Anath Bandhu Das

Biography

Teaching Professor,P.G. Department of Botany, Utkal University, Vani Vihar Bhubaneswar 751004, Odisha, 11 months (continuing) Associate Professor, Department of Agril. Biotechnology,Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology,Bhubaneswar 751003, Orissa, 5 Year 6 month Senior Scientist, Regional Plant Resource Centre Bhubaneswar, Orissa, 9 years Scientist, Regional Plant Resource Centre, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, 8 years MNES Research Associate, Dept. of Botany, University of Calcutta. India, 2 years DNES Research Fellow, Dept. of Botany,University of Calcutta, India, 2 years UGC Research Fellow, Centre of Advanced Study in Cell and Chromosome, 2 years Research, Dept. of Botany, University of Calcutta, India. Research Experience in Foreign Laboratories British Council HE Fellow, 1998 (2 months), Dept. of Cytology & Genetics,University of Liverpool Visiting Scientist, 1998 (2 weeks), Dept. of Genetics,University of Leiden, The Netherlands. RI-LAT Internationla Fellow, 1999 (6 months), IACR-Rothamsted International ,Dept. of Biological &Ecological Chemistry, Herpenden, UK Visiting Scientist, 1999 (1 week), Queen Mary College, London Visiting Scientist, 1999 (1 week), Kew Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK DBT-Oversease Associate, 2005 (3 months), Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic DBT-Oversease Associate, 2010 (3 months), Dept. Molecular Genetics,University of Leicester, U.K.

Research Interest

Cytology and DNA fingerprinting of higher plants Cytochemistry and genome size analysis in Angiosperms Molecular Cytogenetics of banana and cacti Molecular Physiology of salt tolerance in mangroves Tissue culture and transgenic in banana and medicinal plants Mutation breeding and crops improvement Genotoxicity of heavy metals on plants and phytoremediation Phytochemistry of medicinal plants and green synthesis of nanoparticals Characterization of Si transporter gene in rice