ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AT A GLANCE
Dr. Priyanka Gautam
Associate Professor (13A)
DESM, Zoology
Regional Institute of Education, Mysuru
NCERT
- Teaching Experience
13 years teaching, Learning and Research experience for UG and PG classes
- Student’s Guided and Supervised (Annex. I) :13
M.Sc. :09
M.Phil. :01
Ph.D. Awarded :02
Ph.D. ongoing :03
- Research area
Environmental Microbiology, Molecular biology, Environmental toxicology, Neurodegeneration, Bioinformatics,
- Instrument handled
Electrophoretic apparatus, Thermal cycler, Spectrophotometer, Multimode plate reader, Phase contrast fluorescence inverted microscope, Compound microscope, Biosafety cabinet, Gel documentation system, Centrifuge, Deep Freezer, Ultra-pure water purification system, sonicator.
- Techniques Known
Microbial culture techniques, C. elegans culture techniques, Drosophila culture techniques, Electrophoretic techniques, DNA Extraction, isolation and amplification, Bioinformatics-sequence analysis, evolutionary analysis, protein structure prediction, Molecular Docking
- Project completed
DST-SERB entitled as ‘Effect of selected pesticides on expression of human ortholog neurodegenerative genes in Caenorhabditis elegans’ (EEQ/2016/000590) from 4th May 2017 to 3rd November 2020
- Publications: (Annex. II) :19
- Awards: (Annex. III) :04
Vocational Excellence award, 2022 by rotary club of Mumbai west coast :01
Poster presentation :03
- Sequence submission to NCBI Database :08
Accession number: MZ318398 Accession number: PQ348735
Accession number: PQ348734 Accession number: PQ348737
Accession number: PQ348736 Accession number: PQ589214
Accession number: PQ143957 Accession number: PQ589215
- Paper presented in Conferences/seminar/invited lectures/recorded lectures :20
(Annex. IV)
International: :10
National: :03
Invited Lectures :03
Recorded lectures :04
- Training(s) (Annex. V) :02
Participation in Orientation/Refresher/FDP Courses (Annex. VI) :06
Orientation :01
Refresher :03
FDP Courses :03
(Annex. I)
Student’s Guided and Supervised
S.No.
Name of Student
Topic of the thesis/Dissertation
Date of Reg.
Status
Ph.D.
Divya Sharma
Recently joined
2024
Ongoing
Poornima
Studies on Diosmetin as a neuroprotective agent in Caenorhabditis elegans: a Parkinson’s model
23rd Sep 2024
Ongoing
Krishna Rana
Neuroprotective effect of hesperidin on pyrethroid pesticide induced oxidative stress and β-amyloid toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans
21st May 2020
Submitted
5th May 2025
Rajul Jain
Synthetic Organophosphate toxicity leading to Neurodegenerative Disease: Assessment through Biological, Neuronal and Molecular Parameters
23rd Sep 2017
Awarded 18th Feb
2023
Neha Singh
Effect of Synthetic pyrethroids on expression of human ortholog neurodegenerative genes in Caenorhabditis elegans
31st March 2016
Awarded
18th Feb
2023
M.Sc.
1 Anjali Varun
Impact of antioxidants from the selected millets on longevity of Caenorhabditis elegans under thermal stress
2024
Awarded
2 Drishti Garg
In Silico study of miRNA based gene regulation involved in Major depressive Disorder
2022
Awarded
3 Yashika Agarwal
Computational evaluation of antioxidant properties of Phaseolus vulgaris to fight Alzheimer’s disease using Caenorhabditis elegans
2021
Awarded
4 Jibi Lukose
Computational evaluation of antioxidant properties of Artocarpus heterophyllus against Parkinson’s disease using model organism Caenorhabditis elegans
2020
Awarded
5 Juhi Verma
Computational Approach for Evaluating Neuroprotective effect of Rubus fruticosus on Alzheimer Disease using Caenorhabditis elegans
2020
Awarded
6 Palak Gupta
Protective effect of crude garlic extract in pesticide exposed Caenorhabditis elegans
2019
Awarded
7 Priya Gupta
Evaluating the effect of carbamates on Acetylcholinestrase activity in Caenorhabditis elegans
2019
Awarded
8 Shreshtha Katiyar
Toxicity of commercial formulations of Bifenthrin Pyrethroids on the behavior and Developmental stages in Caenorhabditis elegans
2017
Awarded
9 Anjuradha Vimal
Phylogenetic analysis of selected Lactic acid bacteria using Bioinformatic tool
2015
Awarded
M.Phil
1 Anjuradha Vimal
Comparative molecular database building of bacteriocin producing selected Lactic acid bacteria using Bioinformatic approach
2014
Awarded
(Annex. II)
Publications
International Publications
- Priyanka Gautam nee Singh*, Krishna Rana and Jibi Lukose “Antioxidant capacity and drug-like activity of Artocarpus heterophyllus against D3, DJR-1, and SOD-1: A Computational exploration” International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (2024) 14(6) 30-43, DOI: 10.9790/9622-14063043, ISSN: 2248-9622. (UGC CARE IF – 6.46)
- Krishna Rana and Priyanka Gautam nee Singh “Estimation of median lethal concentration (LC50) of Pyrethroid and Carbamate pesticides using nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to predict mammalian acute lethality (LD50)” Toxicology International (2023) 30(3), 389-385, https://doi.org/10.18311/ti/2023/v30i3/31834, E-ISSN 0976-5131; P-ISSN 0971-6580 Scopus Indexed journal “”IF-0.59
- Krishna Rana and Priyanka Gautam nee Singh* “Molecular docking and molecular dynamic simulation of bioflavonoids against super oxidize dismutase and beta-amyloid protein” International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR) (2023) (E-ISSN 2348-1269, P- ISSN 2349-5138, 10 (2), 410-424. DOI:https://ijrar.org/papers/IJRAR23B4203 (UGC CARE IF – 7.17)
- Krishna Rana and Priyanka Gautam nee Singh* “A Review on Antioxidants as Therapeutic in use of oxidative stress and neurodegenerative disease” International Journal of Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance (IJPQA) (2022), ISSN: 0975 9506, 13(1), 77-82 DOI:10.25258/ijeqa.13.1.16 (Scopus Indexed IF- 1.04)
- Neha Singh and Priyanka Gautam nee Singh* “Comparative analysis of hypochlorite method on transgenic strain By250” Journal of Advanced Zoology (2021) ISSN 0253-7214, 42(1), 1-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17762/jaz.v42i01.1 (Scopus Indexed IF- 0.19)
- Neha Singh and Priyanka Gautam nee Singh* “Neurodegenerative disease: Impact of pesticides” Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences (2021) ISSN 2320-8694, 9(5), 572-579. https://doi.org/10.18006/2021.9(5).572.579 (Scopus Indexed IF- 0.53)
- Rajul Jain and Priyanka Gautam nee Singh* “Neurophysiological and Behavioral Perturbations in Caenorhabditis elegans exposed to organophosphate pesticides” Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences (10. June. 2021) ISSN 2320-8694, 9(3), 343-352. https://doi.org/10.18006/2021.9(3).343.352 (Scopus Indexed IF- 0.53)
- Priyanka Gautam nee Singh* and Neha Singh “Synthetic pyrethroid pesticides toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans to analyze physiological changes” International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR) (2018) (E-ISSN 2348-1269, P- ISSN 2349-5138, 5 (3), 757-766. DOI: https://ijrar.org/papers/IJRAR1903353 (UGC CARE IF – 7.17)
- Priyanka Gautam nee Singh* “Bioinformatics approaches for building comparative molecular database of bacteriocin producing selected lactic acid bacteria” Research Journal of Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, pharmaceutical and chemical sciences (2017) ISSN 2454-6348, 3(4), 61-69. DOI - 10.26479/2017.0304.06 (UGC CARE IF – 2.553)
- Priyanka Gautam nee Singh*, D. Abhilasha, and D. Jyoti “Phylogenetic Analysis of economically important Australian Carlia Lizard” Journal of Innovative Thoughts International Research Journal. (2014)p ISSN 2321-5143. 2(3), 37-43. DOI: https://docslib.org/download/1532123
- Priyanka Gautam nee Singh* and Anjuradha Vimal “Phylogenetic Analysis of Selected Lactic Acid Bacteria by Using Bioinformatic Tools.” International Journal of Engineering and Technical Research (2014) ISSN 2278-0181 2(8) 53-58. (UGC CARE IF- 2.19)
- Alka Prakash* and Priyanka Singh “Isolation and identification of lactic acid bacteria and their antibacterial activity against pathogenic microbes from dairy products” The IIS University Journal of Science and Technology (2013), ISSN 2319-2607, 2(1): 17-23.
- Priyanka Singh and Alka Prakash* Natural products as inhibitory agents of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes, Advances in Applied Science Research, 2012, ISSN 0976-8610 3 (6):3640-3645. (UGC CARE IF- 3.52)
- Priyanka Singh and Alka Prakash*“Species specific PCR based rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus from cottage cheese, and its sensitivity against antibiotics and natural products” Internet Journal of Food safety, (2012) ISSN 1930-0670 14, 88-92
- Priyanka Singh and Alka Prakash* “Molecular characterization of lactic acid bacteria inhibiting food borne pathogens” Journal of Science and Engineering Research D.E.I. (2010-2011). ISSN 0970-0463 Vol. 16 No. 1&2, 3-9.
- Priyanka Singh and Alka Prakash* international Journal of Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, entitled as “Prevalence of coagulase positive pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus in milk and milk products collected from unorganized sector of Agra” (2010) ISSN: 15819175 96 (1), 37-41. DOI: 10.14720/aas.2010.96.1.14727 (Scopus Indexed IF: 0.42)
- Priyanka Singh and Alka Prakash* “Screening of Lactic acid bacteria for antimicrobial properties against Listeria monocytogenes isolated from milk products at Agra region” Internet Journal of Food safety (2009) 11, 81-87.
- Priyanka Singh and Alka Prakash* “In vitro antimicrobial control measures for Staphylococcus aureus under the influence of specific physical, chemical and biological factors” Journal of Science and Engineering Research D.E.I. (2009) ISSN 0970-0463 15 (1&2), 53-58.
- Priyanka Singh and Alka Prakash* “Isolation of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes from milk products sold under market conditions at Agra region” International Journal of Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, (2008) ISSN: 15819175, 92 (1), 83-88.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2008.92.1.15092 (Scopus Indexed IF 0.42)
Paper in Edited Book
- Lalit Mohan and Priyanka Gautam “Impact of Pesticides on Aquatic Ecosystems: A Global Perspective” In the book entitled “Approaches to water: crises, challenges and solutions” published by Rudra Publishers and Distributers, 2025, ISBN: 978-93-48421-56-2
Lalit Mohan and Priyanka Gautam “Climate change and Wetland sustainability: Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies” In the book entitled ”Comprehensive Approaches to Sustainable Environment ” published by Rudra Publishers and Distributers, 2024, 78-106, ISBN: 978-81-969676-3-5.
Editor\'s Name : Prof. Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Prof. Kamlesh Sisodia
Lalit Mohan and Priyanka Gautam “Traditions of Sustainability: How Cultural Practices Safeguard the environment” in a book entitled “Environment and human values Sustainable Co-existence”, Rudra Publishers & distributors, 2024, 64-91, ISBN: 978-93-88361-67-5.
Editors: Prof. Rajesh Kumar Sharma Prof. Sonia Kaur Bansal
- Priyanka Singh and Alka Prakash* “Natural Products as Inhibitory Agents of Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes” Mental Perspectives, DOI:10.1007/978–3-642–23394-4_12, © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, (2012), 59-62.
Book Published
- Book published on Cosmetics for Healthcare by Discovery publishing House a National Publisher, with ISBN 978-93-6224-186-3 on 2025, Pages 1-253
Awards: (Annex. III)
- Vocational Excellence award, 3.12.2022 by rotary club of Mumbai west coast.
- Awarded second prize in e poster presentation in International conference on Covid 19: Roadmap to future Environment organized by St. John’s College, Agra, held on 5.6.2020
- Awarded second prize in poster presentation in International conference on neurological disorders and therapeutics, NIPHER , Ahmedabad, 24.10. 2019
- Awarded third prize in poster presentation in national seminar on environmental changes and its impact on faunal diversity in Indian Agro-ecosystems, PAU, Ludhiana, 19.11.2018