Nilesh Kumar Sharma Visiting Research Scholar School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 Email: [email protected] nilesh.sbt@ gmail.com Phone: +91-9041396774

Academic profile

 Ph.D. in Bioenergy from SSS-National Institute of Bioenergy, Kapurthala and I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University (SSS-NIBE/IKG-PTU), Kapurthala (India) (Thesis submitted).  M.Sc. in Genetic Engineering from School of , Devi Ahilya University, (India), 2012.  B.Sc. in Biotechnology from Govt. Holkar Science College, Devi Ahilya University, Indore (India), 2010.

Research Experience

1. Visiting Research Scholar (B-ACER Fellow) in Biochemical Engineering, University of Georgia, Georgia, United States of America, May 2018 to present. 2. Senior Research Fellow at Biochemical Conversion Division, SSS- National Institute of Bio- Energy, Kapurthala, Punjab, India. June 2016 to present. 3. Junior Research Fellow, at Biochemical Conversion Division, SSS- National Institute of Bio- Energy, Kapurthala, Punjab, India. June-2013 to May-2016 4. Research fellow at Sub- Centre, School of Biotechnology, Devi Ahilya University, Indore from June 2012 to Dec 2012.

Publications In Peer-reviewed Journals : 9 Book Chapters / Conference Proceedings: 6 Gene sequence : 2 Total Citations : 149 H-index : 6 i10-index : 3

Current Project

Development of yeast strain with enhanced xylose utilization and ethanol production.

Awards: 1. Bioenergy award for cutting edge researcher-2018 (B-ACER 2018) awarded by IUSSTF and Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. 2. Bio-energy promotion fellowship-2016 awarded by SSS-NIBE, Kapurthala, Punjab, as “Senior Research Fellowship”. 3. Bio-energy promotion fellowship-2013 awarded by SSS-NIRE, Kapurthala, Punjab, as “Junior Research Fellowship”. 4. Qualified GATE 2014 in Biotechnology. GATE Score- 363, AIR- 1511.

Key Skills Analytical skills (Wet lab) 1. Molecular biology: PCR (Gradient and Real Time), SDS-PAGE, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, Centrifugation, DNA Isolation from Yeast, Bacteria and animal tissues and blood. 2. : Spectrophotometry, colorimetry (Quantitative estimation of carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids), Studying effect of pH, temperature, enzyme kinetics. 3. : Bioreactor (Fermenter) handling, Culture Isolation and Identification. 4. Separation Techniques: HPLC, Gas chromatography, Paper Chromatography.

Bioinformatics skills (Dry lab) 1. Techniques: Basic Sequence Alignment, Primer Designing, Network Analysis, Prediction of Protein Structure and Function, Modeling, Docking, Network construction. 2. Tools: BLAST, CLUSTAL package, MUSCLE, Phylip, Primer-3, Modeller, Swiss PDB viewer, Swiss model, AutoDock, Molegro Virtual Docker, Cytoscape, VisAnt.