Dr. Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran
FELLOW, ELECTED 2022

Born in Erode, Tamil Nadu, India on 14 July 1965. Educated at Tamil Nadu Government School, Bharathi Vidyalaya, Salem, Tamil Nadu 1970-80; Sengunthar Higher Secondary School, Erode, Tamil Nadu & National Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 1980-82; Jamal Mohamed College (JMC) 1982-87; University of Madras-Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences 1987-88; Banaras Hindu University 1989-95; B.Sc. 1985; M.Sc. 1987; M.Phil. (Endocrinology) 1988; Ph.D. 1995.

Professor, Department of Animal Biology, 2008 to date.

JST-CREST Distinguished Researcher, NIBB, Okazaki, Japan 2000-03; Reader, University of Hyderabad 2003-08; Professor 2008 to date; Head, Department of Animal Sciences/Biology 2012-15.

Awards/Honours: M.Sc Gold Medalist, Bharathidasan University (JMC)-1987; Young Researcher Award, Society of Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology (SRBCE), Madras, India (1992-1993); Young Scientist Award-European Society of Comparative Endocrinology, the Netherlands (1994); STA-Japan Fellow, 1996; Long term JSPS Invitation Fellow, University of Miyazaki, Japan, 2012; Elected fellow of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences, 2012; Elected Fellow of Reproductive Endocrinology, SRBCE, India, 2013; DBT-TATA Innovation Fellowship, 2014; Short term JSPS Invitation Fellow, University of Miyazaki, Japan, 2018; Global Ambassador (Incoming Fellow), University of Saskatchewan, Canada 2021; Guest editor for "Fish Physiology and Biochemistry" and "General and Comparative Endocrinology". Associate editor for "PLoS One, USA", "Gene, USA" and "Gene Reports, USA"; Editorial Board member for "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India", "Evolution & Development" and "Reproduction & Breeding". Editor for book entitled, "Sexual Plasticity and Gametogenesis in Fishes", Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2013.

Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, 2013; Indian National Science Academy, 2017; Indian Academy of Sciences, 2020

Research Areas: Fish Molecular Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology, Sexual Development, Endocrine Disruption, Nanotoxicology

Address: Professor, Room No. S-42, Department of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, P.O. Central University, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana; A-47, Faculty Quarters, South Campus, University of Hyderabad, P.O. Central University, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana; [Tel: Off. (040) 23134562; Cell: 9440140637; Fax: (040) 23010120, 23010145; Email: bsksl@uohyd.ernet.in; senthilkumaranb@yahoo.com]