Dr. Amar Jyoti Das | Faculty Microbiology - Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun

Assistant Professor
Dr. Amar Jyoti Das

RESEARCH AREA
• Environmental microbiology
• Bioprocess and fermentation
• Microbial Metabolites and metabolomics
EDUCATION
• PhD Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, India (2013-2019)
• MSc Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, India (2013)
• BSc Bioechnology HNB Garhwal Central University, Srinagar, India (2011)
AWARDS/HONORS
• First rank holder in MSc Examinations (University Dual Gold Medalist).
• Awarded NET (UGC)
• DST INSPIRE, Junior Research Fellow (JRF), Department of Science Technology, India (2014).
• DST-INSPIRE, Senior Research Fellow (SRF), Department of Science Technology, India (2019).
• Received Anandaram Borah award for matric result.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
• Microbiologists Society, India
• Asian PGPR Society, USA

Dr. Das, working as an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, India is having 10years research experience. Prior to this, he worked in CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun and in R&D centre of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Bangalore, India. His expertise is in environmental microbiology especially in biosurfactant, metabolomics and bioprocess. He loves to tinker with technology, employ new techniques and innovative ideas for betterment of environment and human. His track record of research is quite eclectic as he has contributed to various disciplines, spanning from environmental microbiology, microbial metabolomics, bioprocess, industrial microbiology, and plant microbe interaction He have published numerous research and review articles in reputed national and international journal and have presented numerous papers at conferences for which he has received many awards. He is actively involved as an editor and reviewer in many International and National Journals and has filed three patents on biosurfactant technology and authored two books in Springer journals.