Dr. Aureen R Lemos Godinho Gomes
Assistant Professor in Microbiology
Ph.D. in Microbiology (Goa University), M.Phil. in Environmental Science (Goa University), M.Sc. in Microbiology (Goa University), B.Sc. Microbiology & Biochemistry (Goa University)
Year of Joining: 2024
Contract Basis
- aureengomes@stjosephvazcollege.in
- Worked on Consultancy project sponsored by Tata Energy Resource Institute (TERI), Goa Unit entitled “Environmental studies on Traditional Aquaculture in Divar Island “at the Department of Microbiology, Goa University from January 2002 to December 2002.
- Worked as Junior Research Fellow (JRF) on Department of Ocean and Development (DOD) funded project entitled “Microbiological studies on marine/mangrove bacterial flora “at the Department of Microbiology, Goa University from January 2003 to May 2004.
- Worked as Senior Research fellow (SRF) on Department of Ocean and Development (DOD) funded project entitled “Biodiversity and bioprospecting of bacteria associated with sand dune a unique marine ecosystem” at the Department of Microbiology, Goa University from September 2005 to December 2006.
Chapters in the Books & Proceedings:
| Sr. No. | Title with page nos. | Book Title, editor & publisher | ISSN / ISBN No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhizosphere bacteria from coastal sand dunes and their applications in agriculture, pp.77-96. | Bacteria in Agrobiology: Crop Productivity (Eds. Dinesh K. Maheshwari, Meenu Saraf and Abhinav Aeron) Springer International Publishers | 978-3-642-18356-0 |
| 2 | Coastal sand dunes: A potential goldmine of bioresources, pp. 1–24 | Bioprospects of Coastal Eubacteria: Ecosystems of Goa (Eds.Sunita Borkar).Springer International Publishers. | 978-331912909 |
| 3 | Nitrogen cycling in Coastal sand dunes,pp. 71-79 | Global Implications of Nitrogen cycle (Eds, Trelita DeSouza) Cambridge Publishing House. | 1-5275-5513-5 |
Research Papers (SCI journal only): Google scholar Citations/ h-index/i-10 index : 179/5/5
| Sr No. | Title with page nos. | Journal | ISSN / ISBN No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carotenes produced by alkaliphilic orange pigmented strain of Microbacterium arborescens – AGSB isolated from coastal sand dunes pp.307-312 | Journal of Marine Sciences | 26334666, 26334674 |
| 2 | Sand aggregation by exopolysaccharide producing Microbacterium arborescens – AGSB pp.616-621 | Current Microbiology | 0343-8651 |
| 3 | Bacteria from sand dunes of Goa promoting growth in eggplant. World Journal of Agricultural Sciences pp.555-564 | World Journal of Agricultural Sciences | 1817-3047 |
| 4 | Microbacterium arborescens AGSB sp. nov from the rhizosphere of sand dune plant, Ipomoea pes caprae pp. 5154-5158 | African Journal of Microbiology | 1996-0808 |
| 5 | Microbiological studies of shrimps from Goa | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Section B –Biological science | 03698211, 22501746 |
- Presented a paper entitled “Diazotrophic bacteria associated with Coastal Sand dune vegetation “at the National Conference on Coastal Agricultural Research organized by Research Workers Welfare Association and ICAR Research Complex for Goa during 6-7 April 2002.
- Presented a research paper at the Conference on Microbiology of the Tropical Seas entitled “Studies on Free-living and adhered bacteria from Coastal sand dune ecosystem” held at The National Institute of Oceanography, Goa held on 13-15th December 2004.
- Presented a paper entitled “Exopolysaccharide producing bacteria from coastal sand dunes “at the National conference on frontiers in Environmental Science and Engineering in India held on 15th – 17th September 2005 at Bharathiar University , Coimbatore .
- Presented a paper entitled “ Diversity of bacteria associated with Ipomoea pes caprae and Spinifex littoreus sand dune vegetation of coastal dunes” at the 46th Annual conference of Association of Microbiologist of India “ MICRO-BIOTECH 2005” during 8th-10th December 2005 organized by the Department of Microbiology, Osmania University, Hyderabad
- Participated and delivered an oral presentation entitled “Coastal sand dunes: An unexplored bioresource in the International Seminar on New Frontiers in Microbiology and Applied Biology organized by Department of Microbiology, St Xaviers College, Mapusa, Goa on 7-8 January 2016.
- Presented a oral presentation entitled ‘’Plant growth promoting potential of bacteria isolated from coastal sand dune plants from Goa”’ at the National conference on “’Wetland conservation: Approaches and threats’’ organized by the department of Zoology, Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Margao on 2nd February 2019.
- Presented a poster entitled “’ Effect of different fertilizers (biofertilizers, organic and inorganic) fertilizers on growth of rice (oryza sativa)” at the National conference on “’Wetland conservation: Approaches and threats’’ organized by the Department of Zoology, Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Margao on 2nd February 2019.
- Participated and presented poster entitled “Nanofertilizers : A smart nutrient delivery system” at the National Conference organised by Department of Microbiology, PES College on Frontiers in Biopesticides and Biofertilizers from 6th and 7th December 2019
- T.Y. B.Sc. project students presented a poster entitled ‘Bioprospecting of microorganisms from the coastal sand dunes of Goa at the National level seminar entitled “ Bioprospecting for sustainable development’ organised by Department of Microbiology, St Xavier’s college, Mapusa. 24th and 25th January 2020
- Participated and presented a poster entitled “Biodiversity of the rhizosphere and endophytic bacteria associated with sand dune vegetation from coastal sand dunes of Goa” at the 62nd AMI conference held at Mysore from 21st -23rd September 2022.
- Eureka Forbes Institute of Environment “ Aquaguard Young Scientist Award – 2005 “ for a poster entitled “Exopolysaccharide producing bacteria from coastal sand dunes “ presented at the National conference on Frontiers in Environmental Science and Engineering in India held on 15th-17th September 2005 at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
- MSI Appreciation Memento awarded for work carried out as COVID warrior during the Pandemic.
- Life Time Member of Indian Microbiological Society(IMS) of India
- Member of Health Care Panels of India
- Life member of Society for Environmental Sustainability
- Member of the organising committee for the Certificate Course in “Nutrition and Food Science” conducted by Microbiology Department from 5th Nov to 10th Nov 2018 at Department of Microbiology, Govt. College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Khandola and Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Old Goa.
- Organising Secretary of the National Level Seminar on “Current Trends in Identification and Diagnostics” organised by the Department of Microbiology , Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Khandola, Marcela in collaboration with Directorate of Higher Education on 10th December 2019.
- Organized a short term certificate course on “ Quality control in Pharmaceutical industry” for TYBSc and MSc Microbiology students of Govt college Khandola from 17th February to 25th February 2020.
- Organized a National level Seminar/Webinar on “COVID19 Vaccines – A boon to humanity” – Resourse Person Dr. Judith Braganca, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, BIT PILANI, Goa on 17th September 2022
- Organized a National webinar organized on “Small bite, big threat: STOP DENGUE” – Resource person Dr. Von Mascarenhas, in collaboration with Microbiologist’s Society, India (MSI), on 16th October 2021.
- Organised State level Inter-collegiate event Fermented Food Fiesta “Fermenti-licious” under the Microincube cell of Department of Microbiology on 15th November 2021.
- Organized a field trip to Molbio Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd., Verna, Goa and Paul John Distilleries for M.Sc. Part I & II students, Dept. of Microbiology
- Organized a study tour to 7 institutes in Kerala for M.Sc. Part II students (24 Students & 4 teachers) from 15th May to 22nd May 2022.
- Organizing member of International Conference on Environmental Sustainability and Biotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges organized by Department of Microbiology, Government college of Arts, Science and Commerce, Khandola and Ponda Education Society’s Ravi S. Naik College of Arts & Science Goa In Collaboration with Society for Environmental Sustainability Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh India from 16th to 19th November 2022.
- Coordinator of the Short term certificate course on “Healing with fermented foods” organized by Microincube Cell, Department of Microbiology, GCASCK and sponsored by DHE from 5th Dec -9th Dec 2022
- Resource Person for the Short term certificate course on “Healing with fermented foods” organized by The microincube cell, department of microbiology, GCASCK and funded by DHE Goa from 5th to 9th December 2022.Delivered a lecture and conducted practicals for the participants of the course on “Fermentation microbiology”.
- Accompanied the M.Sc.Part II Microbiology students to Gujarat and Rajasthan for a Study tour from 11th – 19th December 2022
- Contributed to the DISHTAVO Recordings at HRDC, GU for T.Y. B.Sc. Microbiology papers in English & Konkani (Applied Microbiology & Haematology and Clinical Biochemistry paper)
- Delivered a lecture entitled “Fermented foods and their impact on gastrointestinal health and wellness as part of the Vidnyan Dhara” Mega Science Series 2023 organised by the Directorate of Higher Education at St. Francis Xavier’s Higher Secondary School, Siolim held on 20th Feb 2023. Participants were Science, Arts and Commerce students from 11th and 12th std.
- Delivered a lecture entitled “MIGHTY MICROBES -THE AMAZING WORLD OF MICROORGANISMS as part of the Vidnyan Dhara” Mega Science Series 2023 organised by the Directorate of Higher Education at Holy Cross Institute, Cavelossim held on 7th Feb 2024.
- Delivered a lecture entitled “MIGHTY MICROBES -THE AMAZING WORLD OF MICROORGANISMS as part of the Vidnyan Dhara” Mega Science Series 2023 organised by the Directorate of Higher Education at Carmel Higher Secondary School held on 19th Feb 2024.
Guided M.Sc. thesis for MSc Microbiology students Dissertation paper-
- Jouella Rodrigues (2013). Degradation of the phytohormone Indole Acetic Acid (IAA) by rhizobacteria from mangrove and coastal sand dunes.
- Sampada Lotlikar (2013). Identify and characterize bacteria producing extracellular esterase enzyme.
- Sonam Mascarenhas (2012). Isolation, Identification and Characterization of biofilm forming bacteria and its Extracellular Polymeric Substance.
- Satyajit Kale(2012). Effect of salt, sugars and metals on biofilm forming bacterial isolates.
- Neeviya Gaonkar (2021). Toxicological consequences of antibiotic pollution in the aquatic environment.
- Chandan Gaunekar (2023). Isolation and characterization of potential bioinoculants with multifarious plant growth promoting activities from sand dune vegetation. The student was awarded the National Biotech Youth Award 2023 for this research work on 20th May 2023 in the conclave of “Biomake in India” organized by Krishn Vishwa Vidyapeeth, Karad & MBSI.
- Pranjali Gaonkar (2023). Bioprospecting the potential of phyllosphere bacteria associated with coastal sand dune vegetation.
Guided BSc projects for TYBSc students –
- Navina Prabhugaonkar , Navaneeta Nayak, Krishna Naik, Muskan Phadte and Mahima Naik (2019). Comparative study of organic and biofertilizers on Oryza sativa(var Jyothi).
- Sukanya Bandodkar, Bibiaisha Munshi, Samiksha Posnaik, Trupti Sawant and Anisha Sinari( 2020) Screening of harmful microorganisms in beach sands.
- Yadnaseni Deodhar, Kirtisha Prabhu, Chaitali Satartekar, Tahira Sayyed( 2021).Nutraceuticals- New era of medicine and health.
- Premjit Gaonak, Prerana Biradar, Sidhaee gawande, Varsha naik, Sahil Narvekar (2022). Evaluation of antibacterial properties of COVID-19 hand sanitizers against resident microbiota of the skin. Hand sanitizers
- Sampadha Gaude, Sandhya Govekar, Sanish Naik, Sanisha Gaonkar ( 2023).Evaluation of the microbiological quality of icecreams marketed in Goa.