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Current Area of Research
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Mass spectrometry
based single and multi-residue analytical method development and validation
for the monitoring of the residues of agricultural chemicals and other
contaminants in food and environment matrix.
·
Environmental fate of
pesticides – persistence, metabolism and sorption.
Recognitions / Awards /
Fellowships
- Chaired
a session on 10th June at the 2nd Latin American
Pesticide Residue Workshop, 8-11th June 2009 at Santa Fe,
Argentina. http://www.laprw2009.unl.edu.ar/invited_speakers.html
(http://www.laprw2009.unl.edu.ar/final_programme.html)
and presented Invited
lead talk on “Management of pesticide residues in Indian grapes for export
through comprehensive pre-harvest residue monitoring – a success story” on 11th
June 2009
- Guest
Editor of the Journal of AOAC
International for a special section on “New Methods of Pesticides
Residue Analysis” - 2009
- Invited
lead talk on “GCxGC-TOF Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Pesticide
Residues” presented at the 121st Meeting of the AOAC
International, 16-20 September 2007 at Anaheim, California, USA.
- Invited
talk on “Multiresidue analysis of Pesticide Residues in Grapes” at the
Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis
on 12th September 2007.
- Member,
Expert Review Panel of the AOAC International for “Pesticide Residues in
Soft Drinks” in 2006-2007.
- GITS
Award for the Best Paper on Marketing conferred by All India Food
Processors’ Association conferred on 18th December 2004 at
Bangalore, India.
- BOYSCAST
fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government
of India for post-Doctoral research in Environmental Organic
Geochemistry conferred in 2003.
- Award
for the Best Research Paper at International Conference on Pesticides,
Environment, Food Security, 19-23 November 2001, Organized by the
Society of Pesticide Science, New Delhi.
Research Experience
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Designation
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Period
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Area of Research
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Institute
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Chief, National
Referral Laboratory and Senior Scientist, Agricultural Chemistry
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April 2005 to till
date
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· Residue analysis method development and validation
for food and environmental contaminants.
· Persistence and Metabolism of pesticides and plant
hormones in grapevines and environment.
· Monitoring and management of pesticide residues in
grape, mango and pomegranate for export to the European Union countries.
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National Research
Centre for Grapes, Pune, India.
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Post – Doctoral
Scientist
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June 2003 to June 2004
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·
Environmental
organic geochemistry: Spectroscopic Investigation on Trifloxystrobin in
Soils of Different Geographic Origins
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INFU, University of Dortmund, Germany
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Scientist, Agricultural
Chemistry
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March 1996 to March
2005
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·
Persistence and
Metabolism of pesticides in plant and environment.
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National
Research Centre for Grapes, Pune, India.
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Selected
Publications (Click for details)
Visiting Scientist abroad
- Laboratorio
de Investigaciones y Servicios Ambientales Mendoza (LISAMEN),
CCT-CONICET-Mendoza. P.O. Box 131, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina, 13-15th
June 2009.
- Mass
Spectrometry Centre of Waters Corporation at Atlas Park, Manchester, UK,
15-17th October 2008.
- GC-MS
application Centre of ThermoFisher Scientific, Austin, Texas, USA, 25-27th
September 2008.
- 122nd
AOAC Annual Meeting of the AOAC International at Dallas, Texas, USA,
21-24th September 2008.
- European
Pesticide Residue Workshop, Berlin, Germany, 2-5th June 2008.
- Institute
of Environmental Research (INFU), Technical University of Dortmund,
Germany, 6-7th June 2008.
- 121st
AOAC Annual Meeting of the AOAC International at Anaheim, California,
16-20th September 2007.
- Department
of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, 9-14th
September 2007.
- Centre
for Analytical Chemistry, California Department of Food and Agriculture,
12th September 2007.
- US
Environment Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, Analytical
Chemistry Branch, Ft. Meade, Maryland, USA on 15th December
2006.
- Centre
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration,
College Park, Maryland, USA during 13-16 December 2006.
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Maryland,
USA on 13th December 2006.
- Microbial Biophysics and Residue Chemistry
Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Centre, United States
Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA, during 12th
and18th December 2006.
- Chemical
Residue Laboratory, Florida State Department of Agriculture,
Tallahassee, Florida on 11th December 2006.
- Leco
Corporation, Florida, USA during 7-10 December 2006 to attend workshop
on application of 2D (GCxGC)-TOF mass spectrometry in chemical analysis.
- 120th
Annual Meeting of the AOAC International at Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
during 17-21 September 2006.
- The
Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, USA on 22 September 2006.
- Central
Science Laboratory and Pesticide Safety Directorate, Government of the
UK, York, United Kingdom during 26-30
September 2005.
- Institute of Environmental Research, University of
Dortmund, Germany during June 2003 to June 2004 as visiting
post-Doctoral Scientist.
Email: kbgrape@yahoo.com
Phone: 91-20-26956091 (O)
Postal
Address
National
Research Centre for Grapes, P.B. No. 3, Manjri Farm Post, Solapur Road, Pune
- 412 307, Maharashtra, India.
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