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

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Dr. Yerlan Turuspekov Professor, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, 45 Timiryazev str, Almaty 050040, 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 A&M 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 , School 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 R&D 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: +886-6-583-0009Email: 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 ProfessorDivision 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, Experimental 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 VenugopalConsultant 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, IndiaEmail: 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 USAEmail: 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