Bharat Parthasarathy

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POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Since 15th Feb 2024: Independent Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Excellence in Mathematical Biology, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Puttaparthi, India

July 2023- November 2023: Assistant Professor, Research Faculty, St. Joseph’s University, Bangalore, India

Feb 2021- April 2023: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

July 2019- Jan 2021: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore, India

Oct 2018- June 2019: Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Trivandrum, India

EDUCATION

Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Trivandrum, India

M.Sc. in Biological Sciences (specialization: genetics) from the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Honours in Biotechnology of Plants from St. Joseph’s College of Arts and Science, Bangalore, India

B.Sc. (triple major in Microbiology, Chemistry and Botany) from St. Joseph’s College of Arts and Science, Bangalore, India

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

1. Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship

2. SERB NPDF postdoctoral fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India

3. Department of Biotechnology (DBT) postdoctoral fellowship from the Government of India (declined to take up SERB NPDF)

4. Best poster award from the Indian Society of Evolutionary Biologists

5. Student’s Research Grant from the American Arachnological Society, USA

6. CSIR-UGC Lectureship from the Government of India

COURSES TAUGHT

Courses taught in 2023 (one full semester) at St. Joseph’s University, Bangalore:

  1. Research Design and Methodology (30 theory hours) for II-year postgraduate students.
  2. Conducted training in Bio-statistics using R (45 practical hours) for II-year postgraduate students.
  3. Evolution of Chordates (30 theory hours) for II-year undergraduate students.
  4. Economic Zoology (15 theory hours) for III-year undergraduate students.

2020: Behavioural Ecology and Evolution ‘BIOREAP’ Lectures (4 lectures for the public and undergraduate students) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore, India

2013: 3 lectures as a teaching Assistant for the advanced course “Neurobiology” for integrated Master students at IISER TVM, India

2013: 4 lectures as a teaching Assistant for the advanced course “Ecology and Evolution” for integrated Master students at IISER TVM, India