International Journal of Aquaculture Research and Development

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CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

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Ghousia Begum

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CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
(Council of Scientific and Industrial Research)
Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India
Tarnaka, Hyderabad-500007, Telangana, INDIA.

Research Interests:

Environmental physiology, Impact of xenobiotics on Biochemical and Physiological mechanisms of animals.

Biography:

Dr. Ghousia Begum obtained Ph.D from Osmania University and joined CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology in the year 1998.
She has significantly contributed to the field of Ecotoxicology (aquatic toxicology), Biochemical, Molecular and physiological Mechanisms of Toxicity and Environmental Biology.
She is actively engaged in developing biomarkers which are very useful to assess and control the risk of long term outcomes associated with exposure to xenobiotics.
She is also working on alternative animal models which include lower invertebrates (Dapnia) and vertebrates (Zebra fish and edible fishes) for toxicity evaluation.
She has published more than 30 research articles in reputed peer reviewed National and International journals. She has more than 500 citations to her credit.
She has been awarded YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD for the year 1993 by National Environmental Science Academy (NESA), gold medal for academic excellence and SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD-2012 by NESA. She has edited a book entitled "ECOTOXICOLOGY" published by InTech.
She is on the editorial board of 11 International journals, to site a few, Toxicology (Elsevier Science only Indian on the board), journal of environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology. She is Editor of two journals.