Narayan Chandra Paul

About

This is Dr. Narayan Chandra Paul, an Agriculture Scientist-working as a Research Professor at the Dept. of Integrative Food, Bioscience, and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea. I did my MS and Ph.D. in Plant Pathology & Plant Cell Technology and served as postdocs in Chungnam National University; Chonnam National University (Environmental Microbiology Research Lab.), National Institute of Horticultural, and Herbal Sciences, RDA (Biotechnology Lab.), National Institute of Crop Science, RDA (Sweetpotato Cultivation Team), Korea.
Major achievements: 1) Participated actively to discover 6 new fungal species from different plant hosts 2) Received Best Scientist Award 2017: Post Doctoral Category/NICS, RDA, Korea

Employment

• Chonnam National University Research Professor
  2020 - Present
• National Institute of Crop Science, RDA Postdoctoral Research Associate
  2016 - 2020
• National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration
  2015 - 2016
• Chonnam National University Post Doctoral Researcher
  2014 - 2015
• Chungnam National University Post Doctoral Researcher
  2012 - 2014

Education

• Chungnam National University PhD
  2007 - 2012
• Chungnam National University Master of Science
  2005 - 2007
• Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Honour's)
  1996 - 2002

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (58)

• Discovering fungal communities in roots of Zoysia japonica and characterising novel species and their antifungal activities
  IMA Fungus 2025 DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.16.138479
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• Control of sweet potato Fusarium wilt and black rot by endophytic Bacillus velezensis with improved lipopeptide production
  BMC Microbiology 2025 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-025-04334-4
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• Discovering fungal communities in roots of Zoysia japonica and characterising novel species and their antifungal activities
  Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database 2025 DOI: 10.48580/dgrgz
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• Plant–Entomopathogenic Fungi Interaction: Recent Progress and Future Prospects on Endophytism-Mediated Growth Promotion and Biocontrol
  Plants 2024 DOI: 10.3390/plants13101420
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• Identification and fungicide sensitivity of Fusarium asiaticum causing seedling rot of Hinoki cypress in a Forest nursery in South Korea
  Forest Pathology 2023 DOI: 10.1111/efp.12837
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• Production of highly pure R,R-2,3-butanediol for biological plant growth promoting agent using carbon feeding control of Paenibacillus polymyxa MDBDO
  Microbial Cell Factories 2023 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-023-02133-y
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• First Report of Binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-G Causing Root Rot of Japanese Bay Tree (Machilus thunbergii) in Korea
  Plant Disease 2023 DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0982-PDN
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• First Report of Postharvest Tuber Rot of Apios americana Caused by Penicillium expansum in South Korea
  Plant Disease 2023 DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-06-22-1290-PDN
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• Identification and Characterization of Foliar Fungi Associated with Beach Vitex (Vitex rotundifolia L.)
  Forests 2023 DOI: 10.3390/f14020220
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• Cytogenetics and Consequences of Polyploidization on Different Biotic-Abiotic Stress Tolerance and the Potential Mechanisms Involved
  Plants 2022 DOI: 10.3390/plants11202684
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