ANIL KUMAR

About

Molecular Biologist specializing in plant–microbe interactions with a focus on arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis and root nodule symbiosis. Recipient of the prestigious Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant (PM-ECRG, ANRF, Government of India). Strong track record of high-impact publications and international research experience at leading institutes.

Employment

• TERI Associate Fellow
  2026 - Present
• Chandigarh University Associate Professor
  2025 - 2026
• Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science Postdoctoral fellow
  2018 - 2024
• National Institute for Plant Genome Research Research Associate
  2017 - 2018
• National Institute for Plant Genome Research Senior Research Fellow (SRF)
  2011 - 2017
• National Institute for Plant Genome Research Junior Research Fellow (JRF)
  2007 - 2010

Education

• Jamia Hamdard and National Institute for Plant Genome Research Ph.D
  2010 - 2016
• Punjab Technical University M.Sc
  2005 - 2007
• University of Delhi B.Sc
  2002 - 2005

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (18)

• Symbiotic Advantage Beyond Root Architecture: How AMF Levels the Playing Field for Phosphorus Uptake in Sorghum
  Plant, Cell & Environment 2026 DOI: 10.1111/pce.70425
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• The Sensing Switch: How AtNRT2.4 Couples Nitrate Uptake with Plant Signaling
  Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s00344-025-11965-4
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• Hormone–nutrient coordination in AM symbiosis: a perspective on the WRI5a–MtABCB1 module
  Science Bulletin 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2026.01.058
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• RAM1‐WRI Synergy: A GRAS‐AP2 Regulatory Axis for Nutrient Exchange in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis
  Plant, Cell & Environment 2026 DOI: 10.1111/pce.70237
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• Phosphate Starvation and the Nodulation Dilemma: Regulatory Mechanisms Linking Phosphorus Availability to Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis
  Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s00344-026-12131-0
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• Nutrient-symbiosis cross talk links phosphate starvation signaling with nodulation control
  Plant and Cell Physiology 2025 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcaf133
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• Symbiotic nitrogen fixation suppresses root nitrate uptake in Medicago truncatula under nitrate limitation
  New Phytologist 2025 DOI: 10.1111/nph.70115
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• How Plants Discriminate Mutualistic Symbiosis from Immunity
  Molecular Plant 2025 DOI: 10.1016/J.MOLP.2025.08.005
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• Quantifying Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Colonization via Anthocyanin Pigmentation in Medicago truncatula Roots
  Methods in Molecular Biology 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4981-7_18
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• Anthocyanin pigmentation as a quantitative visual marker for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization of Medicago truncatula roots
  New Phytologist 2022 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18504
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