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Amrita Chakraborty, Ph.D.
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Education

  • 2010 - 2014        PhD in Microbiology, Calcutta University, India. PhD thesis "Studies on genomic and functional diversity of soil bacteria in agricultural ecosystems".
  • 2005 - 2007        M.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Kalyani, India.
  • 2002 - 2005        B.Sc. in Microbiology, Calcutta University, India.

Professional Experience

  • 2018 - Present      Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences (CULS), Prague.
  • 2014 - 2018          Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden.
  • 2007 - 2010          Project Assistant, Dept. of Microbiology, Calcutta University, India.

Research Interest

Contribution of microbes underlying the evolutionary success of insects.

Teaching Experience

  • Teaching assistance in Organic Chemistry at the undergraduate level at SLU, Sweden (2017).
  • Guest lecturer in Environmental Microbiology at the Undergraduate Level at Halmstad University, Sweden (2014). 
  • Organized Practical Classes in Soil Microbiology at Masters Level at the Department of Microbiology, University of Calcutta, India (2009-2013).

Invited Talks and Presentations

  • Poster Presentation at the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution, July 2019, Manchester, UK
  • Poster Presentation at the Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 2018, Vancouver, Canada. 
  • Invited talk at the European Congress of Entomology, July 2018, Naples, Italy. 
  • Invited talk in Pherodays, October 2016, SLU, Sweden.
  • Poster Presented in Insect Chemical Ecology Graduate course (ICE - 2015), SLU, Sweden. 
  • Presented in poster Pherodays, October 2014 and October 2015, SLU, Sweden. 
  • Invited talk in the International Conference on Climate Change, Forest Resource and Environment (ICCFRE) and the National Environmental Congress, December 2011, India. 
  • Poster presentation in the International Symposium on "System of Intensification towards Food and Environmental Security", February 2011, India.