Subbiah Poopathi
Microbiology
Vector Control Research Centre
India
Biography
Subbiah Poopathi was awarded several honours and endowments for the academic distinction through out the career. A prestigious “Sri. Madana Ramamoorthy Memorial Gold Medal” was awarded for distinction in the subject of Zoology. Several grants and fellowships were received from various agencies including ICMR, DBT and DST etc., other than Young Scientists Award: 2001-2002. ICMR Best Scientist award was received recently from Union home minister of health & family welfare, Government of India. He has been working in the field of biomedical research for more than 20 years and has contributed extensively to the field of biological control of mosquito vectors, resistance and its management. His work on deltamethrin impregnated hessian curtains for protection against mosquitoes was the pioneer work in South India. He has innovated a new technique to study the molecular mode of action of bacterial toxins in mosquito vectors where preceding methods had cumbersome on the process. He has made outstanding contributions in the field of recycling of biological waste materials from the environment for the production of bio-pesticides in mosquito control.
Research Interest
Applied Microbiology, Molecular Biology
