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Rajesh Jeewon
Summary
Previous Posts: Senior Lecturer, Head of Dept (4 full years), Acting Dean Faculty of Science and Acting Dean Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Univ of Mauritius.
2016-current:Distinguished Professor, (King Saud University) Visiting Professor & External Examiner (Thailand, Saudi Arabia, India, Malaysia)
2002-2008: Post Doctoral Research Fellow & Honorary Assistant Professor.Univ of Hong Kong (HKU); Post Doctoral Research Associate (Uni of Portsmouth, UK)
Education
• PhD (Uni of Hong Kong, HKU)
• BSc (Hons) 1st Class Double Gold Medalist + official Prize for outstanding achievement
• Double Certificate of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education (with excellence)
• Top student (primary school-Award by Prime Minister's wife)
Academic:
Postgraduate scholarship, Wang Gungwu scholarship, Dean’s honors List, HKU awarded competitive Research Fellowship (HKU), Recipient of Travel Awards (USA), best oral presentations in international conferences,Keynote speakers in major international conferences, invited speaker on TED platform, etc..
Research:
•Secured >12 research grants & currently supervising PhD students, training/ co-advisor of overseas >20 PhD students & researchers (China, India, Thailand etc).
•Successfully supervised 18 PhD/2MPhil students who graduated & > 100 undergraduate and MSc students.
•Ex Editor in Chief for Mycosphere/editor for other high impact factor journals; organised workshops; given invited talks; chairperson & moderator in local & international conferences.
> 300 international publications in peer reviewed journals, >24,000 citations & H index of 84 (Google Scholar). Papers in top tier journals with impact factor of 82 (Nature Medicine), 56 (Science), 30 (Nature Microbiology), 25 (Lancet Planetary Health),23 (Nature Food),20 (Fungal Diversity), 16 (Studies in Mycology),16 (Mycosphere), 10 (Science of the total environment) etc...
Agricultural Science Ecosystem Science Environmental Sciences Microbiology Mycology Plant Science Soil Science Taxonomy