Professor

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone Res: 91-481-2429025 Mobile: +91 9446119626

1. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: M Sc Ph D

2. HONORS, PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS : Dr A Abraham GOLD MEDAL from University of

in 1984 ; USSR Government Scholarship from Ministry of HRD, Government of in 1989

3. EXPEREINCE

(a) Research: 27 yrs

(b) Teaching: 31 yrs

(c) Administrative: 3 Years as Director School of Biosciences & Founder Director of NIPST (2012-2015)

4. RESEARCH AREA:

Major Area: Ecology and Ecotechnology (Bio-based Environment Friendly Technologies)

(a) Green algae: Biodiversity, biomass yield, oil productivity and oil characterization - biofuel

(b) Soil Ecology: Physico-chemical and biological studies of soils, soil structure - organic farming

(c) Mycorrhiza: AM association in crops and application trials – AM as a bio-fertilizer

(d) Hyper accumulator plants: Identification through experimental trials – phytoremediation trials

(e) Phytosynthesis of nanoparticles: Characterization of particles and experimentation for medicinal value

5. RESEARCH

No. of ongoing Ph.D students 9 No. of Ph.Ds awarded 7 No. of Ph.Ds Registered 9 No. of M.Phil projects completed 4 No. of M.Sc. projects completed 75 No. of External student trainings completed 5

6. PUBLICATIONS:

In Journals 40

In conference Proceedings 02 Presentation in Seminar/Conference 10 Book and Book chapters 05

Invited Lectures 04

No. of seminars/conferences organized 02

No. of seminars/conferences attended 30

7. No. OF PROJECTS (Both Completed and ongoing)

As PI 3

1. UGC Major Project (13.5 lakhs): Endomycorrhizal studies in Banana of South India (2012-15)

2. KCSTE Major Project (26.6 lakhs): Collection, identification and screening of green algae from bloomed water bodies of Kerala for quality of lipid (2015-2018)

3. Impact of Tourism on the Hydrobiology of Periyar Lake , Thekkady, Kerala, India (As Principal Investigator in a Major Research Project sponsored by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi) 2002-2005

As Co-Investigator 2

4. Relationship between root CEC and metal accumulation in certain wild grasses of coastal Kerala, Trichur District. (As Co- Investigator in a Minor Research Project sponsored by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi)

5. AMF in association with green gram in south India (As Co- Investigator in a Minor Research Project sponsored by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi)

8. LIST OF ALL PUBLICATIONS

1. Mariamma Jacob, J G Ray and M M Mathew (2016) Institutional Initiative for Sustainable Development - A Critical Analysis , LISSAH Journal, pp. 91-104

2. Santhosh Kumar K, S Prasanthkumar, J G Ray (2016) Experimental Assessment of Productivity, Oil-yield and Oil-profile of Eight Different Common Freshwater-blooming Green Algae of Kerala, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2016.10.007

3. Binoy T T and J G Ray (2016) Diversity and Ecology of Diatoms in Oxic Dystrustepts soils under three different vegetation of the Western Ghats, Kerala, South India, The Journal of Ecology. Photon 111, pp. 465-475

4. Soumya S. and J. G Ray (2016) Silver nanoparticles synthesized using aqueous leaf extracts of Ziziphus oenplia (L.) Mill: Characterization and assessment of antibacterial activity, Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, B: Biology 163, pp. 391–402

5. Dhanya V & Ray J G, (2016) Ecology and Diversity of Diatoms in Kuttanadu Paddy Fields in Relation to Soil Regions, Seasons and Paddy-Growth-Stages, Canadian Journal of Plant Studies; Vol. 5, No. 2, pp.7-21

6. Santhoshkumar, K., Prasanthkumar, S. and Ray, J.G. (2016) Chlorococcum humicola (Nageli) Rabenhorst as a Renewable Source of Bioproducts and Biofuel, Canadian Journal of Plant Studies; Vol. 5, No. 1, pp.48-57

7. Dhanya V & Ray J G, (2015) Ecology and Diversity of Cyanobacteria in Kuttanadu paddy wetlands, Kerala, India. American Journal of Plant Sciences 6, pp. 2924-2938, http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2015.618288

8. Santhoshkumar, K., Prasanthkumar, S. and Ray, J.G. (2015) Biomass Productivity and Fatty Acid Composition of Chlorella lobophora V M Andreyeva, a Potential Feed Stock for Biodiesel Production. American Journal of Plant Sciences , 6, 2453-2460. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2015.615247

9. Dhanya V & Ray J G, (2015) Green algae of a unique tropical wetland, Kuttanadu, Kerala, India in relation to Soil regions, Seasons and Paddy-growth stages, International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology, 4(3), pp.770-803

10. Ray JG & Mariamma Jacob (2015) Critical Analysis of ecological theory for the emergence of right human environmental perspectives, LISSAH Journal 1(1) pp. 37-52 11. Ray J G, Dhanya V & Binoy T (2014) Globally unique Kuttanadu Wetland paddy soil of South India: Soil fertility in relation to seasons and different stages of the crop, International Journal of Agriculture, 125 296-304

12. Soumya S. and J. G Ray (2013) Phytosynthesis and Characterization of silver nanoparticles using leaf extracts of Premna serratiffolia L, Nano Biomed. Eng., 5(4), 148-152

13. Ray J G and Thomas B (2012) Ecology and Diversity of Green-algae of Tropical Oxic Dystrustepts Soils in Relation to Different Soil Parameters and Vegetation, Research Journal of Soil Biology, 4 (3) 42-68 DOI:10.3923/rjsb.2012

14. Ray J G and Thomas B (2012) Fertility characteristics of Oxic Dystrustepts under natural forest, rubber and teak plantations in different seasons, Kerala, South India, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 43:2247–2261 DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2012.701688

15. Ray J G , Krishnan J, Unni S and V. Shobha (2012) Nutrients, Productivity and Pollution of Periyar Lake, Kerala, India, Ecology and Noosphereology, 23 (3-4), 49-72. http://archive.nbuv.gov.ua/portal/chem_biol/ein/2012_3-4/Ray.pdf

16. Ray J G and George J (2011) Nickel in Soils and Resilient Plants on Roadsides in Kerala, South India, Journal of Soil Science, Vol. 12 No.1-2, 12-23

17. Ray J G and George K. J. (2011) Cation Exchange Capacity of Roots of Wild Grasses and the Ecological Implications, Ecology and Noosphereology, Vol 2, No.3-4, 58-72.

18. Ray J G and George K J (2010). Calcium Accumulation in grasses in relation to their root cation exchange capacity, Journal of Agronomy, 9 (2): 70-74: DOI: 10.3923/ja.2010.70.74

19. Ray J G and Jojo George (2010). Zn in Tolerant Roadside Plants in Relation to the Metal in the Soils in South India, American-Eurasian J. Agric. and Environ. Sci. 9 (5), 548-559

20. Ray J G and Jojo George (2010). Lead in soils and tolerant herbs on roadsides in search of the metal accumulation patterns in diverse species. International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences, 5 (2): 227–244

21. Anjum F, J G Ray , S A Farooqui, R K Tiwari and Z A Khan (2010). Tropical rainforest vegetation, climate and sea level during the Pleistocene in Kerala, India Quaternary International, 213: 2–11: doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2009.09.024

22. J G Ray , N Valsalakumar (2010b) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Rhizobium under varied dozes of NPK on Green Gram, Ecology and Noospherology 21(3-4)

23. Ray JG and N Valsalakumar (2010a) Arbascular mycorrhizal fungi and Piriformospora indica individually and in combination with Rhizobium on green gram. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 33: 285– 298: DOI: 10.1080/01904160903435409

24. Ray JG and George KJ (2009) Mercury in grasses in relation to its amount in soil and root CEC, SB Academic Review, XV (1&2), p. 32-45

25. Ray J G and N Valsalakumar (2009) Experiments with different Rhizobium isolates on growth and productivity in green gram. Ecology and Noospherology, 20: (3-4): 63-68. http://www.nbuv.gov.ua/portal/chem_biol/Ein/2009_3-4/index.htm

26. Ray J G , Krishnan J., Unni K. S. and Shobha V., (2009) Physico-chemical environmental complex of a commercially exploited tropical freshwater system within a wildlife sanctuary, Kerala, India. Ecology and Noospherology, 20: (3-4): 124-144. http://uenj.cv.ua/Ecology_and_noospherology_2009_20_3-4/Rey2.pdf

27. Ray J G and Jojo George (2009) Phytosociology of roadside communities to identify Ecological potentials of tolerant species, Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment 1 (5); 184-190; http://www.academicjournals.org/jene/ abstracts/abstracts/abstracts2009/Nov/Ray

28. Anjum F, Ray J G and S A Farooqui (2006) Late Pleistocene Palynoflora in Changancherry, Kerala – paleoclimate and paleoshoreline indicators. In Ray et al (Ed) Science and Technology for Sustainable Development. First edition. New Delhi: Allied Publishers Pvt Ltd, pp.139-148.

29. N. Valsalakumar, J G Ray and V P Potty (2007) Arbuscular mycorrhizal Fungi Associated with Green Gram in South India. Agron. J . 99. 1260-1264. DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0367Vol. 99 No. 5, p. 1260- 1264

30. Ray J G (2007). Soils, Humans and Nature - A critical examination of the relationships, Jeevadhara , 37(217), pp. 25-42

31. Ray J G . (2002) Eco-technology – the technology for survival. In: Pandit B.R (Ed.) The Emerging areas in Plant Scienc. pp. 1 - 6, Department of Botany, Bhavnagar University, Gujrath.

32. Mariamma Jacob, M Bharathan and J G Ray (1999) A critical study on the influence of Smt Sugathkumary on environmental policy making in the State of Kerala, SB Academic Review, Vol.8., No.1., pp.21-34

33. Ray J G (1995) Acacia Mangium - The wonder Tree, SB Academic Review, Vol. 4(1) pp. 75-80.

34. Ray J G ., Travleev A P, Belova N A and S A Shoba (1994) Ultra morphological peculiarities of the root soil interface of some perennial grasses and the ecological implications, Ukrainian journal of Botany , No. 51(1), 11 - 17 .

35. Ray J G , Travleev A P and Belova N A (1993) The Extinction of some perennial grass vegetation and the degradation of chernozem due to anthropo-zoogenial factors, in some steppes of Ukrainian SSR. In: Wicherek, S. (Ed.) Farm Land Erosion – Temperate Plains & Hills, Elsevier Science Publ. B. V., Amsterdam. . pp.241-251

36. Ray J G (1993) Role of Perennial grasses in controlling degradation of soil systems in steepes. In: H J P Eijsckers and T Hamers (eds) Integrated Soil and Sediment Research – A Basis for proper Protection, Kluwer Academic Publ., The Netherlands. pp. 327-331.

37. Ray J G , N A Belova and A P Travleyev (1993) Role of perennial grasses in stable microorganizations of chernozems, SB Academic Review, (1), 35-38.

38. Ray J G (1993) Zoogenial degradation of steppe biogeocenoces in Ukraine, SB Academic Review , 2 (2), 33-36

39. Ray J G (1992) Influence of different grades of degradation of phytocoenoses on the stability of chernozem in the Prisamara Biogeocoenological Station. Ukrainian Journal of Botany, 49(2), 31 - 34.

40. Ray J G (1992) Peculiarities of anthropo-zoogenial degradation of steppe biogeocoenoses in the Prisamara Biogeocoenological station, Ukrainian Journal of Botany , 49(2), 34 - 39

Books Published/Edited/Book Chapters

1. Ray J G (2015) Ecology & Ecotechnology; Focus Articles, Year Book Plus 2016, pp. 785-794

2. Ray J G (2015) International Year of Soils; Our needed attention - Healthy soils for healthy humans’, In:’ Thidhi Sosthavritham’, Published by the Thidhi Trust, Kozhikodu, pp 64-73

3. Ray J G (2015 ) The greatness of Soils, Labour India Year Book, Labour India Publications, Marangattupally, Pala, pp 1-40

4. Ray J G (2014) An introduction to soils (in ), State Institute of Languages, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 112p

5. Ray J G (2012) Plastic: Friend or Foe? – Truth and Myths, Aksharam Books, Changanacherry (In Malayalam) P.44

6. Ray J G (2010) Basic Principles of Ecology and Environment: Foundation Course in Environment Studies. Prathibha Publications, Changanacherry. ISBN No. 81-907782-4-2. P.239

7. Ray J G . (2007) Environmental and Ecological Programmes in Higher Education. In M K Satapathy (Ed) Education, Environment and Sustainable Development, Shipra Publ. New Delhi. pp. 28-40. http://www.flipkart.com/education-environment-sustainable-development-satapathy

8. Ray J G , Kuruvilla Joseph and George Varghese (Eds). (2006) Science and Technology for Sustainable Development. First edition. New Delhi: Allied Publishers Pvt Ltd. P. 472

Popular Science Articles/Books: 18

1. Ray J G (2015) When Plastics Increases in Home (in Malayalam), Kudumbajyothi Magazine, Publications of Family Apostolate of Changanachacherry, pp. 16-18

2. Ray J G (2015) Healthy Soils, Healthy Life (in Malayalam), Sasthragathy Magazine, 50 (3), pp. 12- 18

3. Ray JG (2015) Praise be to You Lord – Critical review of Papal Encyclical on Environment (in Malayalam), Amala, the journal of Lourdes’s Catholic Parish, ; September Issue - pp. 65- 68; October Issue – pp.64-68; November Issue – pp.68-71 4. Ray JG & Shabil Krishnan (2015) The Life that touched the heart of soils (in Malayalam), Weekly, pp 8-21

5. Ray J G (2007) Agriculture is a culture - Part-3 (in Malayalam) Oruma Vol 12 (2) pp. 8-11.

6. Ray J G (2007) Agriculture is a culture - Part-2 (in Malayalam) Oruma Vol 12 (1) pp. 8-9, 15.

7. Ray J G (2007) Humans and Environment Relations (in Malayalam) Journal of the Kottayam Diocese , Vol. 11 (2) pp. 6-11.

8. Ray J G (2006) Agriculture is a culture - Part-1 (in Malayalam) Oruma Vol 11(5) pp. 18-19, 40.

9. Ray J G (2006) Gandhian Alternate Lifestyle based on Ecological Concepts - Part-1 (in Malayalam), Kerala Sanjari , Nov. 19-25, PP.5

10. Ray J G (2006) Gandhian Alternate Lifestyle based on Ecological Concepts - Part-1 (in Malayalam), Kerala Sanjari , Nov. 26- Dec.2, PP.6

11. Ray J G (2004) Pollution is a moral issue, , Aug. 22, pp. 2.

12. Ray J G (2004) Water harvesting - Afforestation is the best and sustainable solution, The Hindu , June 12, pp. 2.

13. Ray J G (2004) Importance of the biotic community in soil fertility(in Malayalam), Kerala Sanjari , Nov. 28 to Dec.4, PP.4

14. Ray J G (2004) What the farmers shall do to protect the soil and to reclaim its fertility (in Malayalam) Kerala Sanjari, Dec. 5-11, PP.5

15. Ray J G (2003) Farmers and Organic Farming (in Malayalam) Oruma, 6 (6) pp. 5-7.

16. Ray J G (2001) Pilgrimage to a Siberian Lake (in Malayalam) Mangalam , Special Edition-1, pp. 206-215.

17. Ray J G (2001) Environment science vs. Ecology. University News, 39(4) pp. 30

18. Ray J G (1999) Significance of Environmental Education and Ecological Studies in the New Century. University News, 37 (37) pp. 14-15.

19. Ray J G (1999) Soil is a waste if there are no trees growing (in Malayalam) Karshakan , Rashtradeepika Ltd Publ. pp.

20. Ray J G (1998) Know Soils intimately (in Malayalam) Karshakan, Annual Edition, Rashtrdeepika Ltd Publ. pp. 111-116.

21. Ray J G (1997) Soil fertility and physical structure of soils (in Malayalam), Karshakan , Annual Edition, Rashtr Ltd, Publ. pp. 94-99

9. Academic position and membership in academic bodies, academic linkages and other details

1. Member American Agronomy Society (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSA) and Soil Science Society of America (SSA)

2. Full Member of the Ukrainian Academy of Ecological Science

3. Life Member Indian Society of Environmental Scientists

4. Life Member, Swadeshy Science Movement of India

Membership in Journal Editorial Boards

1. Member of the Editorial Board of Ecology and Noosphereology

2. Journal of Soil Science (Official journals of the Ukrainian Academy of Ecological Sciences)