Nilesh Kumar Sharma
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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 Biotechnology, Devi Ahilya University, Indore (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 Bioinformatics 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. Biochemistry: Spectrophotometry, colorimetry (Quantitative estimation of carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids), Studying effect of pH, temperature, enzyme kinetics. 3. Microbiology: 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. .