Aditi Pandit
Contact Information:
Phone: 706-542-9729
E-mail: aditi.pandit@uga.edu
Address:
Department of Genetics
C424 Life Sciences Building
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: 706-542-9235
Education:
- Ph.D. in Life Sciences, Deakin University, Australia - Graduated (March’22)
- M.Sc. in Plant Biotechnology, TERI University, Delhi - 7.29 CGPA (2014)
- B.Sc. in Life Sciences, Gargi College (Delhi University) - 67.07% (2012)
Research and Teaching Positions
- Postdoctoral Associate (Department of Genetics) - University of Georgia, USA (Dec’24 - Present)
- Postdoctoral Researcher (Department of Ecosystem Biology) - University of South Bohemia, Czechia (May’22 - Nov’24)
Academic Projects:
- PhD - Functional Interactions between Plant Symbiotic Fungi and Biofilm Forming Organisms
- M.Sc. - Analysis of salt tolerance gene from root endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica
Refereed Publications:
- Pandit, A., Johny, L., Srivastava, S., Adholeya, A., Cahill, D., Brau, L., and Kochar, M. (2022). Recreating in vitro tripartite mycorrhizal associations through functional bacterial biofilms. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 106(11), 4237-4250.
- Pandit, A., Kochar, M., Srivastava, S., Johny, L., and Adholeya, A. (2022). Diversity and functionalities of unknown mycorrhizal fungal microbiota. Microbiological Research, 256, 126940.
- Pandit, A., Adholeya, A., Cahill, D., Brau, L., and Kochar, M. (2020). Microbial biofilms in nature: unlocking their potential for agricultural applications. Journal of applied microbiology, 129(2), 199-211.
- Pandit, A., and Kochar, M. (2022) Identification of the Innate Mycorrhizal Microbiome Components, Mycorrhiza News 33 (4):2-7.
- Pandit, A., Varsha and Adholeya, A. (2018) Morpho-taxonomy of Glomus clarum (Accession CMCC/AM3102), Mycorrhiza News 30 (1):11-14.
- Pandit, A. and Adholeya, A. (2017) Morpho Taxonomy of Acaulospora mellea (Accession CMCC/AM- 2403), Mycorrhiza News 29 (2):13-16.
- Pandit, A. and Adholeya, A. (2017) Morpho Taxonomy of Glomus claroideum/Claroideoglomus claroideum (Accession CMCC/AM-2701), Mycorrhiza News 29 (1):12-15.
- Dey, P., Pandit, A. and Adholeya, A. (2017) Mycorrhiza Database, Mycorrhiza News 28 (4):21-22.
- Sunar, K., Pandit, A. and Adholeya, A. (2016) Morpho Taxonomy of Glomus drummondii/Claroideoglomus drummondii (Accession CMCC/AM-2601), Mycorrhiza News 28 (3):5-9.
- Sunar, K., Ahuja, P., Pandit, A. and Adholeya, A. (2016) Morphotaxonomy of Glomus intraradices/Rhizophagus intraradices (Accession CMCC/AM-1106), Mycorrhiza News 28 (2):15-19.
- Sunar, K., Ahuja, P., Pandit, A. and Adholeya, A. (2016) Morphotaxonomy of Paraglomus majewskii (Accession CMCC/AM-1701), Mycorrhiza News 28 (1):19-23.