Asians & Palaeobotany:Prof. Subir Bera (India)

亚裔与古植物学：印度古植物学家Subir Bera教授

Professor Subir Bera is an Indian palaeobotanist,working in the Department of Botany, University of Calcutta.

(1)Research interests

Biodiversity of plants in the Indian sub continent since last 250 M.Y

Phytostratigraphy- Palynostratigraphy, Ecostratigraphy Palaeoclimate, Palaeoenvironment,Palaeogeography Detection of Palaeoshoreline and hydrocarbon exploration Palaeomycology, Archaeobotany, Entomopalynology, Melittopalynology, Forensic Palynology, Copropalynology

Plant -Animal Interaction and their co-evolution Ancient-DNA analysis and Palaeophytochemistry

(2)Teaching

More than twenty-two  years (1.3.89-till date) of teaching experience at post graduate level ; teaching Palaeobotany, Palynology,Pteridology, Gymnosperms and Anatomy

(3) Professional membership

Member of National Academy of Science, Allahabad (MNASc.)

Member of International Organization of Palaeobotany (Treasurer, Indian Chapter)

Life member, Indian Fern Society, Patiala

International Association of Pteridologists, USA

Life member, Indian Society for Earth Science, Calcutta

Life member, National Bot. Soc. Calcutta

Life member, Palaeobotanical Society, Lucknow

International Society for Plant Morphologists, Delhi

Geological Society of India, Bangalore

(4) Recent publications

A. Samanta, M.K. Bera, Ruby Ghosh, Bera,Subir, Timothy Filley, Kanchan Pande, S.S. Rathore, Jyotsana Rai, A.Sarkar. 2013. Do the large carbon isotopic excursions in terrestrial organic matter across Paleocene-Eocene boundary in India indicate intensification of tropical precipitation? Palaeogeography  Palaeoclimatology andPalaeoecology, 387:91-103[Impact Factor: 2.79].

Khan M and Bera Subir. 2013. On some fabaceous fruits from the Siwalik sediments (Middle Miocene-Lower Pleistocene)of Eastern Himalaya, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India (Accepted) [Impact Factor: 0.596] 

Sandip More, Kishore Thapa and Bera,Subir. 2013. Potential of dust and shoot from air filters of motor vehicleengines as a forensic tool: first experimental palynological approach in India,Journal of Forensic Research (OMICS Publi. NY) 4:177.doi:10.4172/2157-7145.1000177 [Impact Factor: 0.18]

Sayantani Das, Ruby Ghosh and Bera,Subir.2013. Application of non-grass phytoliths in reconstructing deltaicenvironments: a study from the Indian Sunderbans. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology and Palaeoecology, 376: 48-65 [Impact Factor: 2.79]

Soma Majumder,Ashalata D’Rozario and Bera, Subir. 2013.Occurrence of wax rodlets in the seed coat of Ginkgo biloba L. Current Science,104 (1): 29-31. [Impact Factor: 0.897]

Biplab Patra, Bera, Subir, S.Molchanoff, Y. F. Wang, J. Yang and C. S. Li. 2012. Morpho-anatomy of Xerephedromiyaustjurtensis (Diptera: cecidomyiidae) induced galls and intersexualvariation of gall density in ephedra distachya L. (Ephedraceae) from Ukrain.Acta Botanica Hungarica 54(3–4):377–389.

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