Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation
Open Access

Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan
Division of Microbiology
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
India
Tel: 91-7838222671
Read Interview session with Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan

My research stay also included the sabbaticals in the laboratories of Prof. Ralf Conrad (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg), Prof. D. R. Lovley (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), and Prof. M. Megharaj (Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, University of South Australia, Adelaide). Currently, I am a faculty member at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. My research goals include gaining a better understanding of anaerobic microbial procesess for mitigation of greenhouse gases, remediation of toxic metals and contaminants, and establishing a good school of research for anaerobic soil microbiology.
 

Nitrogen cycling by archaea and anammox bacteria, iron and manganese cycling, and the anaerobic processes which are involved for remediating toxic metals and organic contaminants.

1. How many years have you been practicing and/or performing research?
22 years

2. What is the research topic you are working on now?
Microbial bioremediation and microbial ecology

3. What makes an article top quality?
Hypotheses, ideas and interpretation of results

4. What are the qualities you look for in an article?
Presentation and simplicity

5. Do you have any research funding (NIH or other national funding) now?
Yes from the Government of India

6. When did you become an editor of OMICS Journal?
Since 2011

7. What is your greatest career accomplishment?
Sustained interest in microbiology

8. How does the research published percolate through to practitioners?
Strong foundation and basic principles guiding the practices in profession

9. What is the purpose of serving as an editor?
To improve the scientific communication better

10. Do you have any patents?
No

11. Have you contributed any editorials or papers (any types) to OMICS Journals in the past two years?
Yes. On invitation, I have contributed editorials

12. Do you plan to contribute any editorials or papers to OMICS Journals in the next year?
Yes

13. Do you have any trouble with OMICS Journals in the past?
No

14. Would you recommend OMICS to your friends or colleagues?
Yes; Depending on the funding available for processing publications, the fellow researchers would like to submit articles

15. How do you differentiate Biosafety: Open Access Journal with other journals in the field?
Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation is an upcoming on-line journal while many other journals serve the scientific community for long