ADJUNCT FACULTY
| Sl. No | Adjunct faculty address | Area of Specialization | Host Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Umesh K. Reddy, Professor, West Virginia State University Institute, WV, USA. Phone: (304) 766-3066 ureddy@wvstateu.edu |
Crop Genomics | Plant Breeding and Genetics, CPBG, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 2 | Dr. Ramasamy Perumal Assistant Professor, Kanas State University, USA. Phone: 785 625 3425 Extn: 216 (office); 785 340 5235 (mobile) Fax: 785 623 4369 Email: perumal@ksu.edu |
Crop Breeding and Genetics | Plant Breeding and Genetics, CPBG, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 3 | Dr. Padma Nimmakalan Research Associate Professor, West Viriginia State University Institute, WV, USA Phone: (304) 766-3258 padma@wvstateu.edu |
Molecular Diversity and Breeding | Plant Breeding and Genetics, CPBG, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 4 | Dr. Rama Jagulam Associate Professor ,Weed Physiology, Department of Agronomy, 2004 , Throckmorton Hall, Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506, USA. |
Biotechnology, Genetics and Plant Breeding Crop Physiology | Plant Biotechnology, CPMB & B, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 5 | Dr. Ashok P Giri, Chair and Principal Scientist, Biological Sciences Division, Indian Statistical Institute, Dr. Homi Bhabba Road, Pune- 411 008, India |
Nano Science and Technology, Plant Biology and Biotechnology | Plant Biotechnology, CPMB & B, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 6 | Dr. Marcus Samuel, Associate Professor, Integrative Cell Biology (Plant Biology), Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta. Phone no: +1 (403) 210-6459 Email: msamuel@ucalgary.ca |
Biotechnology | Plant Biotechnology, CPMB & B, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 7 | Prof. Murray Grant, Elizabeth Creak Chair in Food Security, School of Life Sciences, Gibbet Hill, University of Warwick, Coventry, UKPhone no: 02476575136024 Email: M.Grant@warwick.ac.uk |
Molecular Biology, Plant Pathology and Agricultural Microbiology | Plant Biotechnology, CPMB & B, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 8 | Dr. Krishna Jagadish Associate Professor, University of Guelph, Canada Phone no: (806) 834 – 7953 Email: kjagadish.sv@ttu.edu |
Molecular Physiologist | Plant Biotechnology, CPMB & B, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 9 | Dr. Murukarthick Jayakodi Group Leader for Grain Legume, Genomics Research Group Germany. Email id:jayakodi@ipk-gatersleben.de |
Bioinformatics | Plant Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics CPMB&B, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 10 | Dr. Yerlan Turuspekov Professor, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Tel fax: 7-727 -3948006 Email: yerlant@yahoo.com |
Plant Genetics, Population Genetics and Genetic Diversity | Plant Biotechnology, CPMB & B, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 11 | Dr. Tae-Jin Yang Professor, Department of Plant Science, Seoul National University, South Korea. Email id: tjyang@snu.ac.kr |
Retrotransposons, Genomics and Medicinal Plant Genomics | Plant Biotechnology, CPMB & B, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 12 | Dr. Mohammad Sameri Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences/ SLU. Email: mohammad.sameri@slu.se |
Molecular Plant Breeding, MAS, Plant Biotechnology and Abiotic Stress Tolerance | Plant Biotechnology, CPMB & B, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 13 | Dr. RamuGovindasamy Associate Director at NUAPP Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, USA. Phone: 848-932-9192 Fax: 732-932-8887 Email: govindasamy@njaes.rutgers.edu |
Natural Resources Management | Agricultural Economics, CARDS, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 14 | Dr. Muthu Bagavathiannan, Assistant Professor of Weed Science, Dept. of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas AM University, College Station, Texas Phone:979-845-5375 Email: m.bagavathiannan@ag.tamu.edu |
Weed Science | Agronomy, DCM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 15 | Dr. P.V. Vara Prasad, Distinguished Professor , Kansas State University, USA. Ph: 785-532-3746 Email id: vara@ksu.edu |
Crop Ecophysiology | Crop Physiology, DCM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 16 | Dr. Suresh Neethirajan, Assistant Professor, University of Guelph, Vineland Station, Canada |
Agri-Food Bio – Nanotechnology, Biosystems Engineering | Nano Science and Technology, NRM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 17 | Dr. Arunava Goswami Professor, Biological Sciences Division, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Phone No.:91 33 2575-3227 / 3225 Email: agoswami@isical.ac.in /srabanisopanarunava@gmail.com |
Nano Science and Technology | Nano Science and Technology, NRM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 18 | Dr. Thava Palanisami University of Newcastle , S chool of Engineering Australia. thava.palanisami@newcastle.edu.au |
Contamination risk assessment and remediation, molecular microbial tools for soil health, rhizosphere manipulation, (Bio) phytoremediation and plasticulture | Environmental Sciences, NRM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 19 | Dr. Ravi Naidu Global innovation Chair and Director, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation, University of New Castle, Callaghan, Australia ravi.naidu@newcastle.edu.au |
Contamination risk assessment and remediation, molecular microbial tools for soil health, rhizosphere manipulation, (Bio) phytoremediation and plasticulture | Environmental Science, NRM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 20 | Dr. Manickavasagan Annamalai, Associate Professor, University of Guelph, Canada Email: mannamal@uoguelph.ca Phone number:519-824-4120 |
Bioimaging, Food Processing and Product Development, Quality Assessment of Food Products | Nano Science and Technology, NRM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 21 | Dr. N. Selvamurugan Professor SRM University, Kattankulathur – 603 203. Tamil Nadu selvamun@srmist.edu.in |
Tissue Engineering and Cancer Research | Nano Science and Technology, NRM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 22 | Dr. Seeram Ramakrishna Professor, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore. mpesr@nus.edu.sg |
Material Science Mechanical Engineering, Electrospinning | Nano Science and Technology, NRM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 23 | Dr. Ramesh Raliya Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. rameshraliya@gmail.com |
Design of Nanoscale Materials Translational Research (Lab to Land) regulatory, policy | Nano Science and Technology, NRM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 24 | Dr. Balaji Sambamoorthy Senior Associate Vice President and Head RD at Coromandel International Limited Maharashtra |
Microbial Biotechnology Bio products | Nano Science and Technology, NRM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 25 | Dr. Alok Adholeya Senior Director Nano Biotech, DBT and Executive member Indian Society of Nanomedicine, New Delhi, Email: aloka@teri.res.in; aadholeya@icrier.res.in |
Mycorrhizal research, micro propagation technology, Nano Biotechnology and plant tissue culture and molecular biology | Nano Science and Technology, NRM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 26 | Dr. C. Sekar Department of Bioelectronics and Biosensors Alagappa University Karaikudi – 630 003, Tamil Nadu Sekar2025@gmail.com, Sekar2025@alagappauniversity.ac.in |
Bioelectronics, Biosensors Nanosensors | Nano Science and Technology, NRM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 27 | Dr. S.M. Hameed Sulaiman Lebbai Associate Professor (Environmental Science) P.O. Box 36, PC 123, Biology department, College of science, Al houdh, Muscat, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman hameed@squ.edu.om hanhameco@gmail.com |
Environmental Science | Environmental Science, NRM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 28 | Dr. G.P. Dubey, Distinguished Professor, Department of Kriya Sharir, Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi gpdubey13@gmail.com |
Medicinal Aromatic Crops | Medicinal Aromatic Crops, HC&RI, TNAU, Coimbatore. |
| 29 | Dr. Jayasankar Subramanian, Associate Professor, University of Guelph, Vineland Station, Canada jsubrama@uoguelph.ca |
Horticulture | HC&RI, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 30 | Dr. Timothy Randhir Professor Department of Environmental Conservation, Director, MA Water Resources Research Centre College of Natural Sciences, University of Massachusetts 160 Holdsworth Way, Holdsworth Hall, Rm.326, Amherst, MA Phone : 413.545.3969 Fax: 413.545.4358 randhir@eco.umass.edu |
Watershed Science, Climate Change, Ecological Economics, Machine Learning, GIS, Spatial Analysis, Natural Resources Policy, Energy Economics, International Trade and Development and Environmental Science/ Policy. | Agricultural Economics, CARDS, TNAU, Coimbatore. |
| 31 | Dr. Suresh Babu Senior Research Fellow and Head, Capacity Strengthening, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.USA. s.babu@cgiar.org, Phone: 202.467.5618 |
Food and Nutrition Policy Research, Policy Advice, Program Development, Partnerships and Networks, Capacity Strengthening and Policy Communications | CARDS, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 32 | Prof. Stephen Devadoss Department of Agricultural and APLLIED economics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock. Texas 79409-2132, USA stephen.devadoss@ttu.edu |
International Trade, Agrl. Marketing, Econometrics, Price Analysis, Environmental Economics, Immigration | CARDS, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 33 | Dr. V. Anbumozhi, Director of Research Strategy and Innovations; Senior Economist: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Jakarta, Indonesia. |
Bio-Resources Engineering and Regional Planning | CARDS, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 34 | Dr. KesavanSubaharan Principal Scientist ICAR National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources HA Farm Post, Hebbal, Bengaluru – 560 024. Mobile: 9483652920 Email: kesavan.subaharan@icar.gov.in; Subaharan_70@yahoo.com |
Neurobiology of insect olfaction, developing nanoplatforms for pheromone delivery | Agricultural Entomology, CPPS, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 35 | Dr. Srinivasan Ramasamy Flagship Program Leader for safe and sustainable Value Chains and Lead Enotomologist World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) Shanhua, Tainan – 74151, Taiwan Republic of China Phone no: +886-6-583-7801 Extn.426 (0) Fax: +886-6-583-0009 Email: entomologistwvc@gmail.com , Srini.ramasamy@worldveg.org |
IPM, Participatory Technology, | CPPS, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 36 | Dr. Robert Spooner – Hart Senior Researcher and Executive Member Professoriate Leadership Group Western Sydney University Australia. r.spooner-hart@westernsydney.edu.au |
IPM in horticultural crops | Agricultural Entomology, CPPS, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 37 | Dr. James Christopher Makinson Post Doctoral Research Fellow Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University Australia, j.makinson@westernsydney.edu.au |
Behaviour and Genetics of Social Insects | Department of Entomology CPPS |
| 38 | Dr. T.N. Balamohan Retd. Professor (Horticulture)47/N, Lakshmi Nagar,Thondamuthur Road, Vadavalli PO Bharathiya University Coimbatore 641 046 balamohantn@gmail.com 9442076437 |
Supply Chain Management in Fruits and Vegetables | Fruit Science, HC&RI, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 39 | Dr. M. Sankaran Principal Scientist ICAR – Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta lake Post Bengaluru – 560089, Karnataka m.sankaran@icar.gov.in 9482180855 |
Fruit Breeding | Fruit Science, HC&RI, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 40 | Dr. Snigdha Misra Associate Professor Division of Nutrition and Dietietics International Medical University No.126, JlnJlil Perkasa 19, Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kualalumpur, Malasyia Snigdha_misra@imu.edu.my |
Community Nutrition, Dietetics Food Processing and Functional Foods | Community Science College & Research Institute, Madurai |
| 41 | Dr. V. Baskaran Chief Scientist (Rtd.) Former – Head, Biochemistry, Head, Lipid Science, Head, E xperimental Animal House Facility, Head, Department of Molecular Nutrition, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore, India, E-mail: baskaranv@cftri.res.in, Phone: +91-9448939056 |
Nutritional Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Nutrigenomics, Food Nano-technology, Nutraceuticals | Community Science College & Research Institute, Madurai |
| 42 | Dr. Shweta Khandelwal Head, Nutrition Research and Additional Professor, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Gurgaon, Haryana, India Email: shweta26163@gmail.co Shweta.khandelwal@phfi.org Mobile: 91-989-1111-858 |
Public Health and Nutrition, Nutritional Status Assessment Intervention Programs, Impact Assessment | Community Science College & Research Institute, Madurai |
| 43 | Dr. Suja Venugopal Consultant Dietician and Biochemist Guest Teaching Faculty, Sankara College of Optometry, Bangalore, India Email: suji144@yahoo.co.in Mobile: 91-984-5596-221 |
Dietetics Clinical Nutrition, Nutritional Biochemistry | Community Science College & Research Institute, Madurai |
| 44 | Dr. S. Shobana Senior Scientist & Head Department of Diabetes Food Technology Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF), Chennai, India Email: shobanashanmugam@mdrf.in Mobile No. 91-893-9688-877 |
Grain Science and technology, Food chemistry Metabolomics, Nutritional biochemistry, New product development. | Community Science College & Research Institute, Madurai |
| 45 | Dr. Mohseen Riaz Ud Dean, Ph.D. Head of Community Research and Ethnographic Solutions Mapping UNDP Pacific Accelerator Lab Fiji Islands mohseenriauddean@gmail.com |
Environment, Society and Human Ecology | Environmental Sciences, NRM, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 46 | Dr. Kalpana Surendranath Associate Professor and Leader of Genome Engineering Lab, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom K.Surendranath1@westminster.ac.uk |
Gene Editing and Genomics Module, CRISPR Technology, Genome Engineering, Microbial Chemotheraphy, Cell Signaling and Genetics | CPMB & B, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 47 | Dr. Ashutosh Singh, Ph.D. Associate Professor University of Guelph,Canada. Email:asingh47@uoguelph.ca; Phone number: 519-824-4120 ext: 53048 |
Food Process Engineering | Food Processing Engineering, AEC&RI, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 48 | Dr. P. HeartwinAmaladhas, Ph.D. (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) Principal Scientist Southern Regional Station ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute Adugodi, Bengaluru – 560 030 Email: heartwin1@gmail.com; P.Dhass@icar.gov.in; Ph: 94489 27370 |
Nano Technology & Food Process Engineering | Food Processing Engineering, AEC&RI, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 49 | Dr. Abhijit Kar, Ph.D Director, ICAR-NISA, Ranchi, Jharkhand Email :director.nisa@icar.gov.in Phone : 0651-2261156 |
Food Process Engineering | Food Processing Engineering, AEC&RI, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 50 | Dr. R.P.Kingsly Ambrose, ProfessorDept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue, University West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA Email: rambrose@purdue.edu ; Voice: 765.494.6599 Fax: 765.496.1115 |
Food Process Engineering | Food Processing Engineering, AEC&RI, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 51 | Dr. Julien Jean Malard-Adam G-EAU (Gestion de l’eau, acteurs, usages) IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement) | Université de Montpellier Montpellier, France http://www.g-eau.fr julien.malard@mail.mcgill.ca |
Bioresource Engineering | Training Division, DoEE, TNAU, Coimbatore. |
| 52 | Professor Rattan S YADAV Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, PlasGogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, United Kingdom. Telephone: +44 7779980890 (Mobile), Fax: +44 1970 828357 E-mail: rsy@aber.ac.uk |
Plant Genetics and Breeding | CPBG, TNAU, Coimbatore |
| 53 | Dr. Ravindra Chandra Joshi Ph.D. (Philippines), FRES (Lon.), FRSB (Lon.), MIBiol, CBiol (Lon.), Sigma Xi (USA), NRCP (Phils.), PAASESenior Consultant, Philippine Rice Research Institute, PhilippinesAmbassador, Island Innovation 2021-2023 Ambassador Program, UK23-3 Mendoza Drive, Holy Angel Village – Phase 3 Telabastagan, City of San Fernando, Pampanga 2000, Philippines Mobile/WhatsApp: +63-998 578 5570 Email: rcjoshi4@gmail.com, ravindra.joshi23@yahoo.com |
Agricultural Entomology | Agricultural Entomology, CPPS, TNAU, Coimbatore |