Faculty Profile

Anindita Chakraborty, PhD

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801785767517
  • Email: anindita-geb@sust.edu, aninditamoury@yahoo.com

Education

  • PhD, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia
  • MSc in Plant Biotechnology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
  • MS in Biotechnology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
  • BSc in Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Research Interests

  • Genome Editing in Plants
  • Transgenic Plant Development
  • Molecular Plant Breeding and Pathology
  • Plant Biotechnology
  • Plant Cell and Tissue Culture

External Affiliations

  • Member, Bangladesh Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology (BAPTC&B)
  • Alumni, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
  • Member, Holland Alumni network
  • Member, NAAB (Netherlands Alumni Association in Bangladesh)
  • Alumni, Murdoch University, Perth, WA

Teaching

  • Advanced Plant and Agricultural Biotechnology
  • Agricultural Biotechnology
  • Plant Biotechnology
  • Environmental Biotechnology
  • Food Biotechnology
  • Plant Cell Tissue and Organ culture
  • Renewable energy and Biofertilizer
  • Plant Physiology
  • Basic Plant Science

Awards & Recognition

  • ‘University Gold Medal Award’ for securing A+ (CGPA = 4.00 out of 4.00) in MS in Biotechnology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh, 2011
  • ‘Netherland Fellowship Program (NFP)’ a MSc scholarship, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, 2013
  • ‘University of New England International Postgraduate Research Award (UNE IPRA)’ a research doctorate scholarship, University of New England, Australia, 2017
  • ‘Murdoch International Postgraduate Scholarship (MIPS)’ a research doctorate scholarship, Murdoch University, Australia, 2017
  • ‘Congress Bursary’, 11th International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP2018), Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2018
  • ‘APPS Student and Early-Career Researcher ICPP 2018 Bursary’, by Australasian Plant Pathology Society (APPS) for attending International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP2018), Boston, USA, 2018
  • ‘2018 EMBL Australia Postgraduate Symposium (EAPS) Travel Grant’, 5th Annual EMBL Australia Postgraduate Symposium (EAPS), Brisbane, Australia, 2018
  • ‘Best Poster Award’, 29th Annual Combined Biological Sciences Meeting (CBSM), University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, 2019
  • ‘Poster Prize’, Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference (ASBMB), Perth, Western Australia, 2019

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. MSc thesis, BSc research projects