Arun Kumar

About

Dr. Arun Kumar obtained his Ph. D degree in Biotechnology from Punjab University, Chandigarh and CSIR-IHBT, Palampur, H.P. India in 2013. Thereafter, he joined Prof. AC Kushalappa’s group as postdoctoral fellow at Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Canada from 2013-2015. Later on, he moved to USA to join Prof. Shelley Jansky and Dr. Dennis Halterman’s group at Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA from 2015-2017. Dr. Arun was awarded with prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship in 2017, and he joined School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab and worked there until Feb. 2020. Later he joined CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, H.P. India as a Senior Scientist. His research interests and long term goals are to (1) identify enzymes with novel functions and exploit them in healthcare and agriculture industry and, (2) understand the mechanisms of genetic resistance in crops against bacterial and fungal pathogens at the molecular and biochemical levels and exploit this information for crop improvement.

Employment

• Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology Principal Scientist
  2025 - Present
• Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology CSIR Senior Scientist
  2020 - 2025
• Punjab Agricultural University Ramanujan Fellow
  2017 - 2020
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Postdoctoral Research Associate
  2015 - 2017
• McGill University, Montreal, Canada Postdoctoral Fellow
  2013 - 2015

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (38)

• Biochemical and biophysical characterization of a cold-active yet highly thermostable manganese superoxide dismutase (CsMnSOD) from Camellia sinensis
  Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2026.110880
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• Activity-guided identification, cloning, heterologous expression, and characterization of a highly thermostable mitochondrial superoxide dismutase from Lantana camara
  Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2026.141166
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• Host‐Induced Silencing of Rhizoctonia Solani 5‐Enolpyruvylshikimate‐3‐Phosphate Synthase Impairs Its Virulence in Rice
  Plant Biotechnology Journal 2026 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.70582
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• Membrane lipid-derived heptanedioic acid primes defence and systemic growth in plants
  Plant Physiology 2026 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiag425
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• The upsurge of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases in biomass deconstruction: characteristic functions and sustainable applications
  The FEBS Journal 2024 DOI: 10.1111/febs.17063
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• A bZIP type transcription factor from Picrorhiza kurrooa modulates the expression of terpenoid biosynthesis genes in Nicotiana benthamiana
  South African Journal of Botany 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2024.04.036
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• Jasmonic acid limits Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IA infection in rice by modulating reactive oxygen species homeostasis
  Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.02.009
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• Harnessing rhizobacteria to fulfil inter-linked nutrient dependency on soil and alleviate stresses in plants
  Journal of Applied Microbiology 2022 DOI: 10.1111/jam.15649
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• Theaflavin 3-gallate inhibits the main protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2 and reduces its count in vitro
  Scientific Reports 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-17558-5
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• Recent Insights into Plant Circadian Clock Response Against Abiotic Stress
  Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s00344-021-10531-y
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