Prof. Surajit Das

Work & Education

3/2023 - till date : Professor, Department of Life Science, NIT Rourkala, Odisha

7/2020- 7/2023 : Head, Department of Life Science, NIT Rourkela, 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 

2003-2008               : 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. Industrial Fish & Fisheries, Zoology & Chemistry, 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).