Hemant M. Chikarmane, Professor

Office: Science 206 Phone: x4422 Email: hchikarm@capecod.edu B.S., M.S. Microbiology/Chemistry, St. Xavier's College, Bombay University, India Ph.D. Molecular Biology, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India  Teaches microbiology and environmental science. Joined the faculty full time in Fall 1999. He was previously Director of Biotechnology at a biotech company in Woburn, and a Visiting Scientist at the Hokkaido Fisheries Institute in Japan. He was also an Investigator at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole till 2004, where he did research on population genetics of marine animals by DNA fingerprinting. During 1992-1995, he taught the DCE microbiology course at CCCC. Before comng to the U.S., he taught microbiology and molecular biology in India.   His outside interests include archaelogy, history of science and technology, anthropology, Indian and western classical music, jazz and blues.