DR. CHUMKI CHOWDHURY, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dr. CHUMKI CHOWDHURY
 
E-mail ID:
chowdhurychumki@gmail.com
 
Phone No: +91-9051842846
 
Academic Qualification:

·         PhD (Calcutta University), 2014
·         M.Sc (Calcutta University), 2006
·         B.Sc (Calcutta University), 2004
 
Career Record:

·         Assistant Professor , Dept. of Botany, Jangipur  College, Murshidabad from December, 2016
·         Honorary PDF, Dept. of Marine Science,  Calcutta University, March 2015 to November 2016
·         Research Associate, BOD, NIO, RC, Mumbai, September 2014 to February, 2015
·         Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Marine Science, Calcutta University, 2011 to 2013
·         Junior Research Fellow, Dept. of Marine Science, Calcutta University, 2008 to 2011
 
Research Interest: Phytoplankton ecology and role of diatom in fresh water and marine ecosystem (Elemental Cycle, Trace gas exchange, pollution control, bioremediation)
 
Publications in international peer reviewed journals:
 
1.      Chumki Chowdhury, Natasha Majumder and Tapan Kumar Jana. Measuring Seasonal dynamics of transparent exoploymer particles (TEP) in the mangrove system. Journal of sea research, 112 (2016) 65–74, IF= 2.148
2.      Chumki Chowdhury, Natasha Majumder, Raghab Ray, Tapan Kumar Jana . "Inter-annual variation in some genera of diatom and zooplankton abundance in the mangrove ecosystem" 2012, Biodiversity and Conservation, 21(8), 2029-2043, IF= 2.26
3.      Chumki Chowdhury, Natasha Majumder, Sanjay Kumar Mandal, Manab Kumar Dutta, Raghab Ray, Tapan Kumar Jana .2011.Cell Size versus Taxonomic Composition as Determinants of As (III & V) Sensitivity in the Estuarine Diatom Communities. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 3, 363-369 doi:10.4236/jwarp.2011, IF= 0.41
4.       N. Majumder, C. Chowdhury & T. K. Jana, 2015, A simple method for the simultaneous determination of Guanine, Xanthine and Hypoxanthine by RP-HPLC with UV detection. Accepted for publication in Journal of Indian chemical society, IF = 0.251
5.       N. Majumder, C. Chowdhury, R. Ray & T. K. Jana, 2014, Quantitative study of Arsenic (V) and As (III) interaction with mangrove DNA by molecular fluorescence spectroscopy. Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, DOI 10.1007/s00128-014-1265-y. IF = 1.2
6.      R. Ray, N. Majumder, S. Das, C. Chowdhury, T. K. Jana, 2014, Biogeochemical cycle of nitrogen mangrove ecosystem, east coast of India. Marine Chemistry, 167,  33-43, IF =3.0
7.      M.K. Dutta, C. Chowdhury, T.K. Jana, S.K. Mukhopadhyay. 2013. Dynamics and exchange fluxes of methane in the estuarine mangroveenvironment of the Sundarbans, NE coast of India. Atmospheric Environment 77,631-639. IF = 3.74
8.       S. K. Mandal, R. Ray, C. Chowdhury, N. Majumder and T. K. Jana Implication of organic matter on Arsenic and Antimony sequestration in sediment: Evidence from Sundarban Mangrove forest, India. Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, 2013, 90, 451 – 455. IF = 1.105
9.      R. Ray, C. Chowdhury, N. Majumder, M. K. Dutta, S. K. Mukhopadhyay, T. K. Jana. 2013, Improved model calculation of atmospheric CO2 increment in affecting carbon stocks of tropical mangrove forest, Tellus B, 65, 18981,
http://dx.doi.org/10. 3402/tellusb.v65i0.18981
. IF = 3.33
10.  R. Ray, N. Majumder, C. Chowdhury, T. K. Jana. 2012, Wood chemistry & density: an analog for response to the change of carbon sequestration in mangroves, Carbohydrate Polymers, 90, 102-108. IF=3.98
11.  Mitali Dey, Chumki Chowdhury, Asim A. Pattnaik, Dipnarayan Ganguly, Sandip K. Mukhopadhyay, Tarun K. De & Tapan K. Jana. 2012, Comparison of Monsoonal change of water quality parameters between 1983 and 2008 in a tropical estuary in Northeastern India: role of phytoplankton and community metabolism. Marine Ecology, 34(1), 14-29. IF= 1.83
12.  Mitali Dey, Dipnarayan Ganguly, Chumki Chowdhury, Natasha Majumder and Tapan Kumar Jana, 2012, Intra-annual variation of modern foraminiferal  assemblage in a tropical mangrove ecosystem in india. Wetlands, 32(5), 813-826. DOI: 10.1007/s13157-012-0312-x. IF= 1.33
13.  N. Majumder, C. Chowdhury, R. Ray, T. K. Jana. DNA base composition heterogeneity in two Avecennia species in response to nitrogen limitation in the sundarban mangrove forest, India. 2011. International Journal of biological chemistry.1-10. DOI: 10.3923/ijbc.2011.
14.  R. Ray, D. Ganguly, C. Chowdhury, M. Dey, S. Das, M. K. Dutta, S. K. Mandal, N. Majumder, T. K. De, S. K. Mukhopadhyay, T.K. Jana. 2011. Carbon sequestration and annual increase of carbon stock in a mangrove forest. Atmospheric Environment. 45(28), 5016-5024. IF=3.74
15.  S. K. Mandal, N. Majumder, C. Chowdhury, D. Ganguly, M. Dey, T. K. Jana. 2012. Adsorption    kinetic control of As(III & V) mobilization and sequestration by Mangrove sediment. Environmental Earth Science, 65(7), 2027, DOI 13.1007/s12665-011-1183-9.IF= 1.08
16.  Sanjay K. Mandal, Natasha Majumder,Chumki Chowdhury, Raghab Ray, Manab K. Dutta, Tapan K. Jana. 2011. Distribution of Antimony in a Tropical Estuary Dominated by Mangroves, Journal of Environmental Protection, 2, 840-847.
17.  D. Ganguly, M. Dey, C. Chowdhury, A.A. Pattnaik, B.K. Sahu, T.K. Jana.Coupled micro-  meteorological and biological processes on atmospheric CO2 concentrations at the land-ocean boundary, NE coast of India. Atmospheric Environment 45, 3903-3910. IF= 3.74
18.  Subhajit Das, Minati De, Raghab Ray, Chumki Chowdhury, Tapan Kumar Jana and Tarun Kumar De; 2011, Microbial Ecosystem in Sunderban Mangrove Forest Sediment, North-East Coast of Bay of Bengal, India. Geomicrobiology Journal 29(7), 656-666. DOI:
10.1080/01490451.2011.605988. IF=2.01
19. Tarun Kumar De, Minati De, Subhajit Das, Chumki Chowdhury, Raghab Ray, Tapan K. Jana. 2011.   Phytoplankton abundance in relation to cultural eutrophication at the land-ocean boundary of Sunderbans, NE Coast of Bay of Bengal, India. Journal of Environmental Studies. Sci DOI 10.1007/s13412-011-0022-3. IF=1.02
 
Conferences attended:


1. “Comparision of CO2 flux in two tropical estuaries in NE coast of Bay of Bengal, India.” Presented in SOLAS OSC, 7th to 11th Sept. 2015, Kiel, Germany.                                                                                   
2. “Comparison of biological pump in two estuaries of NE coast of Bay of Bengal, India.” Abstract      published in the conference proceedings of OSCICON-2013, IITM, Pune.
3. “Size dominated tolerance level of estuarine diatom to the arsenic toxicity” published in the conference proceedings of 99th Indian Science congress in Bhubaneswar,  January (2012). India.
4.  “Stimulation of estuarine biological pump for CO2 using Gibberelic acid.” published in the conference proceedings of AOGS (2012), Singapore. Attended the seminar by receiving the fund from both Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and University Grant Commission.
5.    “Hydrogen Sulphide Flux to the Atmosphere as a Source of Non-Sea Sulphate Aerosol over Tropical Mangrove Forest.” published in the conference proceedings of International Conference on Fluxes And Structures In Fluids: Physics Of Geosphere – (2011), Vladivostok, Russia.
6.    “Spatial and Temporal Variability in Phytoplankton Diversity in Two Tropical estuaries” published in the conference proceedings of 4th International Congress of Environmental Research in Surat, (2011). India.
7.    “Temporal and Spatial variation of Biological Pump for Air-Water Exchange of CO2 Controlled by Phytoplankton Productivity” published in the conference proceedings of AOGS (2010), Hyderabad

Workshops Attended:

Workshop on Plant Systematics: Challenges and Perspectives and Dr. Dan H. Nicolson Memorial lectures, 13th to 23rd February, 2017, organized by Dept. of Botany, University of Calcutta.

Awards:

  1. Selected as JRF in 2008
  2. Selected as JRF in 2009
  3. Selected as SRF in 2011
  4. Awarded DST ITS scheme in 2012 to attend AOGS (2012) in Singapore
  5. Awarded UGC International Travel grant in 2012 to attend AOGS (2012) in Singapore
  6. Awarded Endowment Fellowship from CU in 2015
Experiences:

Ø  Expertise in identifying and quantifying phytoplankton in preserved and living samples.
Ø  Expert in maintaining phytoplankton culture.
Ø  Specialization in estuarine and coastal phytoplankton species identification and analysis of physicochemical and environmental parameters.
Ø  Have several field work experience in estuarine and coastal waters of  east coast (including Sundarbans mangrove, Paradip etc) and west coast (Maharastra and off Maharastra coast) of India.
Ø  Experience in analysis of carbohydrate, protein in different sample
Ø  Handling of different instruments like AAS, UV-VIS spectrophotometer, Phase contrast Microscope, HPLC etc
 
 
 
 
 
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