Biography
Sept 2009- till date Assistant Professor School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University
2008-2009 Assistant Professor at Amity institute of Biotechnology, Amity University
2006-2007 Post doctoral fellow at Duke University Medical center, USA
Academics
- PhD from Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), CSIR
- MSc (Biotechnology) from Panjab University
- BSc (H) (Microbiology) from Delhi university
Teaching and Research
- Teaching: PhD/Mtech/MSc/Btech
Area: Mol microbiology, Microbiology, Microbial Biotechnology, Virology, Mol Biology, etc
- Research:
- Understanding pathophysiology of fungus Candida auris and development of potent antifungals
- Understanding the role TOR signaling in cell growth and proliferation using Saccharomyces cerevisiae model system
- Identification of potent growth inhibitors of TOR kinase as potential anticancer agents
- Biology of long non coding RNAs in cell growth
- Yeast synthetic biology
Projects ongoing/Completed
- Prototyping and engineering of Candida Auris TOR pathway in Saccharomyces for identification of potential drug targets and inhibitors: Ongoing (2022-25) from CRG SERB (DST)
- Identification and validation of anticancer drug targets in target of rapamycin (TOR) signaling pathway: Completed (From DBT)
- Genome scale fitness profiling of transposon mutant library for identification of novel component of Target or Rapamycin (TOR) signaling pathway: Completed (From SERB DST)