{{Short description|Indian scientist}} {{Notability|1=Academics|date=December 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Vartika Mathur | image = Dr Vartika Mathur .jpg | caption = Mathur in 2016 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|8|27|mf=yes}}, New Delhi | alma_mater = Wageningen University and Research Centre | occupation = Professor, Department of Zoology, <br> Sri Venkateswara College, New Delhi | awards = Young Scientist of the Year Award 2015 | website = https://apilab.co.in/ | spouse = Amit Mathur | children = 2 }} '''Dr Vartika Mathur''' (born 27 August 1979) is an Indian scientist who is a Professor in the Department of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vartika Mathur|first1=Assistant Professor|title=Sri Venkateswara College|url=http://192.185.140.221/~svc/department/zoology/faculty-of-zoology/}}</ref> She was the only Indian to receive the NFP fellowship<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vartika |first=Mathur |title=Scholarships |url=https://www.nuffic.nl/en/subjects/scholarships |website=Nuffic}}</ref> in 2008 from Nuffic in partnership with Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands) and Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which enabled her to pursue PhD at Wageningen University and Research Centre.<ref>{{cite web|last1=University|first1=Radboud|title=Faculty of Science, Molecular Plant Physiology|url=http://www.ru.nl/mpp/molecular/people-0/former-lab-members/vartika-mathur/}}</ref> She finally received her PhD in 2012 for her studies on plant-animal-microbe interactions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mathur |first=Vartika |title=Unraveling the secret microbial power within medicinal plants |work=The Microbiologist |url=https://www.the-microbiologist.com/news/unraveling-the-secret-microbial-power-within-medicinal-plants/838.article}}</ref> Her research led to the characterization of temporal dynamics of different insect-induced plant responses.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mathur |first=Vartika |title=Publications |journal=Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata |date=June 2011 |volume=139 |issue=3 |pages=215–225 |doi=10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01122.x |s2cid=83681657 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01122.x|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Career == Dr Mathur has been running independent research lab Animal-Plant-Interactions Lab since 2011 with research grants obtained from [https://serb.gov.in/page/english/research_grants SERB], UGC, NAM S&T [http://www.namstct.org/], University of Delhi, Nuffic, Eureka Forbes and PI industries.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} She is the research advisor for Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders, AIIMS, New Delhi. She is also the associate editor for [https://bio-journal.com/ Biojournal], member of International Society of Chemical Ecology(ISCE)[https://www.chemecol.org/] and reviewer in international journals of high repute.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mathur |first=Vartika |title=Bio data |url=https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/305941/overview}}</ref> Dr Mathur started her career as an assistant professor in 2003 at Daulat Ram College, University of University of Delhi. She then moved to Sri Venkateswara College and has been teaching there since as assistant professor, in the Department of Zoology.
==Achievements == Dr Mathur was awarded the European Mobility Grant for International Laureates by the International Doctoral College of the European University of Brittany (CDI-UEB) in 2010 to perform research in University of Rennes, France. She has been awarded the "Young Scientist of the year Award 2015" in the field of Chemical Ecology by the International Foundation of Environment and Ecology. She is the host supervisor for a six-month Research Training Fellowship for Developing Country Scientists (RTF-DCS). She is a Life Time Member of Association of Microbiologists of India. Dr Mathur has been running independent animal-plant interactions research lab<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mathur |first=Vartika |title=API LAB |url=https://apilab.co.in/}}</ref> since 2011 at Sri Venkateswara College. Dr Mathur has several publications in peer-reviewed journals, with a total impact of 17.66. She has also authored an ecology book for undergraduate students.
==Publications== Dr Mathur has authored multiple scientific books with reputed publishers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mathur |first=Vartika |title=Google Scholar |url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=t59qBjQAAAAJ&hl=en |website=People Pill}}</ref> She has also collaborated with others working in the same field. Her areas of expertise include animal plant interactions, plant microbiome, entomology and plant biochemistry, Some of her notably published books include, Air Pollution and Public Health: Challenges Interventions and Sustainable Solutions,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mathur |first=Vartika |title=AIR POLLUTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH : CHALLENGES, INTERVENTIONS AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS |date=2021 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=978-93-90951-00-0 |language=English}}</ref> Biology of chordates,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mathur |first=Vartika |title=Biology of chordates |date=28 March 2018 |publisher=PHI |isbn=978-9387472143 |language=English}}</ref> Environmental Ecology and Field Biology: Applied aspects.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mathur |first=Vartika |title=978-93-80578-22-4 |date=23 October 2023 |publisher=IK |isbn=9789380578224 |location=Delhi |language=English}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://apilab.co.in/ Website]
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