Academic Positions held by Dr. Muraleedharan Damodaran

• Emeritus Professor & Senior Researcher, Nizwa University DARIS Centre, Oman 2014
• Adjunct Scientist , SACON, Coimbatore since 2015
• Director & CSIR Emeritus Scientist, Centre for Arthropod Bioresources and Biotechnology (CABB) at University of Kerala 2007-2013
• Professor, Dept of Zoology, University of Kerala 1980-2007
• Visiting Scientist-Researcher, Nanobioanalysis Centre, AIST, Thakamatsu, Japan 2006
• JSPS Fellow, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Japan 2002
• INSA Visiting Fellow at Indian Institute of Science Cell Biology Department, Bangalore 1995
• Managing Editor of the International Insect Science Journal Entomon 1995-2013
• NUFFIC Visiting Scientist, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands 1993
• RIA Trainee, BARC Pharmaceutical Division, Mumbai 1998
• Post Doc Researcher, Molecular Biology Dept at Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA 1986
• EM Trainee at Microbiology Department in Madurai Kamaraj Universty 1982
• CSIR Post Doc at Dept of Zoology, University of Kerala 1978-1980

 

Awards/Distinctions

  • Bharat Excellence Award 2014 –Friendship Forum, India
  • Academic Brilliance Award-2013-Education Expo TV Award for Excellence in Research 
  • SAB Fellow Award 2012-Biotechnology Outstanding Achievements & Contributions 
  • AZRA Fellow Award in recognition of Bioscience research contributions 1989
  • Member of National Academy of Science, Lucknow, India since 2005 
  • Life Member, Biotechnology Research Society of India since 2003
  • Member, American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2000
  • Life Member, Swadesi Science Movement since 2000
  • Life Member, The Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata since 2000
  • Life Member, Society of Biological Chemists, Bangalore since 1995
  • Life Member, Applied Zoologist’s Research Association, Cuttack since 1991
  • Life Member, Kerala Academy of Sciences, Trivandrum since 1990 
  • Fellow of Royal Entomological Society of London 1982 
  • Life Member, AAE, Trivandrum since 1975 and President since 1975

Teaching / Research

  • Handled courses and supervised Research programs on Cell and Molecular Biology, Animal Biotechnology, Invertebrate Endocrinology, Peptide Chemistry, Proteomics, Genomics, Microscopy, Instrumentation and Analytical techniques
  • Successfully supervised more than 25 Ph.Ds and over 35 M.Phils since 1981

 

Educational accomplishments

• Ph.D. Kerala University 1977
• M.Sc. Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda 1970
• B.Sc. Kerala University 1967