Arvind Bhatt Email & Phone Number

A professional researcher with more than 18 years of international experience in different aspects of plant science. I am a conservation scientist with wide ranging interests in biodiversity conservation, desert restoration and rehabilitation. Currently I am involved in (i) Seed collection planning, (ii) fieldwork and native seed collection (iii) documentation and data management (iv), Preservation and storage, (v) research support, (vi) quality control and (vii) training and capacity building

Doha, Qatar

My research interests in seed biology include physiology of seed development, dormancy and germination to the production, storage, enhancement and utilization of seeds for conservation purposes. I have good experience of working on different plant species with various aspects of seed biology, seed germination and seedling establishment and also have experience of seed collection, cleaning, storage and post-harvest handling (seed morpho-metric and analytical characterization- (Airi et al, 2006), viability determination and germination test). I have successfully established seed germination protocols for various high value medicinal plants such as Swertia angustifolia (Bhatt et al, 2005), S. chirayita (Bhatt et al, 2007), Pleurospermum anglicoides (Bhatt et al, 2009) and Hippophae salicifolia (Airi et al 2009). I also worked on seeds of different Acacia species in South Africa and investigated the effect of increasing temperature on seed germination and seedling performance of selected species. Besides this, I was also involved in developing optimum storage condition and germination study for selected South African recalcitrant species such as Trichellia emitica, T. drigiana and Avicennia marina. I also have good working experience of different aspect of plant physiology, plant biotechnology, morpho-physiological and anatomical study by using Scanning and Transmission Electron microscopy. In addition, I am also involved in studying seed biogeography with applications for seed ecology.

Responsibilities (i) how the heat stress affect the seed germination of selected tree species of South Africa (ii) ecophysiological study of selected species of South Africa (iii) supervise Master and Ph.D student

Post Doc Research Fellow, Universiti Sains Malaysia, with major responsibilities (i) scale up production of bioactive compounds from various medicinal plants using cell suspension culture technique (ii) Supervise Master and Ph.D student

Post Doc Research Fellow, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa for the research topics (1) Investigation of changes in selected desiccation tolerant plants and (2) Investigation of foliar trichomes of selected medical plants of South Africa.