Punyasloke Bhadury
Professor
Dept: Biological Sciences (DBS)
E-mail: pbhadury [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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We study the biological complexity and intrinsic functional properties of microbial communities from freshwater to coastal ocean to understand their roles in major ecosystem processes including biogeochemical cycling. We use robust field based to laboratory based measurements (e.g. "omics") to understand the microbial complexity. Given the increasing anthropogenic pressures on coastal ocean, we also investigate impacts of ocean acidification on biological communities and consequences for blue economy. Over the years, I have developed numerous cheap, cost-effective and sustainable technologies that can be as well as presently being used for effective management of waste (e.g. solid waste, fecal sludge, wastewater) as well as optimize performances of sewage treatment plants. I have developed microbiome consortium based formulations that can help towards restoration of diverse ecosystems and a number of these formulations have formed the basis of start-ups and commercialized very successful. The learnings from microbial response in link with environment have helped us to delve deep and investigate challenging issues such as bacterial nosocomial infections as well as undertake targeted biodiscovery of novel secondary metabolites.
- Ph.D. (Biological Sciences), Plymouth Marine Laboratory (University of Plymouth), 2005
- M.Sc. (Marine Resource Development and Protection), School of Life Sciences (Heriot Watt University, United Kingdom), 2002
- Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
- Scientist-C, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India (2008 - 2008)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University, USA (2006 - 2008)
- Junior Scientist, Plymouth Marine Applications Limited, United Kingdom (2006 - 2006)
- Associate Editor from Ecological Solutions and Evidence (2020)
- Associate Editor from Journal of Genetics (2020)
- SwarnaJayanti Fellowship Award from DST, Govt of India (2018)
- Editorial Board Member from IOP Science (2018)
- Editorial Board Member from Scientific Reports (2016)
- Horseshoe Crab Specialist Group from International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (2012)
- IUGS Hutchinson Travel Award from International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) (2012)
- Indian Arctic Expedition Leader from Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India (2010)
- PML International PhD Scholarship from Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom (2002)
- DFID Scholarship from Department For International Development, United Kingdom (2001)
- Ghosh, Anwesha and Bhadury, Punyasloke. 2021."Exploring changes in bacterioplankton community structure in response to tannic acid, a major component of mangrove litterfall of Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem: a laboratory mesocosm approach." Environmental Science and Pollution Research, X, X
- Kumar, Chakresh; Ghosh, Anwesha; -, Yash; Debnath, Manojit and Bhadury, Punyasloke. 2021."Seasonal dynamicity of environmental variables and water quality index in the lower stretch of the River Ganga." Environmental Research Communications, 3, 075008
- Dutta, Soumyajit and Bhadury, Punyasloke. 2020."Effect of arsenic on exopolysaccharides production in a diazotrophic cyanobacterium." Journal of Applied Phycology, 32, 2915-2926
- Bhadury, Punyasloke and Sen, Areen. 2020."Understanding impact of seasonal nutrient influx on sedimentary organic carbon and its relationship with Ammonia spp. in a coastal lagoon." Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 177
- Mukherjee, Ishita; Ghosh, Anwesha; Bhadury, Punyasloke and De, Priyadarshi. 2019."Matrix assisted antibacterial activity of polymer conjugates with pendant antibiotics, bioactive and biopassive moieties." Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 7, 3007-3018