Dr. Nitish Kumar

About

Dr. Nitish Kumar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India. Dr. Kumar completed his doctoral research from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. He has published more than 70 research articles and book chapters in the leading International and National journals or books. Dr. Kumar focuses his research mainly on genetic improvement of medicinal plants by using the different biotechnological techniques such as plant tissue culture, transgenic plant development, molecular marker development and enhancement of secondary metabolites. He is also involved in bioremediation and phytoremediation of heavy metals. Currently, Dr. Kumar is working on enhancement of steviol glycoside biosynthesis and differential genes expression during steviol glycoside biosynthesis in stevia by applying the different types of biotic and abiotic stresses including nanoparticles. He has received many awards/fellowships/Project from various organizations, e.g. the CSIR, DBT, ICAR and SERB-DST, BRNS-BARC etc. He is an active reviewer for journals including Biotechnology Reports, Aquatic Botany, Industrial Crops and Products, PLOS ONE, Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 3Biotech etc. He is also an associate editor of the journal GENE (Elsevier).

Employment

• Central University of South Bihar Associate Professor
  2010 - Present

Education

• Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute PhD

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (62)

• Gamma irradiation in modulating arsenic bioremediation potential of Pseudomonas sp. AK1 and AK9
  International Journal of Radiation Biology 2024 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2024.2345137
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• Phytoremediation technologies and their mechanism for removal of heavy metal from contaminated soil: An approach for a sustainable environment
  Frontiers in Plant Science 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1076876
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• Cloning and functional characterization of arsenite oxidase (aoxB) gene associated with arsenic transformation in Pseudomonas sp. strain AK9
  Gene 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146926
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• Biotechnological intervention in genetic improvement and regulation of secondary metabolites production in Ocimum sanctum L
  Industrial Crops and Products 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.115329
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• AutomAted RepeaT Identifier (AARTI): A tool to identify common, polymorphic, and unique microsatellites
  Mitochondrion 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2022.06.002
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• Role of plant biotechnology in enhancement of alkaloid production from cell culture system of Catharanthus roseus: A medicinal plant with potent anti-tumor properties
  Industrial Crops and Products 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2021.114298
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• The role of plant tissue culture in pharmaceuticals and secondary metabolites production
  Advances in Plant Tissue Culture: Current Developments and Future Trends 2022 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-90795-8.00021-7
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• Assessment of trace metal contamination in the core sediment of Ramsar wetland (Kabar Tal), Begusarai, Bihar (India)
  Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11775-z
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• Arsenic Toxicity: Challenges and Solutions
  Arsenic Toxicity: Challenges and Solutions 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-6068-6
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• Arsenic: Source, Distribution, Toxicity and Bioremediation
  Arsenic Toxicity: Challenges and Solutions 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-6068-6_6
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