Kamaljit S. Bawa

Department of Biology University of Massachusetts-Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125 Phone: (617) 287-6657 Fax: (617) 287-6650 E-mail: kamal.bawa@umb.edu httP:www.atree.org/kbawa.html http://www.atree.org

Education

Ph.D. Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1967.
M.S. (Honors), Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1962.
B.S. Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1958. B.S. (Honors) 1960.

Professional Experience

1996-present Distinguished Professor of Biology, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Boston.

1989-1992 Chairman, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Boston.

1981-1996 Professor, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston.

l974-present Assistant Professor (l974-), Associate Professor (l977-), Professor (1981-), Chairman (1989-1992), Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts at Boston.

l973-l974 Research Fellow, Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

l967-l972 Postdoctoral Research Associate and Instructor, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Relevant Publications

1. Sinha, A., and Bawa, K.S. 2002. Harvesting techniques, hemiparasites and fruit production in two nontimber forest tree species in south India. Forest Ecology and Management 168: 289-300.

2. Seidler, R. and Bawa, K.S. 2002. Uncertainty and biodiversity conservation. In: Precaution, Environmental Science, and Preventive Public Policy. Ed. Tickner, J. Island Press. Pp. 175-192

3. Bawa, K., J. Rose, K. N. Ganeshaiah, N. Barve, M. C. Kiran, and R. Umashaanker. 2002. Assessing biodiversity from space: an example from the Western Ghats, India. Conservation Ecology 6(2): 7. [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol6/iss2/art7

4. Bawa, K.S., Kang,Hyesoon, Grayum, Michael H. 2003 Relationships among
Time, Frequency, and Duration of Flowering in Tropical Rain Forest Trees. In:
American Journal of Botany 90(6):877-887

5. Kang, Hyesoon, Bawa, Kamaljit.S 2003 Effects of Successional Status, Habit,
Sexual Systems, and Pollinators on Flowering Patterns in Tropical Rain Forest
Trees. In: American Journal of Botany 90(6): 865-876

6. Bawa, Kamaljit.S. Impact of Global Changes on the Reproductive Biology of Trees in Tropical Dry Forests. In: Biodiversity Conservation in Costa Rica: Learning the Lessons in a Seasonal Dry Forest. P.p. 38-47.

7. Bawa, K.S., Raven, P.H., and Seidler, R. 2004. Reconciling conservation paradigms. Conservation Biology 18(4): p.p. 859-860.

Synergistic Activities

Development of simple sequence repeats(SSR) markers for studies on conservation genetics of tropical forest trees; Development of databases and application of spatially explicit models for studies on land use change in the tropics; Development of participatory resource monitoring methods for local communities; Chair, International Organizing Committee for the International Conference on Tropical Ecosystems, Bangalore, India, 2001; President, Association for Tropical Biology, 2000. Member, U.S. National Committee of the International Union of Biological Sciences. 2002-2007.