Dr. Satarupa Dey
Assistant Professor, Shyampur Siddheswari Mahavidyalaya, Howrah, West Bengal, India
Dr. Satarupa Dey, is an Assistant Professor in Department of Botany, Shyampur Siddheswari Mahavidyalaya, affiliated under University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India. She earned her BSc and MSc in Botany from University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India. She completed her PhD in the year 2012 from University of Calcutta and her field of expertise is Bioremediation of Toxic metals. She was selected as a Department of Biotechnology, Government of India research fellow and later worked as visiting scientist in Agricultural and Ecological research Unit of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. She is the recipient of the Woman Scientist (WOS A) fellowship and start up grant of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Her primary research interest includes bioremediation of toxic heavy metals, plant growth promoting microbiome and microplastic bioremediation. She has published in several journals of National and International repute. She has also authored many chapters in edited books and edited books with reputed publishers like IGI Global, CRC press and Springer.
Dr. Sayan Bhattacharya
Assistant Professor, School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, India.
Dr. Sayan Bhattacharya works as an Assistant Professor in School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, India. He completed his MSc and PhD in
Environmental Science from University of Calcutta followed by two years of post-doctoral research from Presidency University, India. He has over 15 years of teaching experiences at University of Calcutta, Rabindra Bharati University, Viswa Bharati University and Nalanda University, India. Dr. Bhattacharya has published over 30 international journal papers, 15 book chapters, several conference proceedings. Dr. Bhattacharya has delivered lectures and presented papers at the University of Oxford, University College London, Royal Society of London, University of Indonesia, Athens Technical University, Vietnam National University, Indian Statistical Institute and Jadavpur University amongst others. In 2023, he has been elected as the Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, UK. Dr. Bhattacharya is also a photographer, and has published over 600 photographs in leading magazines like Lonely Planet, Better Photography, Outlook Traveller, Asian Photography, Smart Photography etc. He has organized eight independent solo photography exhibitions in India (2013-2022). He is also a Hindustani Classical vocalist and a skilled painter.