Environmental Toxicology, water pollution and community health

1. Water Pollution
2. Flow Pathway Analysis
3. Human and Ecological Health Risk Assessment
4. Environmental Toxicology, Nephropathology and Medicine

1. Indian Academy of Neuroscience
2. Society for Toxicology
3. International Water Association

International Publications

2023
1. Ashish Kumar Sahu, Manjil Sangita Dung Dung, Sawan Kumar Sahoo, Showkat Ahmad Mir, Binata Nayak, Iswar Baitharu, Ecological and human health risk associated with heavy metals in sediments and bioaccumulation in some commercially important fishes in Mahanadi River, Odisha, India, Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology,5, 2023,168-177, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enceco.2023.08.001. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590182623000139)

1. Namita Bhoi, Iswar Baitharu Current Perspective of Biofunctionalized Nanomaterials in Biology and Medicine Publication date 2022/4/27 Journal Biotechnological Advances for Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Nanotechnology: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Life Sciences Pages 425-444 Publisher CRC Press
2. Showkat Ahmad Mir, Archana Padhiary, Ashwariya Pati, Sheary Somam Tete, Rajesh Kumar Meher, Iswar Baitharu, Auwal Muhammad, Binata Nayak, Chapter 14 - Potential phytochemicals as microtubule-disrupting agents in cancer prevention??All authors contributed equally., Editor(s): Siddhartha Pati, Tanmay Sarkar, Dibyajit Lahiri, Recent Frontiers of Phytochemicals, Elsevier, 2023, Pages 225-246, ISBN 9780443191435, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-19143-5.00020-7.
3. Syed Nikhat Ahmed, Iswar Baitharu, Chapter 3 - Potential of microbes for the remediation of heavy metals–contaminated soil, Editor(s): Riti Thapar Kapoor, Maulin P. Shah, In Developments in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Integrative Strategies for Bioremediation of Environmental Contaminants, Volume Two, Academic Press, 2023, Pages 31-47, ISBN 9780443140136, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-14013-6.00005-6.
4. Ashish Kumar Sahu, Showkat Ahmed Mir, Binata Nayak, Iswar Baitharu (2023) Sustainable management of eutrophication and problems associated with the algal toxin in ponds and lakes of rural areas Water Resources Management for Rural Development Challenges and Mitigation 1st Edition - September 15, 2023 Editors: Sughosh Madhav, Arun Lal Srivastav, Sylvester Chibueze Izah, Eric van Hullebusch ISBN: 9780443187780
5. Mir, S., Ekka, N.J., Nayak, B., Baitharu, I. (2022). Bioactive Nanoparticles: A Next Generation Smart Nanomaterials for Pollution Abatement and Ecological Sustainability. In: Arakha, M., Pradhan, A.K., Jha, S. (eds) Bio-Nano Interface. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2516-9_15
6. Ahmed, Syed Nikhat, Subhashree Subhadarsini Mishra, Jayanta Kumar Sahu, Sabita Shroff, Prajna Paramita Naik, Iswar Baitharu, and Sanjat Kumar Sahu. "Application of Nanomaterials in Environmental Pollution Abatement and Their Impact on Ecological Sustainability: Recent Status and Future Perspective." Biotechnological Advances for Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Nanotechnology (2022): 629-654.
7. Subhashree Mishra (Subhadarsini), Ashish Sahu (Kumar), Manjil Dungdung (Sangeeta), Syed Ahmed (Nikhat), Iswar Baitharu, Chapter 2 - Pesticide pollution in freshwater and its impact on community health, Editor(s): Joginder Singh, Ashok Pandey, Simranjeet Singh, Vinod Kumar Garg, Praveen Ramamurthy, Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Elsevier, 2023, Pages 33-52, ISBN 9780323919005, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91900-5.00005-9. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9
8. Mishra, S.S., Shroff, S., Sahu, J.K., Naik, P.P., Baitharu, I. (2020). Insect Pheromones and Its Applications in Management of Pest Population. In: Kumar, D., Shahid, M. (eds) Natural Materials and Products from Insects: Chemistry and Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36610-0_8
9. Baitharu, I., Shroff, S., Sahu, J.K. (2018). Molecular, Neuronal, and Behavioral Mechanism of Communication Among Insect Species: A Review. In: Kumar, D., Gong, C. (eds) Trends in Insect Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61343-7_2
10. Memory Dysfunction at High Altitude: Role of Corticosterone ISBN: 978-3659554292 LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

1. 1. Presented a paper as poster entitled “Altered Corticosterone homeostasis in hippocampus leads
2. to memory impairment in hypobaric hypoxia” in Society of Endocrinology-British
3. Endocrinology Society -2011 from 11 th April to 14 th April 2011 in International Convention
4. Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
6. 1. Presented a poster in the International Symposium on Advances in Neurosciences & Silver
7. Jubilee Conference of Indian Academy of Neurosciences” from 22-25 November 2007 at Banaras
8. Hindu University.
9. 2. Presented a poster in International conference on advances in neurosciences and 26 th annual
10. meeting of Indian Academy of Neurosciences from Dec 12- 14, 2008 at Cochin University of
11. Sciences and Technology, Cochin.
12. 3. Presented a poster in 27 th Annual conference of Indian Academy of Neurosciences from Dec 18-
13. 20, 2009 held at NIMS University, Rajasthan.
14. 4. Presented a poster in the 5th Federation of Asian Oceanian Neuroscience Societies (FAONS)
15. Congress – 2010 and the XXVIII Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences (IAN)
16. held at Lucknow (U.P.), India from November 25–28, 2010.
17. 5. Presented a Poster in 2nd International Conference on Frontiers in Biological Sciences
18. (InCoFIBS-2015) organized by National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha from January
19. 22-24, 2015.
20. 6. Presented a paper as Invited Talk in National Symposium of Neuroscience-2015 on the topic"
21. Recent advances in Neuroscience and its Application in Medical Sciences" organized by
22. Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, India from 13 th to 14 th
23. November, 2015.
24. 7. Presented a paper as Invited Talk in National Conference on Frontiers in Life Sciences organized
25. by Alumni Association, School of Life Sciences, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, Odisha, India
26. from 12 th – 13 th December, 2015.

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