Prof. Surajit Das
Work & Education
7/2020- 7/2023 : Head, Department of Life Science, NIT Rourkela, Odisha
3/2023 - till date : Professor, Department of Life Science, NIT Rourkala, Odisha
2/2018 - 3/2023 : Associate Professor, Department of Life Science, NIT Rourkala, Odisha
7/2009 - 2/2018 : Assistant Professor, Department of Life Science, NIT Rourkala, Odisha
3/2008 - 7/2009 : Lecturer, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University U.P, Noida
5/2008 - 10/2008 : Postdoctoral Fellow, National Centre for Marine Conservation and Resource Sustainability, University of Tasmania, Australia
2008 : Ph.D. in Marine Biology (Microbiology), Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India
2001 - 2003 : M.Sc. (First Rank) in Coastal Aquaculture, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India
1997 - 2000 : B.Sc. in Industrial Fish & Fisheries, Asutosh College, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India
Awards
2009 : Junior Scientist Award in Environmental Microbiology from the Association of Microbiologists of India in
2008 : Endeavour Research Fellowship by the Australian Government to undertake Postdoctoral research programme in Australia.
2007 : Junior Scientist award by the Board of International Awards of National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi, India.
2003 : Ramasamy Padayatchiar Endowment Merit Award by Government of Tamil Nadu from Annamalai University.
Honor/Memberships
Member of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), South Asia.
IUCN nominated expert (observer) on ‘Synthetic Biology’ of Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) set up by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
Associate Editor, iMeta journal. http://www.imeta.science/editor.html
Academic Editor of PLOS One.
Associate Editor of BMC Microbiology in “Ecological and Evolutionary Microbiology” section.
Editorial Board member (Environmental Biotechnology) of QScience Connect (ISSN: 2223-506X).
Editorial Advisory Board member of Nusantara Bioscience journal (ISSN 2087-3948).
Life member (L-18910) of the Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata.
Life member (474-2009) of the Association of Microbiologists of India.
Life member (LM-029-10) of the National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS), Chennai, India .
Life member (L/M- 1052) of the National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi, India .
Member of the Association of the Tropical Biology and Conservation, (ATBC Member #1004151).