Degree: Ph.D. in Microbiology (Year: 2003)
Position: Professor
Date of Joining BITS Pilani, Goa Campus: July 2004
HOD Biological Sciences: November 2015-2017
FIC Media and Publications: August 2006 to November 2017
H-Index: 15 i10-Index: 20
Contact Details
Chamber No: C 205
Phone(Office): 08322580-305
Email: judith@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
About the Faculty:
Prof. Judith Maria Bragança joined the Department of
Biological Sciences as a Faculty in 2004 when
BITS Pilani established its third campus in Goa. Since then she is involved in
teaching a number of courses at the First Degree, Higher Degree and Work
Integrated Learning programmes (WILP). She has been a Principal
Investigator for in house as well as externally funded research projects. Prof.
Bragança has over 35 publications in reputed peer reviewed journals and has a
number of conference proceedings to her credit. She has presented her research
work at numerous National and International conferences. Dr. Braganca currently
serves on the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Microbiology, Extreme
Microbiology. She has been actively involved as a referee of international
journals from Elsevier, FEMS, Springer, etc. Her research expertise
includes Biodiversity of Halophiles, Biotechnological applications of
halophilic archaea and bacteria and Metal tolerance in microorganisms.
Dr.
Braganca has a PhD in Microbiology from Goa University in 2003. Her Doctoral
work elucidated the biodiversity of halophilic archaea and explored their
mechanisms of resistance to arsenic and cadmium. Prof. Braganca is currently a
major Advisor to 5 PhD students and has successfully graduated 3 PhD students
besides numerous dissertation and project students.
Under the BITS Pilani – University Immersion Scheme she
visited Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany during summer of 2013. Prof. Bragança is a member of American Society of
Microbiology (ASM), International Society for Salt Lake Research (ISSLR), Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) and
Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI).
Besides teaching, Prof.
Bragança has been associated with BITS Pilani administration assuming
multifarious responsibilities, mainly as Head of Department of Biological
Sciences, Faculty-In-charge, Publications and Media Relations, Convener- Departmental
Research Committee, Convenor_ Departmental Committee for Academics, besides
being a member of various committees such as the Standing Committee for
Students Discipline, Senate, Cross-campus Departmental Committee for Academics,
Academic Counseling Board etc
Courses Taught at BITS:
First Degree: General Biology, Microbiology, Immunology, Ecology, Biology Laboratory, Instrumental Methods of Analysis (IMA), Environmental Studies, Food Biotechnology.
Higher Degree: Microbial Fermentation Technology, Advanced Applied Microbiology, Molecular Immunology, Applications of Computers and Statistics.