FELIX BAST

Curriculum Vitae

 

Summary of Higher Education:

 

From

To

Institute

Course

Result

4-2006

3-2009 (Expected)

Kuroshio Sc. Graduate School, Kochi University, Japan

PhD in Marine Phycology

Currently pursuing

4-2000

3-2002

Department of Biotechnology, University of Madras, India

M.Sc in Biotechnology

76.4 %

“First class outstanding” grade.

All India First Rank in entrance test

 

4-1997

3-2000

Kannur University, Kerala, India.

B.Sc in Microbiology

87.6%

First class, First Rank in the University

4-1995

3-1997

Calicut University, Ker ala, India

Pre-Degree Course (Science)

75.3%,

First class

 

 

 

Summary of Research experiences

 

 

 

From

To

Institute

Course/Position

Scholarship

7-2007

8-2007

Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, USA

Internship course: “Marine Algae” conducted by Phycological Society of America

National Science Foundation, Federal Govt of US

9-2005

3-2006

Usa Marine Biological Institute, Kochi University, Japan

Pre-Doctoral Research Scholar

Japanese Government (MEXT) Monbukagakusho Scholarship

8-2003

2-2005

Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India

Junior Research Fellow

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India

4-2002

7-2003

National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India

Junior Research Fellow

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India

3-2001

4-2001

National Center for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India

JNCASR Summer Scholar

JNCASR, Govt of India

 

Awards, Scholarships and Professional affiliations

 

 

•           University first rank with gold medal (Kannur University) in B.Sc. (Microbiology)

 

•           Achieved All India 1st position in the entrance procedure conducted by University of Madras for M.Sc. Biotechnology Programme (2000)

 

•           Awarded Summer Research Fellowship-2001 offered by JNCASR, Bangalore, India and Dept of Science & technology, Govt of India

 

•           Got International certification on 'Biotechnology-Industry Knowledge' from Brainbench corporation, USA(2001)

 

•           Scored 680(out of 890) in Advanced GRE (Subject     test-Biology)

 

•           Scored 247(out of 300) in Computer based TOEFL.

 

•           Scored 5.5 (out of 6.0) in Test of Written English.

 

•           Scored 82.66th percentile in GATE-2002 with mains, Molecular Biotechnology and Chemistry.

 

•           Awarded Indian Academy of Sciences Research Fellowships-2002, offered by Dept of Science and Tech,Govt of India.

 

•           Awarded Council of Scientific and Industrial Research : Junior Research Fellowships- 2002.

 

•           Qualified in UGC-National Eligibility Test,2002 (this qualifies candidate for the post of Science Lectureship in Universities and colleges across India.)

 

•           Acquired Membership in the international professional research organization- American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS). Membership Registration Number- 16257820

 

•           Nominated for Commonwealth Scholarships-Canada, 2005

 

•           Awarded Monbukagakusho:MEXT International PhD Scholarship, Japanese Government

 

•           Membership in British Phycological Society, UK

 

•           Membership in Phycological Society of America, USA

 

•           Awarded National Science Foundation (USA) fellowship and attended 5 weeks internship program at Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, USA

 

 

 

List of Scientific Publications

 

  • Felix bast, “the most important thing, to sustain life.”, BBC, Created: 22nd June 2007 Published online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A24050170

 

  • Felix bast, Masanori Hiraoka and Kazuo Okuda, "Sexual and asexual life histories of Monostroma latissimum isolated from Kochi, southern Japan", Proceedings of International Seaweed Symposium, Kobe, Japan, March 27-31, 2007.

 

  • Felix bast, “Hydrogen: A Key to Clean Energy Future?”, BBC, 31st May 2004 Published online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A2683082

 

  • Felix Bast,  Ca2+ : An Ion of Biological Cybernetics, 12th March 2004

Published online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2417654

 

  • Felix bast, "Multi Helical Tubular Airlift (MHTA) Photobioreactor: a novel bioreactor for microalgal biotechnology", MSc Dissertation, University of Madras, India