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
- Jul 2023 - Present Senior Researcher, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences (CULS), Prague.
- Jun 2018 - Jun 2023 Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences (CULS), Prague.
- May 2014 - Apr 2018 Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden.
- Nov 2007 - Dec 2009 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
- Invited talk at Vellore Institute of Technology, January 2025, Vellore, India.
- Invited talk at Dept. Of Genetics, University of Calcutta, January 2025, India.
- Presented poster at the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE-2024), July 2024, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Invited talk at ICFRE-Institute of Wood Science and Technology, July 2023, Bangalore, India.
- Invited talk at the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE-2023), July 2023, Bangalore, India.
- 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.
