Dr. H Biju, Technical Officer(MB) – Home – Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute

Microbiology

Dr. Biju H

Qualification:

PhD: (Botany – Lichenology) from Mumbai University (2009)

Specialization : Lichen Systematics and Chemistry
Study of Leaf Infecting Micro fungi

Personal Biography

Received doctoral degree from the University of Mumbai on a topic “Lichens in the montane forests of Kerala State” in the year 2009. Authored one book, 6 book chapters and more than 40 research publications in peer reviewed national and international journals. Described 35 leaf infecting micro fungi new to science and reported 60 lichens new to India. Recognized Ph.D. guide (in Botany) at University of Kerala. Managing Editor of Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment. Life member of Indian Lichenological Society, Mycological Society of India, Association of Fungal Biologists and Kerala Academy of Sciences.

Projects & Selected Publications

Ongoing Projects

2017 - Continuing: Survey, Inventory, Bioprospecting and Sustainable Utilization of Microbial and Lichen Diversity of Western Ghats. (Co- Investigator), Funded by KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala.
2012-2017: “Collection, Identification and Documentation of Lichens in the Shendurney Wildlife sanctuary, Kollam, Kerala state”. (Co-Principal Investigator), Funded by KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala. (Completed).
2012-2015: “Database on Foliicolous fungal flora of Andaman Islands”. (Co-Principal Investigator), Funded by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, New Delhi. (Completed).
2007-2012: “A Preliminary Survey of Lichens in the Western Ghats region of Kerala State”. (Co-Principal Investigator), Funded by KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala. (Completed).
2002-2007: “Survey and Inventory of Micro fungi in Western Ghats.” (Co-Principal Investigator), Funded by KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala. (Completed).

Publications

Santosh Joshi, Dalip K. Upreti, Biju Haridas (2012). Nomenclatural notes on lichen genera Leucodecton and Myriotrema (Graphidaceae) in India. Mycotaxon 122, 467-482. https://doi.org/10.5248/122.467
P. Salin Raj, A. Prathapan, Jomon Sebastian, Antony K Antu, Riya Mariam Philip, M. R. Preetha Rani, H. Biju, S. Priya, K. G. Raghu (2014). Parmotrema tinctorum exhibits antioxidant, antiglycation and inhibitory activities against aldose reductase and carbohydrate digestive enzymes- An in vitro study. Natural Product Research 28 (18): 1480 - 1484. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2014.909420
Aliyarukunju Sabeena, Haridas Biju, Sudhakaran Sujatha Dhanusha, Sugathan Shiburaj (2020). Asterina gordoniae sp. nov. (Asterinaceae), a new foliar mycobiont from Kerala, India. Phytotaxa 441(2): 211-216. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.441.2.8
Biju H, Sabeena A, Nayaka S (2021). New records of Graphidaceae (lichenized fungi) from the Western Ghats of Kerala state, India. Studies in Fungi 6(1): 213–223. https://doi.org/10.5943/sif/6/1/14
Aliyarukunju Sabeena, Haridas Biju (2022). A new species and a new variety of Meliolaceae fungi from India. Phytotaxa 541(1): 057-065. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.541.1.5