Felix Bast
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Felix Bast | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 27, 1980 Payyanur |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | India |
| Alma mater | Kōchi University (Japan, PhD) |
| Awards | Inspired Teacher (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Phycology Taxonomy Science Communication Antarctic Biology |
| Institutions | Central University of Punjab |
| Website | sites |
Felix Bast is an Indian phycologist, author and public educator based at the Central University of Punjab[1]. He has discovered seven new species of plants from India and Antarctica.
Early life and education
Felix Bast was born in Payyannur, Kerala, India. He attended government Boys' High School in Payyannur. Subsequently, he completed BSc in Microbiology from Kannur University with the university first rank and MSc in Biotechnology with First Class from the University of Madras Guindy Campus. Bast was associated with the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay as a PhD student and Junior Research Fellowship. In 2015 he left IIT Bombay to accept the Monbukagakusho Scholarship Government Doctoral Scholarship (MEXT) and completed PhD in Marine Biology from Kochi University, Shikoku, Japan. Other institutes where he took training include Friday Harbor Laboratories (University of Washington, USA) and Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom .
Career and research
Bast is an Associate Professor at the Central University of Punjab, India. He also served as expedition scientist for Indian Antarctic Program|Indian Antarctic Mission 2016-17 and conducted research at Bharati Station and Maitri Station, Antarctica. Bast authored popular science book Voyage to Antarctica detailing his experiences as part of the Indian Antarctic Mission [2]. He served as a guest scientist at Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany in 2018-19. Bast is a renowned algal taxonomist having discovered several new species from India and Antarctica. Species that he and his research team discovered include:
- Acetabularia jalakanyakae (Dasycladales): A unicellular marine green algae from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India [3]
- Bryum bharatiense (Bryasiae): A moss species from East Antarctica that survive on penguin excrements[4].
- Hypnea indica (Hypneaceae): A marine red alga from Tamil Nadu, India [5]
- Hypnea bullata (Hypneaceae): A marine red alga from Gujarat, India [6]
- Ulva paschima (Ulvaceae): A marine green alga from Indian West Coast [7]
- Ulva uniseriata (Ulvaceae): A marine green alga from West Bengal, India [8]
- Cladophora goensis (Cladophorales): A marine green alga from Goa, India [9]
In addition, he is the taxonomic authority of Monostroma kuroshiense, one of the extensively cultivated edible green algae in the Kuroshio coasts of southern Japan.
Other activities
- He founded Young Academy of India and its nation-wide ideological matchmaking program MentX [10]
- He is a known Science Communicator in India, with frequent contributions in Resonance, Science Reporter, The Hindu and so on.
Recognition
Bast served as in-residence intern with President of India at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi in 2015 as part of Inspired Teacher program[11]. Other recogitions include: Teaching Innovator award from Ministry of Education, Government of India in 2019 [12] DST Inspire Award from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India [13] NAM-Leibniz Guest scientist award 2018 to do sabbatical at Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen [14] and Elected as national core committee representative of Indian National Young Academy of Sciences, New Delhi (2020) [15]
References
- ↑ "Felix Bast" (PDF). CUP. CUP. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ "Voyage to Antarctica". Vigyan Prasar. Vigyan Prasar. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ ""Indian scientists discover 'mermaid' plant species"". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ ""India discovers new plant species in Antarctica"". BBC. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ ""New species of red algae seen in west, south east Indian coast"". The Hindu.
- ↑ ""New species of red algae seen in west, south east Indian coast"". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ ""Beneficial algal species discovered"". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ ""Central University team discovers new species of green algae"". Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ ""Cladophora goensis"". AlgaeBase. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ ""Story of MentX — India's first ideological matchmaking program"". IndiaBioscience. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ ""Stay at Rashtrapati Bhavan an inspiration, say teachers"". Indian Express. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ ""Felix Bast"" (PDF). Central University of Punjab. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ ""Felix Bast"" (PDF). Central University of Punjab. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ ""Leibniz-ZMT". Leibniz-ZMT. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ ""INYAS"". INYAS. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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