Career Summary
Biography
I have recently completed my Ph.D. (Biological Sciences) and currently working as a researcher in a "Toxic Alage bioremediation" project with Dr. Thava Palanisami.
In 2017, I received the prestigious Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) scholarship to pursue my doctoral research.
My major research areas are
- Metagenomic analysis of microbial biofilms
- Microplastic pollution
- Toxic contaminant monitoring and risk assessment
- Aquatic Microbiology and environmental health
Since 2019, I have been working as a STEM mentor with the HunterWISE group at the University of Newcastle.
Keywords
- Human health research
- agricultural sciences
- aquatic biosecurity
- aquatic microbiology
- biofilms
- environmental pollutants
- microplastic research
- molecular biology
Languages
- Marathi (Mother)
- English (Fluent)
- Hindi (Fluent)
Professional Experience
Academic appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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| 10/9/2011 - 7/11/2012 |
Junior research fellow I was given the responsibility to prepare double and single over expression constructs of stress responsible genes of high alitutde plants and transform Arabidopsis to develop abiotic stress resistance. |
CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology India |
| 15/2/2021 - |
Researcher Bioremediation of toxic algae |
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia) School of Engineering Australia |
Professional appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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| 4/5/2011 - 28/7/2011 |
Research Assistant I was appointed to collect field data on wildlife status along the rivers of the state of Uttarakhand in India. |
Wildlife Institute of India India |
| 17/4/2019 - |
HunterWISE Ambassador Geetika works with high school female students to solve local community issues whilst helping them develop STEM skills. |
HunterWise Australia |
| 7/9/2015 - 11/11/2016 |
Senior Project Fellow >Providing high-level administrative and research support at the division of crop improvement |
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, India India |
| 9/9/2013 - 31/10/2014 |
Senior Project Fellow >Developing strategies to investigate biocontrol efficiency of Trichoderma fungus in castor plant |
University of Hyderabad India |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Journal article (6 outputs)
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| 2021 |
Senathirajah K, Attwood S, Bhagwat G, Carbery M, Wilson S, Palanisami T, 'Estimation of the mass of microplastics ingested A pivotal first step towards human health risk assessment', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 404 (2021) [C1] The ubiquitous presence of microplastics in the food web has been established. However, the mass of microplastics exposure to humans is not defined, impeding the human health risk... [more] The ubiquitous presence of microplastics in the food web has been established. However, the mass of microplastics exposure to humans is not defined, impeding the human health risk assessment. Our objectives were to extract the data from the available evidence on the number and mass of microplastics from various sources, to determine the uncertainties in the existing data, to set future research directions, and derive a global average rate of microplastic ingestion to assist in the development of human health risk assessments and effective management and policy options. To enable the comparison of microplastics exposure across a range of sources, data extraction and standardization was coupled with the adoption of conservative assumptions. Following the analysis of data from fifty-nine publications, an average mass for individual microplastics in the 0¿1 mm size range was calculated. Subsequently, we estimated that globally on average, humans may ingest 0.1¿5 g of microplastics weekly through various exposure pathways. This was the first attempt to transform microplastic counts into a mass value relevant to human toxicology. The determination of an ingestion rate is fundamental to assess the human health risks of microplastic ingestion. These findings will contribute to future human health risk assessment frameworks.
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Bhagwat G, Carbery M, Anh Tran TK, Grainge I, O'Connor W, Palanisami T, 'Fingerprinting Plastic-Associated Inorganic and Organic Matter on Plastic Aged in the Marine Environment for a Decade.', Environmental science & technology, 55 7407-7417 (2021) [C1]
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| 2021 |
Bhagwat G, Zhu Q, O Connor W, Subashchandrabose S, Grainge I, Knight R, Palanisami T, 'Exploring the Composition and Functions of Plastic Microbiome Using Whole-Genome Sequencing', Environmental Science & Technology, 55 4899-4913 (2021) [C1]
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| 2020 |
Bhagwat G, Gray K, Wilson SP, Muniyasamy S, Vincent SGT, Bush R, Palanisami T, 'Benchmarking Bioplastics: A Natural Step Towards a Sustainable Future', Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 28 3055-3075 (2020) [C1]
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| 2020 |
Fred-Ahmadu OH, Bhagwat G, Oluyoye I, Benson NU, Ayejuyo OO, Palanisami T, 'Interaction of chemical contaminants with microplastics: Principles and perspectives', Science of the Total Environment, 706 (2020) [C1]
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| 2013 |
Bhardwaj PK, Kapoor R, Mala D, Bhagwat G, Acharya V, Singh AK, et al., 'Braving the attitude of altitude: Caragana jubata at work in cold desert of Himalaya', SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 3 (2013)
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Miss Geetika Bhagwat
Contact Details
| geetika.bhagwat@uon.edu.au | |
| Links |
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