Research experience and Education
Researcher Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 2018-current
Post-Doctorate Fellowship- The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Ph. D – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
M. Sc – Microbiology, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India, (First class)
Research Dissertation: Microbial Diversity of the Aquatic Environment ( Grade A)
TEACHING, TRAINING & MENTORSHIP
- Co-Designed and delivered training programmes on climate change and health for health professionals
- Guest Lecturer/faculty for Ministry of External Affairs (ITEC programmes)
- Mentored BSc, MSc, and PhD students
- Taught University Faculty for experimental design and interdisciplinary research
HONORS
- First Place in Oral talk at International Conference on “Millet Fusion: Cultivating Sustainability, Nourishing Nations at Amity University, Noida India, January 22-24, 2025
- The Keystone Symposia Scholarship Award (2011) for poster presented at Keystone Symposium (Keystone Symposia, Vancouver, British Columbia, January 15-20, 2011).
Book Chapters
- Mattoo, R., B M, S. (2023). Comparison of Rhizospheric Functional Diversity Between Chemically Fertilized and Bioinoculated Millet. In: Pudake, R.N., Kumari, M., Sapkal, D.R., Sharma, A.K. (eds) Millet Rhizosphere . Rhizosphere Biology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2166-9_7
- Mattoo, R., B M, S. (2023). Millet’s Rhizosphere Metagenomics for the Understanding of Rhizobiome Multifunctionalities. In: Pudake, R.N., Kumari, M., Sapkal, D.R., Sharma, A.K. (eds) Millet Rhizosphere . Rhizosphere Biology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2166-9_12
- Mattoo, Rohini, and B. M. Suman. "Genomics and Sustainable Practices to Improve Nutrition of Millets with Changing Climate." In Nutriomics of Millet Crops, pp. 279-293. CRC Press.
Journal Publications
- Mattoo Rohini, Natural and biodynamic farming: the way forward, Current Science Vol. 130, No. 3, 10 February 2026
- Mattoo, R., Mallikarjuna, S.B., Hemachar, N. (2025) Ecosystem and Climate Change Impacts on the Nitrogen Cycle and Biodiversity. Nitrogen Switzerland, 2025, 6(3), 78
- Mattoo, Rohini; Nagaraju, Umashankar, Current Science, 2025, Vol 128, Issue 5, p431
- Rohini Mattoo, Resurgence of Agrometeorology: A Perspective Vision, Current Science, Vol 126, No 6 (2024)
- Mattoo, R. and Mallikarjuna, S., 2023. Soil microbiome influences human health in the context of climate change. Future Microbiology,
- Rohini Mattoo, Climate smart agriculture – Renewing agricultural practices for food security Current Science, Vol 124, No 7 (2023), Pages: 779-780
- Rohini Mattoo, Suman B M, Microbial roles in the terrestrial and aquatic nitrogen cycle—implications in climate change, FEMS Microbiology Letters, Volume 370, 2023
- Mattoo, R. and Gowda, M. 2022. ‘Harnessing soil bacteria and their benefits for sustainable agriculture with changing climate’, CABI Reviews. CABI International. doi: 10.1079/cabireviews202217002.
- Mattoo, R., 2021. Targeting emerging Mycobacterium avium infections: perspectives into pathways and antimicrobials for future interventions. Future Microbiology 2021, 16(10), pp.753-764.
- Rohini Mattoo, N. Umashankar, H.R. Raveendra, Contrasting rhizosphere microbial communities between fertilized and bio-inoculated millet, Rhizosphere, 2021,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2020.100273
- Aditi Gurung and Rohini Mattoo, Microbes in biogeochemical cycles: a perspective on climate resilient agriculture, CAB Reviews 2021 Vol.16 No.006 pp.1-15 ref.141 (Co-first Author)
Previous Publications
- Mattoo R, Lloyd EP, Kaushik A, Kumar P, Brunelle JL, Townsend CA, Lamichhane G. Ldt (Mav2), a nonclassical transpeptidase and susceptibility of Mycobacterium avium to carbapenems. Future Microbiology 2017 12:7, 595-607
- Bianchet MA, Pan YH, Basta LAB, Saavedra H, Lloyd EP, Kumar P, Mattoo R, Townsend CA, Lamichhane G. Structural insight into the inactivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis non-classical transpeptidase Ldt (Mt2) by biapenem and tebipenem. BMC Biochem. 2017 May 25;18(1):8. doi: 10.1186/s12858-017-0082-4
- Kumar P, Kaushik A, Lloyd EP, Li SG, Mattoo R, Ammerman NC, Bell DT, Perryman AL, Zandi TA, Ekins S, Ginell SL, Townsend CA, Freundlich JS, Lamichhane G. Non-classical transpeptidases yield insight into new antibacterials. Nat Chem Biol. 2017 Jan;13(1):54-61. doi: 10.1038/nchembio.2237. Epub 2016 Nov 7. PubMed PMID: 27820797
- Barathy D, Mattoo R, Visweswariah S, Suguna K. New structural forms of a mycobacterial adenylyl cyclase Rv1625c. IUCrJ. 2014 Aug 22;1(Pt 5):338-48. doi:10.1107/S2052252514016741. eCollection 2014 Sep 1. PubMed PMID: 25295175
- Goyal RK, Kumar V, Shukla V, Mattoo R, Liu Y, Chung SH, Giovannoni JJ, Mattoo AK. Features of a unique intronless cluster of class I small heat shock protein genes in tandem with box C/D snoRNA genes on chromosome 6 in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Planta. 2012 Mar;235(3):453-71. doi: 10.1007/s00425-011-1518-5
- Podobnik M, Tyagi R, Matange N, Dermol U, Gupta AK, Mattoo R, Seshadri K, Visweswariah SS. A mycobacterial cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase that moonlights as a modifier of cell wall permeability. J Biol Chem. 2009 Nov 20;284(47):32846-57. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.049635. Epub 2009 Sep 29. PubMed PMID: 19801656; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2781701
- Dass BK, Sharma R, Shenoy AR, Mattoo R, Visweswariah SS. Cyclic AMP in mycobacteria: characterization and functional role of the Rv1647 ortholog in Mycobacterium smegmatis. J Bacteriol. 2008 Jun;190(11):3824-34. doi:10.1128/JB.00138-08. Epub 2008 Apr 4. PubMed PMID: 18390660
- Book Review- Retrovirus-Cell Interactions. Leslie J. Parent (ed.); Mattoo Rohini -Current Science, Volume 118, Number 5, 10 March 2020
Selected Presentations: Invited Seminars and Conferences/Talks/Posters (last 4 years)
Other Publications
1. Lead Author of the Food security report for India and other South Asian countries for Future Earth, South Asia
Workshops Organised:
Organiser in a 2-day training program for health professionals titled Health in a changing climate: Empowering health professionals March 2026
Organiser in a 2-day training program for health professionals titled Health in a changing climate: Empowering health professionals March 2025
MAIRS-FE Workshop along with CGAIR on "Digital Solutions to Accelerate Adaptation to Climate Change in agriculture"-(13th-14th January 2020) at the Divecha Centre for Climate Change, IISc.
MAIRS-FE Online Workshop on Climate Resilient Agriculture (3-4th December 2020) (involved speakers from India, Nepal, Bhutan, France etc.)
Organized and attended One day international seminar on “Emerging Trends in Molecular Biology, Medicine and Diagnostics” held at the Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology Centre, The Maharaja Sayaji Rao University of Baroda, India (18th September 2004)
MAIRS-FE Workshop along with CGAIR on "Digital Solutions to Accelerate Adaptation to Climate Change in agriculture"-(13th-14th January 2020) at the Divecha Centre for Climate Change, IISc.
MAIRS-FE Online Workshop on Climate Resilient Agriculture (3-4th December 2020)
The workshops involved eminent participants/speakers from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Germany, Bhutan, France, Thailand etc. Participants included personnel from Government, TATA TRUSTS, private companies, scientific/academic institutions etc.
Other activities
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- Presented Co-note for DCCC seminar on Ethanobiotechnology: A way to look backward and forward at the same time -26 July 2023
- Participated in the Launch of the international network on Soil Fertility and fertilizers (INSOILFER) organised by FAO;s Global Soil Partnership, July 2023
- Participated in “Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition) Organized by FAO of the United Nations (26-29 July 2022)
- ‘The Status of the Sustainable Development Goals in South Asia’ on 20 January 2022 organized by the Future Earth Global Secretariat Hub, South Asia.
- Participated in the Science to Society (विज्ञानं से समाज तक) which was held on 17th September 2021, supported by Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of India
- Invited Talk in Hindi on Dharti, Paryavaran and Jalvayu Parivartan for the Hindi officers held at Divecha Centre for Climate Change, IISc September 2021
- Participated in CORDEX-MAIRS-FE workshop, November 9-10, 2020
- Digital Agriculture in May 2020 conducted by the Embassy in India on Climate smart Agriculture
- Talk at "Launch of the Report on: “Our Future on Earth, 2020"-(13th February 2020)
- Chair of a session- Towards a Sustainable Water Future A Future earth conference- (24th to 27th September 2019)
Lecture Organised
Scientists' warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change by Prof Virginia Rich (Professor in the Microbiology Department at The Ohio State University, Codirector- EMERGE Biology Integration Institute (https://emerge-bii.github.io/), Member-OSU's Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, the Center of Microbiome Science, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, and the Translational Data Analytics Institute.
Talks delivered
- Workshop: AI-Driven Solutions for Agricultural Advancement organised by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare on 16th January 2026
- First Place in Oral talk at International Conference on “Millet Fusion: Cultivating Sustainability, Nourishing Nations at Amity University, Noida India, January 22-24, 2025.
- Panellist for a round table discussion in the second inter cluster meet on Smart Agriculture jointly conducted by PI-RAHI and BeST cluster BeST Cluster office, IISc Bangalore on 17th of January 2025.
- Presented a talk at and Co-organised the 2-day training program for health professionals titled Health in a changing climate: Empowering health professionals March 2025
- Attended National Seminar and Exhibition on Natural Farming at University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore (10th and 11th December 2025)
- Attended Krishi Mela on "Prosperous Agriculture – Viksit Bharat: Soil, Water, and Crop” at GKVK, Bangalore (13th to 16th November 2025)
- Attended the event “Horticulture for Viksit Bharat – Nutrition” at the Indian Institute
of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bangalore (27th February 2025)
- Presented a talk on Bioaerosols -Training Program on "AEROSOLS AND CLIMATE "-(December 2024) at the Divecha Centre for Climate Change
- Presented a talk at 2-day training program for health professionals titled Health in a changing climate: Empowering health professionals March 2024 and September 2024
- Presented a talk in the webinar on “Eco-friendly Agro-Technology and Field Research” by Future Earth on 19th February 2024.
- Presented a talk at 2-day training program for health professionals titled Health in a changing climate: Empowering health professionals
- Presented a Talk and took part as a panelist in the panel discussion at DCCC-Indian Mountain Initiative meet at New Delhi- 2023 (https://www.mountaininitiative.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MOMS-2023-FINAL.pdf)
- Presented a lecture on “Agriculture and Climate Change” for the ITEC- training program for guests of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, February 2023.
- Talk on Bioaerosols -Training Program on "AEROSOLS AND CLIMATE "-(5th to 16th December 2022) at the Divecha Centre for Climate Change
- Talk in Hindi on Dharti, Paryavaran and Jalvayu Parivartan for the Hindi officers held at Divecha Centre for Climate Change, IISc September 2021
- Presented talk on Food security at "Launch of the Report on: “Our Future on Earth, 2020"-(13th February 2020) at Faculty Hall, IISc.
- Presented a lecture on “Agriculture and Climate Change” at a course on "Climate Change and Environment" for a training program for guests of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, 2019
