Experience

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  University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

  • Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

  • Assistant Professor

    • Aug 2020 - Apr 2024
    • Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

    - Teaching theory (biochemistry, bacteriology, virology and communication skills) and lab courses to undergraduate and post-graduate microbiology students.- Designing, developing and updating the course grid, course content for students time to time.- Committee member BSc./MSc. Program committee.- Undertaking in-house research in the area of host-pathogen interaction in collaboration with industry and other academic institutes.- Writing research proposals and grants to the funding agencies (Government of India, philanthropies, and industries).- Evaluating student performance through quizzes, class tests, examinations etc.- Preparing question papers, grade answer script and invigilation during examination time.- Participating in an interview panel for student selection.- Representing school of Health sciences, UPES on platforms such as Adhyaan Ghosti. - Guiding student’s projects at UG and PG level, help them with report, review articles and research papers.- Coordinating and participating in Industrial/field visits for the students.- Performing administration jobs such as program coordinator/course coordinator as and when assigned.- Organizing webinars, conferences, and workshops for students.

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  BIOTECHNOLOGY KIOSK

  • United States

  • Associate Editor

    • Mar 2021 - Feb 2023
    • United States

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  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

  • Israel

  • Post doctoral fellow

    • May 2019 - Aug 2020
    • Israel

    - Led a project on safety of vaccines due to antibody dependent enhancement of ZIKA virus in population with pre-existing flaviviral immunity.- Developed mouse model of antibody dependent of ZIKA virus.- Partially developed of antigen microarray based diagnostic kit for flaviviral antibody dependent enhancement (ADE).- ELISA for flaviviral vaccines, ZIKA and other related Antigens.- qRT-PCR for absolute quantification of viruses [RNA viruses (RNA/DNA viruses)].- Two colour flow-cytometry based high-throughput antibody dependent enhancement assay.- Ensured Routine maintenance of cell lines (adherent/non-adherent).- Cultured ZIKA, Dengue, YFV and other viruses.- Adhere to BSL2+ protocols while doing microbiological procedures.- Contribute towards the lab management.

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  Institute of genomics and integrative biology (CSIR)

  • New Delhi Area, India

  • Research Scientist

    • Jan 2017 - May 2019
    • New Delhi Area, India

    - Led E. coli genetics part of the project entitled “Mechanism of thermotolerance in lab adapted E. coli strain and generate knock –out of molecular chaperones in E. coli.- Developed Cm chase assay using GFP reporter in lab to understand proteolysis in lab adapted strains introducing simple tricks to western blotting.- Led strain development by MAGE (Multiplex automated genome engineering method).- Did NGS wet lab sample preparation for amplicon sequencing to assess fitness of thermotolerant strains.- Minimum Inhibitory conc. (high throughput assay) to assess proteostasis capacity using lab reporter construct.- Led my own projects: 1) Role of mistranslation in modulating proteostasis.2) MD simulation study on how ribosomes are attached to mitochondrial membrane.

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  Epygen Labs FZ LLC

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Research Scientist

    • Apr 2015 - Oct 2015
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    - Standardised Lipase, Protease assay for industrial applications.- Quality control of Amylase, Cellulase from bacterial and fungal strains.- Strain development by routine culturing methods for Bacillus strains.- Issuing certificate of analysis.- Efficacy of amylase and cellulase in presence of drilling mud for use in oil exploration.- Enzyme formulation in different solutions for stability.- Cloning of recombinant streptokinase in different vector for industrial scale preparation.

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  Holistic International Testing Services

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Biologist

    • Sep 2014 - Mar 2015
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    - Biodegradation of polythene using Rhodococcus strains.- Quality testing of healthcare products as per UAE standards.- Introduction to analytical chemistry like GC-MS, ICP-MS for detection of volatile or metallic compounds respectively in healthcare products.- Used FT-IR for biodegradation of polythene used in market.- Moisture content detection by Carl Fisher method.