Dr Soumen Bhattacharjee, currently a Professor & Programme Coordinator at the UGC Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, completed his Masters and PhD in Botany at the University of Burdwan. He began his teaching career at a Delhi University Constituent College in Bhutan in 1995. After serving almost two and half years, he joined West Bengal Education Service and worked mainly at the Post Graduate Department of Botany, Hooghly Mohsin College, West Bengal. In 2007, Dr Bhattacharjee joined Vivekanada Institute of Hill Agriculture in Almora, India. In 2013 he joined the University of Burdwan as a Professor. In the course of his teaching career, Dr Bhattacharjee has taught undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Burdwan, University of Kalyani and University of Delhi. Dr Bhattacharjee’s main research interests are in plant redox biology, particularly understanding the relationship between oxidative stress and plants’ growth and yield potential; the role of ROS signaling in stress acclimation; characterization of the redox-regulatory mechanism during germination of rice under abiotic stress; and understanding the physiological basis of antioxidant accumulation in underutilized medicinal plants. He has 90 publications (58 research papers in international peer reviewed journals, two edited books with Springer International, nine edited volumes and 21 articles in the proceedings of national & international conferences) to his credit.
