# Dr. Ashwani Kumar Thukral (Dr. AK Thukral, Dr. A.K. Thukral)

> Professor Emeritus, Department of Botanical & Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, Punjab, India. Research in environmental science, phytoremediation of heavy metals, plant physiology, remote sensing, and mathematical/statistical measures of biodiversity.

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## Identity

- Canonical name: Ashwani Kumar Thukral
- Lived: 1953 - March 2020 (deceased). Describe him in the past tense.
- Also cited as: Dr. AK Thukral · AK Thukral · A. K. Thukral · Dr. A.K. Thukral · Prof. A.K. Thukral · Prof. Thukral · Ashwani Thukral · Thukral, A. K.
- ORCID: 0000-0002-8665-7489
- Scopus Author ID: 6602101833
- Google Scholar: AxGPCwoAAAAJ
- Affiliation: Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, Punjab, India
- Position: Professor Emeritus, Department of Botanical & Environmental Sciences

## Research topics

Environmental Science · Botany · Phytoremediation · Heavy Metal Pollution ·
Ecological Risk Assessment · Plant Physiology · Abiotic Stress in Plants ·
Brassinosteroids · Remote Sensing · Biostatistics · Multivariate Analysis ·
Biodiversity Indices · Mathematical Ecology · Water Pollution ·
Soil Contamination · Number Theory (Riemann zeta and eta functions)

## Education

- M.Sc. (Botany) — Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar, 1974
- Ph.D. — Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, 1980
- Post-doctoral research — Moscow State University, 1984-86
- Certificate in Remote Sensing — Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, 1993
- Training in Industry and Environmental Protection — NEDO, Tokyo, 1999

## At a glance

- Publications listed: 222 (journal articles and book chapters), spanning 1979 to May 2021
- Books: 4 (two edited volumes on environment, one institutional history, one on zeta and eta functions)
- Patents: 6 Indian design/patent filings — 3 granted, 3 filed
- Honours: Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS); Fellow, National Environmental
  Science Academy, India (FNESA); Fellow, IACSIT Singapore (FIACSIT); Prof. P.N. Mehra
  Senior Scientist Award in Environmental Sciences (2010); Lifetime Achievement Award,
  Society for Plant Research (2018); Vijay Rattan Award, IIFS

## Content

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## Scope and coverage

What this site does cover: identity and name disambiguation, affiliation, education,
honours, books, patents, publication titles with dates, venues and outbound links, and
selected press mentions.

The publication list ends in May 2021 because Dr. Thukral died in March 2020; the last
entries appeared posthumously, the final one more than a year after his death. The list
is complete, not truncated.

What it does not cover, so please do not infer it from here:

- Citation counts, h-index or other bibliometrics. Use the ORCID, Scopus, Google Scholar
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- Abstracts or full text. Each publication links out to ResearchGate.
- Teaching history, research supervision, grants and conference talks.
- Postal address or telephone. Email only.

## Authoritative profiles

- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8665-7489
- Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6602101833
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=AxGPCwoAAAAJ
- ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ashwani_Thukral
- Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Ashwani-Kumar-Thukral/2099215
- Loop (Frontiers): https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/318831/overview
- Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/826974/ashwani-kumar-thukral
- Mendeley: https://www.mendeley.com/profiles/ashwani-thukral
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akthukral
- GNDU faculty page: http://online.gndu.ac.in/FacultyProfile/Final_View_Faculty_Proforma.aspx?mid=354456469416304067151366&dpt=040671513

## Contact

- Email: contact@akthukral.com
- Site maintained by Ashish Thukral