Research Interest

• Utilization of microbes/whole cell/enzymes for production of value added compounds through microbial fermentation
• Genome analysis of microbial strains and comparative genomics
• In silico modelling of enzymes, and active site prediction using molecular docking analysis, molecular dynamic simulation
• Genetic engineering of yeast for production of renewable fuels and chemicals from waste biomass

Work Experience

Awards and Honours

• Merit scholarship for academic excellence on securing 88th rank in the State Secondary Board Examination (2003)

Patents

• Protein based photovoltaic device
  WO 2017109794 A1

Selected Publications

• Single cell oil from oleaginous yeast grown on sugarcane bagasse-derived xylose: an approach toward novel biolubricant for low friction and wear
  ACS Sus Chem Eng, 6, 275-283 (2018)
• Lignocellulosic sugar management for xylitol and ethanol fermentation with multiple cell recycling by Kluyveromyces marxianus IIPE453
  Microbiol Res 200, 64-72 (2017)
• Challenges and prospects of xylitol production with whole cell bio-catalysis: a review
  Microbiol Res 197, 9-21 (2017)
• Purification, characterization and molecular docking study of NADPH dependent xylose reductase from thermotolerant Kluyveromyces sp IIPE453
  Proc Biochem 51, 124-133 (2016)
• Fuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass: an integrated biorefinery approach
  ACSEnerg Fuel 29, 3149–3157 (2015)