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CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Dr. Santosh Kumar Dubey

Designation: Professor, Center of Advanced Study in Botany

University: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221005, U.P.

Date and Place of Birth : 1/10/1959; VARANASI (U.P.), INDIA.

Education (Post-Graduation onwards) :

S.N. Institution/University and Place Degree & Year Subject


Aggregate %
of Marks
1 U.P. College, Varanasi, affiliated to Gorakhpur University, M.Sc - 61.9 1981 Botany
Gorakhpur, U.P., India
2 Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi, U.P., India. Ph.D. 1987 Botany

Positions held (Starting with the most recent employment):


S. N. Position and Institution From To

1. Professor, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu Oct. 10, Till Date
University, Varanasi, U. P. India 2017
Teaching Interest: General Microbiology, Molecular Biology,
Environmental Microbiology, Microbial Genomics, Agricultural
Microbiology
Research Interest: Molecular Microbiology, Nanobiotechnology (Green
synthesis of MNPs mediated by cyanobacteria and bacteria), Genetic
Engineering, Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology

2. Professor, Department of Microbiology, Goa University, Goa, India. Nov.1, Oct. 9,


Teaching Interest : Microbial Genetics, Molecular Biology, Genetic 2006 2017
Engineering , Marine Microbiology, Marine Microbial Genomics,
Agricultural Microbiology

Research Interest: Molecular Microbiology, Genetic Engineering,


Recombinant Protein expression and Environmental Biotechnology
3. Associate Professor, Deptt. of Microbiology, Goa University, Goa, Dec.,16 Oct. 31,
India. 1996 2006
Teaching Interest : Basic & Molecular Genetics, Genetic Engineering and
Agricultural Microbiology
Research Interest: Molecular Microbiology, Genetic Engineering,
Recombinant Protein expression and Environmental Biotechnology
4. Instructor in the Department of Chemistry University of Nevada Las Aug. 96 Dec.14,
Vegas, USA 96
Teaching:“Environmental Toxicology & Toxicity Assessment”
(Course:CHE–201 & ENV–201)
5. Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry, University of May 95 Dec.14,
Nevada Las Vegas, USA. 96
Research Project: “Molecular Cloning and Sequencing of human small heat
shock protein Genes (hsp27)”.
6. Research Associate in the Department of Experimental Pathology, Jan. 95 May 95
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Research Project: “Studies on the role of Retrotransposons in
transformation of normal mammary cells into cancer Cells.”
7. Research Associate in the Department of Oral Biology, University of Aug. 93 Jan. 95
Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Research Project: “Molecular Cloning and expression of human salivary
Amylase gene in E. coli and insect cells (sf 9 cell line). ”
8. Research Associate in the Department of Biology, Clarkson University, Aug. 91 Jul. 93
Potsdam, New York, USA.
Research Project:“Development and characterization of a bioluminescent
microbial Mercury ion sensor.”
9. Research Associate in CAS in Botany, Banaras Hindu University Jan.91 Aug. 91
Research Project: “Biological characterization of metal resistant nitrogen
fixing cyanobacteria.”
10. Scientist (CSIR) in Pollution Control Division, M/O Environment & Sept. 89 Jan. 91
Forests, Govt. of India.
“Administrative work related with Pollution Control issues in India”

Honours / Awards

 National Overseas Scholarship (PDF) awarded by Department of Education M/O Human


Resource Development, Govt. of India.
 Post Doctoral Associateship offered by Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, USA.
 Post Doctoral Associateship offered by University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
 Post Doctoral Associateship offered by Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York,
USA.
 Post Doctoral Associateship offered by University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA.
 Visiting Scientistship from Centre of Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University,
Matsuyama, Japan (March 1st to 8th, 2003 ; January 11th to 15th, 2004).
 JSPS invitation fellowship awarded by JSPS, Govt. of Japan (Duration : November, 17th
2004 - September, 16th 2005) to work at Centre of Marine Environmental Studies,
Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.
Research Project: Biological characterization of organotin biocide (Tri-butyltin
chloride) degrading marine bacteria.

Academic Expertise:

A. Teaching: Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering, General Microbiology,


Microbial Genetics, Marine Microbiology, Environmental
Microbiology, Agricultural Microbiology
B. Thrust area of Research: Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology

1. Study the resistance mechanisms in heavy metal (Pb, Cd, Hg) metalloid (As, Te,
Se) and organotin (TBT, DBT) resistant bacteria.
2. Study bioremediative potential of heavy metal/ metalloid/ organometal resistant
bacteria.
3. Development and characterization of luminescent bacterial sensors for toxic
metals/metalloids/ organometals using recombinant DNA technology.
4. Bioprospecting of terrestrial and marine bacteria for industrially important
enzymes viz. protease, cellulase, lipase, amylase (culture dependent and metagenomic
approach), EPS and antimicrobial organic metabolites.
5. Biosynthesis of Selenium, Tellurium, Copper, Zinc and Silver nanoparticles using
marine bacteria and cyanobacteria, their biological characterization and
applications.

A. Research Papers- In : International Journals : 41


Indian Journals : 09
B. Total Research Papers : 50
C. Total Citations : 1805
D. h-index : 21
E. i-10 index : 33

F. Edited book : 01
G. Chapters in Indian/International Edited Books :07
H. Research paper in conference proceeding 01

Publications

1. Dubey, S. K. and L. C. Rai 1987. Effect of chromium and tin on survival, growth, carbon
fixation, heterocyst differentiation, nitrogenase, nitrate reductase and glutamine synthetase
activities of Anabaena doliolum. Journal of Plant Physiology 130: 165-172. (IF : 3.549, C:
31)

2. Rai, L.C. and S. K. Dubey. 1989. Chromium toxicity in cyanobacteria: Possible role of carbon
sources in toxicity amelioration. Microbios 55: 193-203.(IF:0.8; C:07)

3. Rai, L. C. and S. K. Dubey. 1989. Impact of chromium and tin on a nitrogen fixing
cyanobacterium, Anabaena doliolum : Interaction with bivalent Cations. Ecotoxicology and
Environmental Safety 17: 94-104. (IF:6.291; C:19)

4. Dubey, S.K. and L. C. Rai 1989a.Toxicity of chromium and tin to Anabaena doliolum:
interaction with sulphur containing aminoacids and thiols. Biology of metals 2: 55-60. (IF:
2.949; C: 11)
5. Dubey, S.K. and L. C. Rai 1989b. Protective effects of certain natural and synthetic
complexans on the toxicity of chromium and tin to nitrogen fixing cyanobacterium, Anabaena
doliolum. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2: 271-281.(IF:3.118 ; C:02).

6. Dubey, S. K. and L. C. Rai 1990. Impact of chromium and tin on a nitrogen fixing
Cyanobacterium, Anabaena doliolum: Regulation of toxicity by certain environmental factors.
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 3: 240-249. (IF: 3.118 ; C: 13)

7. Rai, L.C., M. Raizada, N. Mallick, Y. Husainy, A. K. Singh and S. K. Dubey 1990. Effect of
four heavy metals on the biology of Nostoc muscorum. Biology of Metals 2(4) : 229-234.
(IF: 2.949; C: 42)

8. Dubey, S. K., and L. C. Rai 1990. Toxicity of chromium and tin to Anabaena doliolum:
interaction with bivalent cations. Biology of Metals 3: 8-13. (IF: 2.949 ;C: 04)

9. Rai, L.C., S. K. Dubey and N. Mallick 1992. Influence of chromium on some physiological
variables of Anabaena doliolum : interaction with metabolic inhibitors. Biometals 5: 13-16.
(IF: 2.949 ; C:15)

10. Dubey, S. K., Gangolli, S. S. and D. S. Holmes 1993. Development of biosensors to measure
metal ion bioavailability in environmental samples. Journal of North Eastern Geology 15:
88-94.(C:08)

11. Holmes, David S. , Dubey, Santosh K. and Seema Gangolli 1993. Development of
biosensors to measure metal ion bioavailabililty in mining and metal wastes. In:
Biohydrometallurgical Technologies Vol II (Torma, A. E., Apel, M. L. and Brierley, C.
L.).The minerals, metals and materials society, Philadelphia, USA, pp. 659 – 666. (C: 10)

12. Holmes, D. S., S. K. Dubey, and S. S. Gangolli. 1994. Development of biosensors for the
detection of mercury and copper ions. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 16: 229-233.
(IF: 4.609 ; C:31)

13. Dubey, S. K., Holmes, D. S. 1995. Review - Biological cyanide destruction mediated by
microorganism. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 11: 257-265. (IF:3.312;
C:159)

14. Roy, U., Dubey, S. K. and Bhosle, S. 2001. Characterization of exopolymers produced by
Sphingomonas sp. utilizing tributyltin chloride(TBTC). In: Proceedings of International
conference on industrial pollution and control technologies (ICIPACT-2001) held in
Hyderabad, A.P., India, pp. 639-642.

15. Dubey, S. K., Holmes, D. S., Rao, G. R. and Gangolli, S. 2002. Detection and measurement
of ultra-trace levels of mercury and copper by genetically engineered microbial sensors. In:
Recent Advances in Environmental Science (Ed. Hiremath, K. G.), Discovery Publishing
House, New Delhi, India pp. 245-255.

16. Dubey, S. K. and Roy, U. 2003. Biodegradation of tri-butyltins (Organotins) by marine


bacteria. Applied Organometallic Chemistry 17: 3-8. (IF: 4.105; C:175)
17. Roy, U., S. K. Dubey and S. Bhosle 2004. Tributyltin chloride utilizing bacteria from marine
ecosystem of west coast of India. Current Science 86 (5): 702-705. (IF: 0.9; C:27)

18. Dubey, S. K. and P.V. Bramhachari 2004. Cyanobacteria in heavy metal polluted
environment: Environmental Biotechnology perspective. In: Biotechnological Applications
of Cyanobacteria (Ed. Singh, K.), pp. 225-244.

19. P.V. Bramhachari and Santosh Kumar Dubey 2006. Rapid and specific detection of
luminous and non-luminous Vibrio harveyi isolates by PCR amplification. Current Science
90 (8): 1105- 1108. (IF: 0.9; C: 25)

20. Santosh K. Dubey, Tsutomu Tokashiki, and S. Suzuki 2006. Microarray mediated
transcriptome analysis of the tributyltin (TBT) resistant bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
25W in the presence of TBT. Journal of Microbiology 44:200-205. (IF: 3.422 ; C: 26)

21. P. V. Bramhachari and S. K. Dubey 2006. Isolation and characterization of


exopolysaccharide produced by Vibrio harveyi strain VB23. Letters in Applied
Microbiology 43: 571-577. (IF: 2.858 ; C:159)

22. P. V. Bramhachari, P.B. Kavikishor, Ranadheer Kumar, B. Rama Rao and S. K. Dubey
2007. Isolation and characterization of Mucus exopolysaccharide produced by Vibrio
furnissii strain VB053. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 17 (1): 44-51. (IF:
2.351; C: 126)

23. R. Krishnamurthy, L. Cabral, Vidya, R. and Santosh Kumar Dubey 2007. Isolation and
biological characterization of a TBTC degrading marine bacterium, Vibrio sp. from Bombay
high oil field, India. Current Science 93(8): 1073-1074. (IF:0.9)

24. Vidya, R. and S. K. Dubey 2009. Expression of TBTCl-induced periplasmic proteins in a


Tributyltin chloride resistant, marine sediment bacterium, Alcaligenes sp. Current Science
97(12): 1717-1718. (IF: 0.9; C: 08)

25. Fukushima, K., Dubey, Santosh K., and S. Suzuki 2009. Quantitative analysis of expression
of Tributyltin (TBT)-regulated genes in TBT resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa 25W. In:
Interdisciplinary Studies on Environmental Chemistry-Environmental Research in Asia
(Eds. Obayashi, Y., Isobe, T., Subramaniam, A., Suzuki, S. and Tanabe, S.) pp. 163-166,
TERRAPUB Press, Japan. (C: 05)

26. P.V. Bramhachari and S. K. Dubey 2010. Biochemistry, Molecular Biology of Bacterial
Bioluminescence and Applications of Lux genes. In : Cellular and Biochemical Sciences
(Ed.Tripathi, G.), International Publishers, New Delhi, India.

27. Pandey, Anju, Naik, Milind M. and S. K. Dubey 2010. Organic metabolites produced by
Vibrio parahaemolyticus strain An3 isolated from Goan mullet inhibit bacterial fish
pathogens. African Journal of Biotechnology 9(42): 7134-7140. (IF:0.8; C: 33)
28. Pandey, Anju, Naik, Milind and Santosh Kumar Dubey 2010. Hemolysin,
protease and EPS producing pathogenic Aeromonas hydrophila strain An4 shows
antibacterial activity against marine bacterial fish pathogens. Journal of Marine
Biology 40: 1-7. (Impact Score : 0.75 ; C: 54)

29. Milind Mohan Naik and S. K. Dubey 2011. Lead – enhanced siderophore
production and alteration in cell morphology in a Pb- resistant Pseudomonas
aeruginosa strain 4EA. Current Microbiology 62: 409-414.(IF: 2.188; C: 94)

30. Pandey, Anju, Naik, Milind and Santosh Kumar Dubey 2011.Biological
characterization of marine fish pathogen, Acinetobacter sp. strain An2 producing
antimicrobial metabolites. Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 70 : 135-
141. (IF: 1.056 ; C: 09)

31. Naik, Milind Mohan, Pandey, Anju and S. K. Dubey 2011. Bioremediation of metals
mediated by marine bacteria. In: Microorganisms in Environmental Management
-Microbes and Environment (Eds. Prakash, A., Satyanarayana, T. and B. N.
Johri), Springer. DOI :10.1007/978-94-007-2228-6. (C: 19)

32. Naik, Milind, Anju Pandey and Santosh Kumar Dubey 2012. Pseudomonas
aeruginosa strain WI-1 from Mandovi estuary possesses metallothionein to alleviate
lead toxicity and promotes plant growth. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
79: 129-133. (IF:6.291; C:92)

33. Naik, Milind Mohan, Pandey, Anju and Santosh Kumar Dubey 2012. Biological
characterization of lead – enhanced exopolysacharide produced by a lead resistant
Enterobacter cloacae strain P2B. Biodegradation 23(5): 775-783.(IF:3.909; C:79)

34. Fukushima, K., Dubey, Santosh Kumar and Satoru Suzuki 2012. YgiW homo-
logous gene from Pseudomonas aeruginosa 25 W is responsible for tributyltin
resistance.Journal of General and Applied Microbiology 58:283-289.(IF:1.442;C:21)

35. Naik, Milind Mohan, Kashif Shamim and Dubey, Santosh Kumar 2012.
Biological characterization of lead resistant bacteria to explore role of bacterial
metallothionein in lead resistance. Current Science 103 (4):426-429. (IF:0.9; C:54)

36. Kunkalekar, R. K., Naik, M.M., Dubey, S. K. and A.V. Salkar 2012. Antibacterial
activity of Silver-doped manganese dioxide nanoparticles on multi-drug resistant
bacteria. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 88 : 873-877.
(IF:3.174 ; C: 31)

37. Shamim, K., Naik, M.M. , Pandey, Anju and Santosh Kumar Dubey 2012.Isolation
and identification of Aeromonas caviae strain KS-1 as TBTC and Lead resistant
estuarine bacteria. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 185: 5243-5249.
(IF: 2.513; C: 29)
38. Naik, Milind, Khanolkar, Dnyanada, and Santosh Kumar Dubey 2012. Lead
resistant Providencia alcalifaciens strain 2EA bioprecipitates Pb 2+ as Lead
phosphate. Letters in Applied Microbiology 56: 99-104. (IF: 2.858 ; C :50)

39. D’Costa, B. , Shamim, K. and Dubey, S. K. 2013. Characterization of thermostable


serine protease from Bacillus altitudinis strain BR1. Journal of Scientific and
Industrial Research 72:166-171. (IF :1.056; C: 05)

40. D’Costa, Brenda, Dnyanada Khanolkar and Santosh Kumar Dubey 2013. Partial
purification and characterization of metalloprotease of halotolerant alkaliphilic
bacterium, Bacillus cereus from coastal sediment of Goa, India. African Journal of
Biotechnology 12(31): 4905-4914. (IF: 0.8; C: 08)

41. Naik, Milind, Dnyanada, Khanolkar, Brenda D’ Costa and Santosh Kumar Dubey
2013. P-type ATPase and MdrL efflux pump mediated lead and multi-drug resistance in
estuarine bacterial isolates. Current Science 105(10) :1366-1372.(IF: 0.9; C: 13)

42. Milind Mohan Naik and Santosh Kumar Dubey 2014. Review - Lead Resistant
Bacteria:Lead resistance mechanisms, their applications in lead bioremediation and
biomonitoring. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 98:1-7.(IF:6.291; C:200)

43. Prabhu, Meghnath, S. K. Dubey, S. K. Mutnuri and M. M. Naik 2014. One-pot


rapid synthesis of face-centred cubic silver nanoparticles using fermented cow urine,
a nanoweapon against fungal and bacterial pathogens. Journal of Bionanoscience 8:
265-273. (Impact Score: 0.97; C:17)

44. Dnyanada Khanolkar, Milind Mohan Naik and Santosh Kumar Dubey 2015.
Biotransformation of Tributyltin Chloride by Pseudomonas stutzeri strain DN2.
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology 45(4) : 1239-1245. (IF: 2.857; C: 07)

45. Dnyanada Khanolkar, S. K. Dubey and Milind Mohan Naik 2015.


Tributyltin chloride (TBTCl) - enhanced Exopolysaccharide and Siderophore
production in an estuarine Alcaligenes faecalis strain. Archives of Environmental
Contamination and Toxicology 68 : 612-621. (IF: 2.804; C: 06)

46. Dnyanada S. Khanolkar, Santosh Kumar Dubey and Milind Mohan Naik 2015.
Biotransformation of tributyltin chloride to less toxic dibutyltin dichloride and
monobutyltin trichloride by Klebsiella pneumoniae strain SD9. International
Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 104 : 212-218. (IF: 4.320 ; C: 15)
47. Naik, Milind M. and S. K. Dubey 2016. Lead and mercury resistant marine bacteria
and their application in lead and mercury bioremediation. In: Marine Pollution and
Microbial Remediation (Eds. Naik, M. M. and Dubey, S. K.), pp.29-40,Springer,
Singapore. (C: 15)

48. Naik, M.M. and Dubey, S. K. 2016. Marine Pollution and Microbial Remediation
(Edited book), Springer, Singapore.(C:58)

49. Sharma, Jaya , Kashif Shamim, Santosh Kumar Dubey, Ram Murti Meena 2017.
Metallothionein assisted periplasmic lead sequestration as lead sulfite by Providencia
vermicola strain SJ2A. Science of the Total Environment 579:359-365.(IF:7.963;C:36)

50. Praveen Kumar, M.K., Shyama, S.K., Shamim K., Dubey, S. K., D’ Costa, A.,
Sonaye, B. H., Kadam, S. and R. C. Chaubey 2017. Effects of gamma radiation on the
early developmental stages of Zebra fish (Danio rerio). Ecotoxicology and
Environmental Safety 142 : 95–101. (IF:6.291;C:20)

51.Shamim, K, Sharma, J. and S.K. Dubey 2017. Rapid and efficient method to extract
metagenomic DNA from estuarine sediments. 3 Biotech 7 :182-190.(IF:2.406;C:03)

52. Sharma, J., Shamim, K. and Santosh Kumar Dubey 2018. Phosphatase mediated
bioprecipitation of lead as pyromorphite by Achromobacter xylosoxidans. Journal
of Environmental Management 217: 754-761. (IF:6.789; C:09)

53. Naik, M.M., Naik, S.P., Dubey, S. K., Bhat, C. and L.S. Charya 2018. Enhanced
exopolysaccharide production and biofilm forming ability in methicillin resistant
Staphylococcus sciuri isolated from dairy in response to acyl homoserine lactone(AHL).
Journal of Food Science and Technology 55:2087-2094. (IF:2.701; C: 07).

54. Shamim, K.,Sharma, J., Mutnale, M., Dubey, S. K. and S. Mujawar 2018.
Characterization of a metagenomic serine metalloprotease and molecular
docking studies. Process Biochemistry 71: 69-75. (IF:3.757; C: 03)

55. Salkar, K., Gadgil, V., S. K. Dubey, Naik, Milind Mohan and R. R. Pandey 2018.
Largest freshwater lake ‘ Loktak’ in Manipur needs urgent conservation. Current
Science 114(12): 2436-37. (IF:0.9; C: 03)

56.Vaigankar, D.C., Dubey, Santosh Kumar, Mujawar, S.Y., D’Costa, A. and S. K.


Shyama 2018.Tellurite biotransformation and detoxification by Shewanella baltica with
simultaneous synthesis of tellurium nanorods exhibiting photo-catalytic and anti-biofilm
activity. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 165: 516-526. (IF:6.291; C:18)
57.Mujawar, Sajiya Yusuf, Shamim, Kashif, Vaigankar, Diviya Chandrakant and Santosh
Kumar Dubey 2019. Arsenite biotransformation and bioaccumulation by Klebsiella
pneumoniae strain SSSW7 possessing arsenite oxidase (aioA) gene. BioMetals 32: 65-
76. (IF:2.949; C: 02)

58. Mujawar, Sajiya Yusuf, Vaigankar, Diviya Chandrakant and Santosh Kumar Dubey
2021. Biological characterization of Bacillus flexus strain SSAI1 transforming highly
toxic arsenite to less toxic arsenate mediated by periplasmic arsenite oxidase enzyme
encoded by aioAB genes. BioMetals 34: 895-907. DOI: 10.1007/s10534-021-00316-x.(
(IF:2.949)

59. Shraddha Pandey, Nikee Awasthee, Anusmita Shekher, Lal Chand Rai, Subash Chandra
Gupta and Santosh Kumar Dubey 2021. Biogenic synthesis and characterization of
selenium nanoparticles and their applications with special reference to antibacterial,
antioxidant, anticancer and photocatalytic activity. Bioprocess and Biosystems
Engineering 44: 2679–2696. DOI : 10.1007/s00449-021-02637-0 (IF:3.221)

Communicated Research Papers :


1. Vaigankar, D.C., Dubey, Santosh Kumar, Mujawar, S.Y. and Ajeet Kumar Mohanty
2021. Halomonas venusta mediated detoxification and biotransformation of selenite
into selenium nanoparticles exhibiting various biomedical applications. Archives of
Environmental Contamination & Toxicology.

2. Shraddha Pandey, Santosh Kumar Dubey and Lal Chand Rai 2021. Cyanobacteria:
miniature factory for green synthesis of nanomaterials. Biometals.

3. L. C. Rai, Shilpi Singh, Ruchi Rai, Krishna Kumar Rai, Alka Shankar, Alok Shrivastava and
Santosh Kumar Dubey 2021. Comparative analysis of stress tolerance of four Dps proteins
of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 and molecular characterization of All4145. Algal Research.

List of Ph.D. Students Mentored


S.N. Name Title of Ph.D. Thesis Year of Award
1. Upal Roy Biological characterization of TBTC 2004
(organotin) resistant bacteria from marine
environment of west coast of India.
2. P. Veera Biological characterization of marine 2006
Bramhachari bioluminescent bacteria under the stress
of metallic and organometallic
environmental pollutants.

3. R. Krishnamurthy Eco-physiological and molecular 2008


biological characterization of organotin
resistant bacteria from marine
environment of Goa.
4. Neelam Singh Biological characterization of arsenate 2008
resistant bacteria from various econiches
of Goa.
5. Vidya Molecular Biology and Biochemistry 2009
Ramachandran of a TBT tolerant marine bacterial
isolate, Alcaligenes sp.

6. Anju Pandey Screening, detection and characterization 2011


of bacterial fish pathogens in the
coastal region of Goa.

7. Milind Mohan Biological characterization of Lead 2012


Naik resistant bacteria from different
terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of
Goa.

8. Brenda D Costa Biological characterization of alkaliphilic 2014


bacteria producing alkaline proteases
isolated from coastal environment of Goa.

9. Dnyanada S. Studies on TBTCl resistant bacteria to 2015


Khanolkar explore biochemical and molecular
mechanisms of TBTCl resistance.
10. Kashif Shamim Metagenomic approach to screen 2018
protease encoding genes from coastal
environment of Goa.
11. Jaya Sharma Molecular studies on lead resistance in 2018
selected bacterial strains.
12. Diviya Vaigankar Biosynthesis and characterization of 2020
Selenium and Tellurium nanoparticles by
marine bacteria.
13. Sajiya Y. Mujawar Biological characterization of arsenite 2020
resistant bacteria from terrestrial
environment of Goa.

Ph. D. Students Currently Mentoring in CAS in Botany, Banaras Hindu University :

1. Shraddha Pandey: “Cyanobacterial biosynthesis of metallic nanoparticles,


their characterization and applications.” (Registered in April 2018)

2. Pooja Yadav: “Biological characterization of Selenium resistant bacteria.”


(Registered in April 2018)

Mentored Post-Doctoral Fellow:

Mrs Shilpi Singh under Dr. D. S. Kothari Post-Doctoral fellowship program(2018-21)


M.Sc-Microbiology and M.Sc-Marine Microbiology Dissertations mentored : 33

M.Sc-Botany Dissertations mentored : 02

Additional Information:

 Life Member of Association of Microbiologists of India since 2007.


 Member, Institutional Biosafety committee, Goa University.
 Member, Academic council of Goa University
 Nominated Associate graduate faculty by the Department of Chemistry, University of
Nevada Las Vegas, USA to teach “Bioanalytical and Environmental Toxicology”
during spring semester –1997.
 Taught undergraduate level Course on “Environmental Toxicology and Toxicity Assessment”
in the Dept. of Chemistry at University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA during Fall semester-1996.
 Developed course on “ Genetic Engineering” for M.Sc Microbiology programme of Goa
Univeristy in the year 1999 and taught this course till October 9th 2017.
 Head, Deptt. of Microbiology, Goa University (2007-2008; 2011-2014).
 Chairman, Board of Studies in Microbiology at Goa University (2007-2008; 2011-14.
 Chairman, Board of Examiners in Microbiology at Goa University (2007-08; 2011-14.
 Invited speaker and Co-Chair in ICMEMB organized by Barkatullah University Bhopal
(July 1-3, 2011).
 Expert Member, Affiliation Inquiry Committee for Regional Center of Biotechnology,
Gurgaon, NCR, New Delhi (23rd November, 2011)
 Expert Member, Affiliation Inquiry Committee for National Institute of Malaria Research,
Dwarka, New Delhi (24th November, 2011)
 Member, Expert Committee of UGC for Screening of new projects and assessment of
ongoing projects in Microbiology (November 2012; February 2013)
 Member , Expert committee appointed by MHRD for preparation of Glossary of Botany (May,
2013)
 Member, Programme Advisory committee of UGC for assessment of DRS-SAP programme
of Microbiology in M. S. University, Baroda, Gujarat.
 Invited talk in “Life sciences symposium” organized by Biosciences group, BARC, Mumbai,
Maharashtra (Feb. 3-5, 2015)
 Invited talk in “National conference on Biotechnology & Human welfare: New Vistas”
organized by Dept. of Biotechnology, Purvanchal University, Jaunpur,U.P.(March 21-22, 2015).
 Invited talk in “58th Annual conference of Association of Microbiologists of India-2017 &
International symposium on Microbes for sustainable development: Scope and applications”
organized by Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar
University, Lucknow, U.P. and Association of Microbiologists of India (November 16-19, 2017).
 Co-chair of session in “ Symposium on Advances in Biology of Algae and Cyanobacteria”
organized by CAS in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. (February, 8-9, 2018).
 Expert Member, Screening committee of Barkatullah University, Bhopal for D.Sc. in Microbiology.
 Member, Departmental Research committee, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University.
 Member, Departmental time table committee, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University.
 Invited talk in a virtual meeting organized by SAB Technology, USA (April 3rd, 2021).
SPONSORED PROJECTS

1. “Studies on Marine Bacteria Transforming Organotins and Development of


Microbial Sensors for Monitoring Organotins in Marine Environment”
Funding agency : Department of Ocean Development, Govt. of India.
Duration and Amount : 1999 – 2002; Rs. 15.8 Lakhs

2. “Biochemical characterization of Tributyltin chloride (TBTC) resistant


bacteria from marine environment of Goa , India and isolation of genes
encoding enzyme(s) for TBTC resistance (degradation).”

Funding agency: Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.


Duration and Amount : 2008-2010; Rs. 17.09 Lakhs.

3. “Cyanobacteria - mediated green synthesis of metal and metalloid


nanoparticles (MNPs) of Ag, Zn, Cu, Se and Te , their characterization
and evaluation of potential applications”.

Funding agency: Institute of Eminence, Banaras Hindu University


Duration and Amount :2021-24; Rs. 6.0 Lakh

VISITS ABROAD

 University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA.


 University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, USA.
 North Western University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
 University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
 Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, USA.
 University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
 Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

 Gene cloning, Vector Construction, Genomic and cDNA library construction and
screening, PCR, RT–PCR, DNA Sequencing (wet method)
 Southern Blot, Northern Blot, SDS–PAGE, Anionic PAGE & Zymography, Western Blot,
Recombinant protein production using E. coli BL21
 Tissue Culture of insect cells (sf9) and mammalian cell lines
 Recombinant protein production using sf 9 insect cells (Baculovirus expression vector
system).
 Recombinant protein purification by Column chromatography and FPLC
 Gas chromatography (Acetylene reduction assay for nitrogenase)

PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATOR
 Training of UG teachers in ‘Industrial Microbiology’, Sponsored by UGC, Govt. of India
(1997).
 7th Refresher course in ‘Marine Microbiology’ at Goa University, Sponsored by UGC,
Govt. of India (1999).
 UGC sponsored Innovative - M.Sc programme in Marine Microbiology in Department
of Microbiology, Goa University (June 2012 - May 2017).

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