Arun Kumar Dutta
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany · Gauhati University
Biography
Dr. Arun Kumar Dutta is a mycologist who has made significant contributions to the study of macrofungal taxonomy and the exploration of wild edible macrofungi in India. Currently, he holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at Gauhati University, located in Assam, India. His research experience exceeds 12 years. His research has resulted in the discovery of 30 previously unknown species of macrofungi, which are new to the field of science. Additionally, he has reported around 20 species that were previously unknown to exist in the Indian mycobiota. He has been honoured with esteemed accolades such as the 'ISCA Young Scientist Award 2017–2018' presented by the Indian Science Congress Association (Plant Sciences Section). In 2018, he received the 'DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award' from the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, in the subject of Plant, Animal, and Agricultural Sciences.
Education
Ph.D. in Botany
Recent Scopus Publications
- Optimizing Nitrogen Supply in IR64 Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) to Enhance Nitrogen Use Efficiency, Growth, Yield Potential, and Stress Response
- Investigating a Medicinally Important Novel Species of Termitomyces From the Lateritic Region of West Bengal
- Morphology and multi-locus phylogeny reveal 23 fungal taxa from terrestrial habitats
- Fungal diversity notes 1919–2016: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa
- Species evolution: cryptic species and phenotypic noise with a particular focus on fungal systematics
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1222-3864
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YcJje6QAAAAJ
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=44861270900