Dr. Janet F. Vaz e Mascarenhas

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Botany

Type of Appointment: Regular

Email Address: janetmascarenhas@carmelcollegegoa.org

Educational Qualifications: M.Sc., Ph.D.

Years of Teaching Experience: 9 years

Subjects Taught: Kitchen Gardening, Plant-Animal Interactions, Plant Propagation Methods, Herbal Technology, Anatomy & Reproductive Biology of Flowering Plants, Palynology, Techniques in Floral Arrangement, Mushroom Cultivation Technology, Nursery & Gardening and Environmental Studies.

Areas of Interest: Plant Physiology.

Research Papers Published (Paper title, Publication Name and other details, year, abstract):

Journals:

1. Vaz J. and Sharma P.K. 2010. Adaptational changes in the lipids and fatty acid profile of the cell and thylakoid membrane of rice plants exposed to sunlight. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 16(3): 229-240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-010-0024-8

2. Vaz J. and Sharma P.K. 2009. Photoinhibition and photosynthetic acclimation of rice plants grown under different light intensities and transferred to full sunlight. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 46(3): 253-260.

http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/4588

Conference Proceedings:

Sharma P.K. and Vaz J. 2008. Effect of NaCl and exogenously supplied ABA on xanthophyll cycle pigments and energy dissipation in rice plants under high light stress. Allen, J. F., Gantt, E., Golbeck, J. H. and Osmond, B. (Eds.) In: Photosynthesis. Energy from the Sun: 14th International Congress on Photosynthesis. Springer, 1561-1565.

eBook ISBN 978-1-4020-6709-9

DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-6709-9

Awards and Honours: Awarded the Late Shri Dilip Kumar Rayu Prabhu Mhambre Gold Medal for obtaining highest marks in Botany at the M.Sc. examination held in April 2002.

Extracurricular Activities/Hobbies: Reading and Gardening.