Associate Editor
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, GITAM Institute of Technology, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam – 530045, A.P., India
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Faculty of Science, with specialization of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Master of Science in Biochemistry, At Kakatiya University, Warangal, A.P., India
MEMBERSHIP:
Life member of The Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata
Life member of The Society of Biological Chemists, India
Member Entomological Society of America, USA – 2014-15.
HOUNARS AND AWARDS:
Junior Research Fellowship award by University Grants Commission, New Delhi for two years.
Senior Research Fellowship award by University Grants Commission, New Delhi for three years.
Best Teacher cash Award for the Academic Year 2001 – 2002 from TSR & TBK Degree and PG College, Gajuwaka, Visakhapatnam
Best Researcher Award – 2014 from Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) GITAM University, Visakhapatnam
AREA OF INTEREST:
Biological Control: Entompathogenic fungal Biopesticide Development against agricultural and domestic pests and Their Biochemical & Molecular Characterization.
Isolation and characterization bioactive compounds from Medicinal Plants and Marine Microbes.
Microbial Bioremediation of Shrimp and Fish waste for isolation of biomedical important compounds.
PUBLICATIONS: 34 national and 16 international publication.
EMAIL ID:mmchalla@gmail.com