Goa University: Department of Microbiology

Head of the Department

Sandeep Garg

Professor

Year of Establishment : 1974 (CPIR)

Preamble:

The department carries out research in the thrust areas like Marine Microbiology, Microbial ecology, Environmental microbiology, Molecular biology, Extremophiles

Major Facilities

High pressure liquid chromatography; Lyophilisation unit; Remi-Centrifuge; Ultra centrifug; Electrophoretic units; Microscopy; UV-VIS spectrophotometer; Thermal Cycler; Gas chromatograph; Fraction collector; UV transilluminator; Millipore ultrafiltration unit; Incubator cum-shakers; Spectrofluorimeter Cold room.Oxygen analyzer, Gel documentation, Flourescent Mircroscope, Concentrator.

Academic programmes leading to a Degree / Diploma / Certificate :

Programme		Programme Director	Intake
M.Sc. Biochemistry	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Revised Syllabus	-	20
M.Sc. Microbiology	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Revised Syllabus	-	20
M.Sc. Marine Microbiology	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Revised Syllabus	Priya Mallika D'Costa	20
Ph.D. Microbiology		-	-

Faculty:

Name	Designation	Areas of Interest
Trupti Asolkar	Assistant Professor	Molecular Biology, Biocontrol Agents, Plant-Microbe interactions
Lakshangy Charya	Assistant Professor	General and Environmental Microbiology, Bioremediation, Ectomycorrhizal fungi
Pooja Dua-Chaudhari	UGC - Assistant Professor	Cancer Research, biomarker identification. Aptamer based theranostics for disease treatment and diagnostics
Sandeep Garg	Professor	Industrial & Medical Microbiology, Microbial Technology, marine Technology, Fungal Fermentation, biofertilizers, Agriculture microbiology, Immunology
Lata Gawade Velip	Assistant Professor	Microbial carbon pump & Climate change impact, Biogeochemistry, Microbial Ecology, Marine microbiology, Science outreach - science for society.
Milind Mohan Naik	Assistant Professor	Environmental Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Agricultural Microbiology, Marine Microbiology
Judith Miriam Noronha	Assistant Professor	Aquatic Virology, Cyanophages and microalgal viruses, Microbial ecology of rice field ecosystems
Bhakti Balkrishna Salgaonkar	Assistant Professor	Halophilic Archaea, Extremophilic Microorganisms and their Bioprospecting