Get to Know...
Name: - Chhandak Basu
- Title:
- Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
- College:
- Natural and Health Sciences
- Program:
- Biology
- Years Teaching:
- 5 (4 at UNC)
- Degrees:
- B.S. in Agriculture at B.C.K.V. (State Agricultural University in West Bengal, India),
- M.S. in Agronomy at Montana State
- Ph.D in Environmental Sciences at the University of Rhode Island.
- Areas of expertise/Research interests:
- The molecular aspects of how plants cope with environmental stress and genomic adaptation.
- You might not know that I …
- can play the guitar.
- When I let my hair down, I can be found …
- civilized.
- My welcome-to-teaching moment that I’ll never forget was …
- how they were interested in learning.
- I chose UNC because …
- I enjoy the combination of teaching and research.
- Confucius would say my teaching philosophy is …
- student involvement in the classroom is most important.
- If I’m not teaching a class, or in my office, you can find me on campus at …
- the coffee shop in the library.
- I cannot live without …
- cooking.
- If I hadn’t become a teacher, I would be a …
- chef.
- Yearbook quote (advice you like to give to students or best advice you’ve received)
- “Study hard now, party later.”
- Links
- University spotlight
- Faculty Web page
- Professional activity
