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Dr. Shambhu Kumar

Senior Scientist
Department of Forest Pathology
Forest Health Division
 Phone: 91-487-2690322
 Mobile: 8547850159
e-mail: shambhukumar@kfri.res.in, skumartaxon@gmail.com
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Dr. Shambhu Kumar is the recipient of Fast Track Young Scientist award by SERB-DST, Govt. of India and has participated and presented papers in several international and national symposia/conferences and acquired many national trainings/workshops related to biodiversity, bioinformatics and molecular taxonomy. He is an editorial member of the 13 international journals in Agricultural Science, Environment, Applied Mycology, Fungal Genomics, Microbiology, and Biodiversity & Plant Pathology. He is also a potential reviewer of more than 10 international journals.

Focused areas: Forest Mycology (Mycotaxonomy & Mycopathology)

Total number of publications: 55 research papers in peer reviewed and reputed international and national Journals.

Academics and profession:

  • Ph.D. degree in Botany (Mycology) from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur.
  • Recipient of Fast Track Young Scientist award by SERB-DST, Govt. of India
  • Worked at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow.

Other information:

  • Lifetime member of the International Society for Fungal Conservation (ISFC), UK, Mycological Society of India (MSI) and Society for Basic and Applied Mycology (SBAM).
  • Editorial member of the African Journal of Agricultural Science & Technology, American Journal of Agricultural Science, Current Research in Environment & Applied Mycology (CREAM), Fungal Genomics & Biology, Journal of Biodiversity & Environmental Sciences, Point Journal of Botany & Microbiology Research, Pyrex Journal of Biodiversity & Conservation, Journal on New Biological Reports, Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Research & Review (Omics group), Studies in Fungi (SIF), Tropical Plant Research and World Journal of Microbiology.
  • Potential reviewer of American Journal of Agricultural Science, Journal on New Biological Reports, Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Point Journal of Botany & Microbiology Research, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, India (Biological Sciences), Mycotaxon, Sydowia, Taiwania, World Journal of Microbiology etc.