fungal Diversity in the forests of Western Ghats, 17 th March, 2011. 37
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