Qualification:
M.Sc., Ph.D.

Contact Address:
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235

Email:
jrath@visva-bharati.ac.in ; jnanendra@gmail.com

Fax:
03463-262728

Phone numbers (mobile and/or landline):
+91-3463-262751-6 (6 lines) Ext. 382 (O),
+91-9474766362 (M); +91-3463-261719 (R)

Research areas:
Algal Diversity
Ecophysiology of Cyanobacteria
Bioprospecting of Algae
Algal-Nanotechnology
Climate Change & Wetland Management
Digital taxonomy and electronic cataloging of species

Awards and Honours:
• Partner of UNESCO affiliated “Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification” (ETI)
• Alumni of United Nations Institute for training and Research (UNITAR), Hiroshima, Japan
• Fellowship holder of Ministry of Agriculture, nature and Food, The Netherlands
• Award of Membership of Society of Wetland Scientist, USA

Significant publications :
• Mandal S., J. Rath and S.P. Adhikary (2011) Adaptation strategies of the sheathed cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula to ultraviolet-B. Photochem photobiol 102: 115-122. (impact factor = 2.253)
• Padhi B.K, J. Rath and Padhi P.K (2010) Diatoms for assessing the ecological condition of inland freshwater bodies. World Rev of Sci, Technol & Sust. Development 7: 352-359.
• Samad L.K, J. Rath and S. P. Adhikary (2008) Growth response and protein profile of two different Scytonema species from cave walls and soil crusts in light and dark. Algological Studies 127: 49-60.
• Rath J. and S.P. Adhikary (2007) Response of the estuarine cyanobacterium Lyngbya aestuarii to UV-B radiation. J. Appl. Phycol 19: 529-536. (impact factor = 1.018)
• Rath J. and S.P. Adhikary (2006) Marine macro-algae of Orissa, east coast of India. Algae (Korean Journal of Phycology) 21(1): 49-59.

Awards and Honours:
• Rath, J and S.P. Adhikary (2005) Algal Flora of Chilika Lake. Daya Publishing House, New Delhi. Xiv + 206 p., 30 col. Plts., ISBN: 8170353513.
• Adhikary S.P., M. Jena and J. Rath (2009) Freshwater algae of coastal districts of Orissa state, India. Bibliotheca Phycologica, Band 115. Willkommen bei den Verlagen E.Schweizerbart, Borntraeger and Cramer Science Publishers, Stuttgart, Germany pp.166 36 plates ISBN: 978-3-443-60042-6; ISSN: 0067-8066.