The faculty of St Josephs College consists of researchers of high repute both in the sciences and the social sciences. Most of the members of the faculty in all the departments hold Ph.D.’s and continue their research actively. Articles are regularly published in high-end journals.
A unique facet of research activities in the College is the inter-departmental initiatives for continued research. This has led to an inter-disciplinary approach by fusing knowledge streams of various disciplines in exciting ways.
The College has many major and minor research programs running actively at the moment and is a recognized Research Centre affiliated to Bangalore University. Presently there are 13 Ph.D. guides and 19 research scholars working under them. Faculty members have obtained their doctoral degrees from their research work carried out at prestigious institutes, such as IISc, IITs in India and in foreign universities as well.
Around 57 research papers in national and international journals have been published by faculty members in the last 5 years.
The following teachers of the College have research interest in a variety of subjects
1
Dr Richard Rego SJ
Communication
M.S. Communication, PGCDA,
MA (Film & Television Studies, UK), NET, Ph.D.
Films Studies, Qualitative & Quantitative approach to Journalism (newspaper/ TV/ Radio/ digital), Social Media, Digital Media & Education, Television Studies, Advertising, Community Radio.
2
Dr Swati Bandi
Communication
Transnational Media Studies; Documentary Studies; Feminist & Gender Studies.
3
Dr Sahana Sarkar
Communication
Cyber Violence; Digital Literacy; Online Privacy; Gender & Violence
4
Dr. Susan Mary Philip
Biotechnology
Gene Expression Regulation, Molecular Stress Responses in Plants
5
Dr. Grace Prabhakar
Biotechnology
Classical and Molecular Genetics, Plant Breeding, Immunology, Plant Biotechnology, Biostatistics
6
Mr. Madappa M. B.
Biotechnology
Genetic Conservation , Biotechnological Tools, Mushroom Culture Technologies, Entrepreneurship
7
Dr. Jacob Paul
Botany
Medical and Environmental Microbiology
8
Dr. Jayaram Reddy
Botany
Biotechnology and Bioinformatics.
9
Dr. Nagaraju N.
Chemistry
Heterogeneous Catalysis, Supercapacitors, Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Applications
10
Dr. Michael Rajamathi
Chemistry
Solid State Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Nanoscience
11
Dr. Melwin Colaco
Chemistry
Green Synthesis
12
Dr. Ronald J. Mascarenhas
Chemistry
Modified Electrodes, Electro-organic Reactions, Electroanalytical Techniques, Nanoparticles, Biosensors
13
Dr. Somasekhariah B.V.
Chemistry
Phytochemical and Biochemical Studies of Medicinal Plants.
14
Dr. Sandra Misquith
Chemistry
Enzymology, Lectin Chemistry, Anti-coagulants
15
Dr. Shanty Mathew
Chemistry
Heterogeneous Catalysis
16
Dr. Libi Thomas
Chemistry
Conducting Polymers
17
Dr. Joyce Q. D’ Souza
Chemistry
Heterogeneous Catalysis
18
Dr. Suhas
Chemistry
Nanotechnology for Tissue Engineering and Therapeutics
19
Ms. Banu M.
Computer Science
e-Wallet, Web Search Tools, Digital Currency and Cryptocurrency
20
Ms. Mrinmoyee B.
Computer Science
Genetic Programming
21
Dr. Subhashini Muthukrishnan
Economics
Higher Education, Environmental Economics, Labour and Health Economics
24
Dr. Manojit Bhattacharya
Economics
Macroeconomics, Informal Credit Markets, Growth and Development
25
Dr. Priyanka Parmar
Economics
Conducting Polymers
29
Dr. Syed Wajeed
Microbiology
Signal Transduction in Prokaryotes, Bioremediation and Antimicrobial Drugs and their Assay
30
Dr. Vanitha N.M.
Microbiology
Agricultural Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Food, Dairy and Industrial Microbiology, Bioinformatics
31
Ms. Jothy Williams
Microbiology
Agriculture Microbiology
32
Dr. Arun Varma Thampan
Physics
Neutron Stars, High Energy Astrophysics, General Theory of Relativity
33
Dr. Lora R. Goveas
Physics
Condensed Matter
34
Mr. Kiran Jeevan D.
Social Work
Rural and Urban Youth
35
Ms. Maria A.
Sociology
Street Vendors
36
Mr. Jayshankar
Zoology
Ethnozoology