Vijay Kumar Sharma
Professor
Evolutionary & Integrative Biology Unit
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
India
Biography
Vijay Kumar Sharma has worked as: Ultradian oscillations in Plants (for MS students): Department of Physics, Trondheim, Norway, 1999 Quantitative Methods in Biology (for PhD. students): JNCASR, Bangalore, 1998-till date Chronobiology: Basic Level. 3 credits: JNCASR, Bangalore, 2000-till date Chronobiology: Advanced Level. 3 credits: JNCASR, Bangalore, 2000-till date Basic Quantitative Tools in Biology. 3 credits: JNCASR, Bangalore, 2000-till date Laboratory Course in Chronobiology. 4 credits: JNCASR, Bangalore, 2000-till date Biophysics (for M.Sc. Biology students): MKU, Madurai, 1995-1996 Chronobiology: DST. SERC/SERB School in Chronobiology, 2008-till date. INSPIRE camps, last ten years. IISER Kolkata, IISER Pune and IISER Trivandrum, last ten years.
Research Interest
Vijay Kumar Sharma research interest include: Adaptive Significance of Circadian Rhythms, Evolution of Circadian Rhythms, Molecular and Genetic Bases of Circadian Rhythms in fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster, Role of Circadian Clocks in the Regulation of Life History Traits, Neurogenetic Basis of Circadian Rhythms of oviposition in Fruit Flies Drosophila melanogaster, Circadian Consequences of Social Organizations in Ants and Flies, Circadian Rhythms under semi-natural conditions.
