Westminster Professor Teaches Bat Preservation in Bangladesh
Posted on Friday, March 18, 2005
Dr. Shahroukh Mistry, assistant professor of biology at Westminster College, recently participated in "Training and Field Techniques for Bats and Rodents" held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
"I was one of two instructors at the workshop," Mistry said. "I conducted the bat half of the seminar. I taught the participants various methods and techniques for the capture, marking, survey and monitoring of organisms."
"I have been studying bats since 1987 and find them absolutely fascinating," Mistry added. "They play essential ecological and economic roles in nature by consuming numerous crop pests, as well as aid the pollination of plants and the dispersal of their seeds. My research involves issues related to their ecology and conservation."
"Mistry, who has been with Westminster College since 2003, earned his undergraduate degree from Maharaja Sayajiro University in India, master's from the University of Tennessee, and his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico.
For more information, contact Mistry at (724) 946-7210 or e-mail mistrys@westminster.edu.
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