MSc Zoology -St Berchmans College Phd - Mangalore University 2011
Awards and Achievements:
UGC CSIR-NET / UGC RFSMS
Area of Specialization:
Entomology
Research Guidance:
Approved Research Guide
No.1091/AC A6/2020/MGU dated 27.02.2020
Papers Presented:
Couropita Guianensis: A curious case of Buzzing, ICRTCB, Madurai Kamaraj University, May 2019
Couropita Guianensis ;An intriguing Case study of Insect Pollination .December 2018, Bangalore University
‘Organisation the visual and olfactory system of the Stingless Bees- Tetragonula irridipennis; 27th Swadeshi Science Congress Amrita University- Kollam , November 2017
Morphology of Visual and Olfactory sensory systems of the Stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis (Smith): Generalities and deviations Indian Science Congress Association Bangalore Chapter Mangalore University, Karnataka September , 2017.
Ant plant interactions; a selective study on the morphological adaptations of few ant species. National Seminar on Biodiversity and Importance of Western Ghats for better living. Govt. College, Kasargod,
‘Organization of the sensilla on certain subterranean ants’ –Tenth International Conference of Ant Communities in Asia October 2015 University of Kelaniya, Srilanka
Contrasting designs of the compound eyes of the ants- Odontomachus heamatodus and Diacamma rugosum; variations speaks volumes’..9th NABS National conference on New Biological Researches; Opportunities and challenges for Sustainable Development, Madurai Kamaraj University August 2016
Organization of the Olfactory System and the Mushroom Body of the Weaver Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina, International Conference on Entomology (ICE) 2014. Penang , Malaysia
Papers Published:
Babu MJ 2019. Antennal sensilla phenotype of the weaver ant – Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius); males and females sense differently? 81(3): 418-422. Indian Journal of Entomology 89:418-423
Joseph,T and Babu MJ 2019. Studies on the antennal lobes of the stingless bee Tetragonula iridipennis (Smith) ( December -online) Indian Journal of Entomology
Babu MJ and Reshma Nair 2018. Ultra structure of the compound eyes of the ants - Odontomachus heamatodus and Diacamma rugosum Current Science,Vol. 115, No. 4, p624-626.
Babu MJ and Sumi Elizabeth Sam 2018.Morphology of antennal cleaner in some selected ant species: A Scanning Electron microscopy study, Entomon 43(3): 165-170
Vijayan,A and Babu, MJ. 2016. Ultrastucture of the eyes of the stingless bees Trigona iridipennnis. S B Academic review
Babu, MJ, Ankolekar, Shreya M and Rajashekhar K P 2011. Current Science 101; p755-764, Castes of the Weaver ant – Oecophylla Smaragdina (Fabricius) Differ in the organisation of the Sensilla on their antenna and mouthparts.
FDP'S ATTENDED:
UGC HRDC, University of Calicut
( Orientation programme ) Feb -March 2017
UGC HRDC JNTU, Hyderabad, Refresher Programme
Nov- December 2015
DETAILS OF SEMINARS/ CONFERENCES ORGANIZED:
Science Academies Lecture Workshop on frontiers in Wildlife 2014
Science Academies Lecture Workshop on Foundations in Biology 2017
