Associate Professor
Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine
School of Health Sciences
M.Sc. Human Genomics - 2004
Ph.D. National Centre for Cell Sciences - 2010
Teaching Experience
October 2011 - August 2012 - Research Associate - Centre for Biosciences (Central University of Punjab)
August 2012-June 2013 - Assistant Professor - Centre for Human Genetics (Central University of Punjab)
June 2013-June 2020 - Assistant Professor - Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine (Central University of Punjab)
June 2020 - till date - Associate Professor - Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine (Central University of Punjab)
Research Experience
March 2010 - September 2011 - Post Doctoral Fellow - City of Hope National Medical Center, CA, USA
Cancer Biology
Regenrative Biology
Tumor Immunology (UPCOMING)
Cancer Biology: Mitochondria and cancer metabolism; Anticancer drug discovery; cell signaling in great cancer progression (specially miRNAs)
Regenrative Biology : Tissue engineering from primary cells/ stem cells; 3D scaffolds construction
Tumor Immunology (UPCOMING): metabolic aspects of Tumor-Immune cell interphase via in-vitro co-culture experiments
Grants as PI - 3 grants (all completed)
Grants as co-PI - 4 grants (2 completed; 1 ongoing; 1 sanctioned)
Departmental FIST grant
contributed to skill development grant with AIIMS Bathinda
Projects submitted: 02 as PI, 04 as co-PI
Life member Punjab Academy of Sciences
Life member Indian Society of Cell Biology
International research awards (02) in INDIA and SOUTH KOREA as PhD student (2008)
Punjab Young Scientist Award (Biotechnology) 2015
Internal - Prof. Raj Kumar
External -
Dr. Tarun Goyal (AIIMS, Bathinda)
Dr. Kawaljit Singh Kaura (AIIMS, Bathinda)
Dr. Santosh Kumar (AIIMS, Patna)
Prof. Ruchi Singla (Dean Research, Electronics department, CGC, Chandirgarh)
Dr. Saiqa Ikram (Jamia Milia) - Collaborative projects completed
Dr. Harish Holla (CU Karnataka) - Collaborative project completed
Papers: 53 (with impact factors); 01 (without impact factor)
Books: 01 (as co-Editor)
Book Chapters: 02
PhD thesis awarded: 05
PhD under guidance: 05
Masters level: More than 40
University Level
2
National
6
International
4
University Level
01
National Level
02
Member Editorial Board, Current Protein and Peptide Sciences
Associate Guest Editor, Frontiers in Endocrinology
Reviewer of multiple journals and funding agencies related to my field
PATENT FILED
03
h index: 20
i10 index: 31
total citations: 920