Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc)

Deen Dayal Giri

MSc, NET, PhD

Assistant Professor (ad-hoc)

Department of Botany

Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya

Bilaspur, CG, -495009, India

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RESEARCH INTEREST:

Microbial Ecology of Methanotrophs, Psychrophiles, Algal Biodiesel

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH

Methane sinks strength of ecosystem in relation to the methanotrophic bacterial population dynamic

DOCTORAL RESEARCH

Methanotrophic Bacterial Population Dynamics in Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest Ecosystem.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

·  PhD: 2007, Algal Research Lab, Banaras Hindu University

·  MSc Botany: 2001, with specialization in Microbial Genetics and Biotechnology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

HONOURS AND AWARDS

·  Senior Research Fellowship (extended SRF): (CSIR), New Delhi, India.

·  Senior Research Fellowship (SRF): 2004-2007, CSIR, New Delhi, India.

·  Junior Research Fellowship (JRF): 2002-2004, CSIR, New Delhi, India.

·  National Eligibility Test (CSIR/UGC-NET): 2001

·  Graduate aptitude test (GATE) 2001 All India Ranking 221.

·  Indian Council of Medical Research (JRF) 2001, New Delhi.

PUBLICATIONS

·  Shukla SP, Singh Jay S, Kashyap S, Giri DD, Kashyap AK, 2008. Antarctic cyanobacteria as a source of phycocyanin: An assessment, Indian Journal of Marine Sciences Vol. 37(4), 2008,

·  Giri DD, Shukla PN, Kashyap S, Singh Priti, Kashyap AK, Pandey KD, 2007. Variation in methanotrophic bacterial population along an altitude gradient at two slopes in tropical dry deciduous forest. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39: 2424?2426

·  Pandey KD, Shukla PN, Giri DD, Kashyap AK 2005. Cyanobacteria in alkaline soil and the effect of cyanobacteria inoculation with pyrite amendments on their reclamation. Biology and fertility of Soils 41: 451-457

·  Pandey KD, Shukla SP, Shukla PN, Giri DD, Singh Jay S, Singh P and AK Kashyap 2004. Cyanobacteria in Antarctica: Ecology, physiology and Cold adaptation. Cellular and Molecular Biology 50(5):575-584.

BOOK

·  Giri DD 2010 Culturable methanotrophs in tropical dry deciduous forest ISBN- 978-84338054-6 Lap Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Dudweiler Landstraße 99 D - 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany

BOOK CHAPTER

·  Pandey KD, Shukla SP, Shukla PN, Giri DD, Priti Singh, Kashyap AK, 2009 Antarctic Cyanobacteria: Status Review. N. Khare (Ed.) Ministry of Earth Science National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa., (In Press)

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