NCMR-Staff

PI and Co-PI Scientific Staff Administrative staff Technical Staff

Principal Investigator

Research experience of 28 years in the field of microbial ecology, microbial molecular taxonomy and biodiversity. More than 330 publications in reputed journals of relevant area. Reviewed publications in International journals like FEMS Ecology, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Microbial Ecology and others. Several national and international collaborations; more than 25 successful grant applications from various funding agencies. Seventeen students awarded PhD from University of Pune and Eight are currently registered. Twenty five years of post-graduate teaching experience.

Dr. Avinash Sharma

Co-Principal Investigator

Dr. Dhiraj Dhotre

Dr. Amit Yadav

Dr. Om Prakash Sharma (omprakash@nccs.res.in)

Designation: Scientist 'D'

Tel.: 020-25329036

Research interests: Systematics and Ecology of Microbes, Environmental Microbiology, Anaerobic Microbiology, Clutivation of tough to Cultivate Bacteria and Archaea, Intact microbiome preservation, Bottom-up-Proteomics, Anaerobic Infection

Dr. Amaraja Joshi (amaraja@nccs.res.in)

Designation: Scientist 'C'

Tel.: 020-25329024

Research interests: Microbial diversity, taxonomy and biotechnology of extremophilies especially from Lonar lake and Pangong Lake

Dr. Neetha Joseph (neetha@nccs.res.in)

Designation: Scientist 'C'

Tel.: 020-25329024

Research interests: Taxonomy and systematics, Ecology of Microbes, Microbial Community Structure Analys.

Dr. Praveen Rahi (praveen@nccs.res.in)

Designation: Scientist 'C'

Tel.: 020-25329023

Research interests: Phytomicrobiome, Legume-Rhizobia Symbioses, Nitrogen fixation, Detection of Objectionable Microorganisms.

Dr. Dhiraj Paul (dhiraj.paul@nccs.res.in)

Designation: Scientist 'B'

Tel.: 020-25329017

Research interests: Geomicrobiology, Moleular microbial ecology, Deep biosphere, bioinformatics

Dr. Tushar Lodha (tushar.lodha@nccs.res.in)

Designation: Scientist 'B'

Tel.: 020-25329034

Research interests: Microbial Systematics, Diversity of ammonia oxidising (Anammox) bacteria for ammonia waste treatment, Understanding the significance of hopanoids (sterol surrogate) in bacteria, Investigate the new bioactive molecules from bacterial origin.