- Assistant Professor at St.Xavier's College, Ranchi (August 2021-December 2022)
- Dr. D.S Kothari Post Doctoral fellow, The University of Burdwan, India
- Researcher (short term) at Bavarian State Institute of Forestry, Germany
- Postdoc from Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- PhD from Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
- M.Sc. from Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University
- Recipient of full PhD scholarship from German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- Qualified CSIR-NET-JRF in 2010 (Rank 48) & GATE in 2010
- Dutta, B., Datta, A., Dey, A., Ghosh, A. K., & Bandopadhyay, R. (2023). Establishment of seed biopriming in salt stress mitigation of rice plants by mangrove derived Bacillus sp. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 48, 102626. (IF:4)
- Keet, J. H., Datta, A., Foxcroft, L. C., Kumschick, S., Nichols, G. R., Richardson, D. M., & Wilson, J. R. (2022). Assessing the level of compliance with alien plant regulations in a large African protected area. Biological Invasions, 24(12), 3831-3844. (IF 2.9)
- Datta A, Kumschick S, Geerts S, Wilson JRU (2020) Identifying safe cultivars of invasive plants: six questions for risk assessment, management, and. Neobiota 62: 81–97. https://doi: 10.3897/neobiota.62.51635 (IF: 5.1; Q1)
- Datta A, Schweiger O, Kühn I (2020) Origin of climatic data can determine the transferability of species distribution models. NeoBiota 59: 61–76. https://doi: 10.3897/neobiota.59.36299 (IF: 5.1; Q1)
- Wilson JRU, Datta A, Hirsch H, Keet J-H, Mbobo T, Nkuna KV, Nsikani MM, Pyšek P, Richardson DM, Zengeya TA, Kumschick S (2020) Is invasion science moving towards agreed standards? The influence of selected frameworks. In: Wilson JR, Bacher S, Daehler CC, Groom QJ, Kumschick S, Lockwood JL, Robinson TB, Zengeya TA, Richardson DM. NeoBiota 62: 569-590. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.62.53243 (IF: 5.1; Q1)
- Datta, A., Schweiger, O., & Kühn, I (2019) Niche expansion of the invasive plant species Ageratina adenophora despite evolutionary constraints. Journal of Biogeography 46(7), 1306-1315, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13579 (IF: 3.9; Q1)
- Datta, A., Kühn, I., Ahmad, M., Michalski, S. & Auge, H (2017) Processes affecting altitudinal distribution of invasive Ageratina adenophora in western Himalaya : The role of local adaptation and the importance of different life-cycle stages. PLoS One 12 (11), e0187708, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187708 (IF: 3.7; Q1)
- Jaryan, V., Uniyal, S. K. R., Datta, A. & Gupta, R. C (2016) Late fruiting in Sapium sebiferum : an effective dispersal strategy. Tropical Ecology. 57, 375–379. (IF:1.6)
- Lal, B., Datta, A., Parkash, O. & Deosharan, R (2014) Rediscovery of Jasminum parkeri Dunn, an endemic and endangered taxon from the western Himalaya, India. Biodiversity Research and. Conservation. 34 (1), 11-16.
- Jaryan, V., Datta, A., Uniyal, S. K., Kumar, A. & Gupta, R. C (2013) Modelling potential distribution of Sapium sebiferum – an invasive tree species in western Himalaya. Current Science. 105, 1282–1288. (IF:0.75)
- Kumari, A., Datta, A. & Uniyal, S. K (2012) Cryptogramma stelleri (gmel.) prantl.- A new fern record for Himachal Pradesh. Journal Of Indian Forestry. 35, 393–395.
Scholarships and awards
- 2-year post doc bursary from South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), 10th Jan 2019 to 31st Oct 2020
- PhD scholarship from German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Germany, 2013-2017