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BS Giri

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Barakatullah University, vbs poorvanchal university

ORCID iD 0000-0001-5167-9154

About

Born in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India, Dr. Balendu Shekher Giri has a master’s and a PhD in Microbiology. He has done his post-doctoral research at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA, and Sejong University and Hanyang University, South Korea. He has published more than 200 reviews, research papers, and book chapters in highly reputed journals like BITE, RSER, STOTEN, and JCLP with a Google Scholar Citation of ~10300 and an h-index of 50 with an i-10 index of 110. He has also been listed in the top 2% of researchers declared by Elsevier and Stanford University jointly. He is a fellow of the Linnean Society of London and a member of several national and international societies, like ASM America, NASI India, BRSI India, RSC London, AAAS America, RSB London, and IFIBiop France. He has several active collaborations from around the globe, which include the USA, Israel, the Netherlands, China, South Korea, and Taiwan, respectively. He has worked in India’s top research organizations, CSIR’s labs, including CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur; CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum; CSIR-IICT Hyderabad, and CSIR IITR Lucknow, etc. Similarly, he has worked at India’s top technical institutions, including IIT BHU Varanasi and IIT Guwahati. He has been awarded the Researchers Excellence Award Mid-Career 2025 & 8th Teachers Award by the Uttarakhand Government, India.

Employment

  • University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Professor (Assistant Professor Senior Scale)
    2025 - 2025
  • Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Post Doctoral Researcher
    2020 - 2022
  • Indian Institute of Toxicology Research CSIR Post Doctoral Researcher
    2019 - 2020
  • Indian Institure of technology (BHU) Post Doctoral Researcher
    2016 - 2019
  • National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms Senior Research Fellow
    2016 - 2016
  • University of Hawaii at manoa Post Doctoral Fellow
    2015 - 2016
  • National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Research Scholar
    2014 - 2015
  • Sejong University Post Doctoral Fellow
    2013 - 2014
  • CSIR-NEERI Senior Research Fellow
    2010 - 2013
  • CSIR-NEERI Research Scholar
    2007 - 2010

Education

  • Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University PhD
    2010 - 2014
  • Barakatullah University Post Graduation
    2004 - 2006
  • vbs poorvanchal university graduation
    2000 - 2003

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (147)