Nidhi Malhotra

About

Diligent, intellectually curious, multi-skilled researcher with 5+ years of research experience in biophysical chemistry, awarded "Distinction in Doctoral Research" by IIT Delhi, having more than 13 publications in international reputed journals and delivered numerous national and international talks.

Currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, with computational structural biology as the key area of my research.

Experience in both dry and wet lab, having sound expertise in computational skills, and a fair knowledge of experimental tools.

My interpersonal and communications skills have been developed via teaching as a Guest Lecturer at St. Stephens College and Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, University of Delhi, training M.Sc. and B.Tech students in their thesis dissertation, supplying online study material by working for NPTEL modules, being uploaded by IITs.

Self learner, passionate about learning and growing at each stage of life and contributing my skills towards healthcare sector for the benefit of society.

Employment

• Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence Assistant Professor
  2023 - Present
• CSIR Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology National Post Doctoral Fellow
  2021 - 2023
• University of Delaware Postdoctoral Researcher
  2020 - 2020
• International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Associate
  2019 - 2020
• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Postdoctoral Fellow
  2018 - 2019

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi PhD
  2012 - 2018
• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi M.Sc.
  2011 - 2012
• St. Stephens College, University of Delhi B.Sc. (H)
  2007 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (21)

• CMAdb: a structurally annotated database of chaperone-mediated autophagy substrates
  BMC Bioinformatics 2026 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-026-06611-z
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• The N‐terminal segment of the human ANKZF1 negatively regulates its internal mitochondrial targeting signal to prevent localization to mitochondria
  The FEBS Journal 2026 DOI: 10.1111/febs.70526
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• Bridging structure and selectivity in chaperone‐mediated autophagy: towards targeted therapeutics
  The FEBS Journal 2026 DOI: 10.1111/febs.70262
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• Genome-wide identification of G-quadruplex forming regions in Arabidopsis: Unraveling the role of Pif1 like helicase (AtPLH1) in gene regulation
  Plant Stress 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.stress.2026.101517
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• Mechanistic Insights into How Juxtamembrane Residue Modulation Leads To LAMP2A Inactivation in Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy
  The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c06192
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• Investigation of CMA Substrate Interactions with Hsc70 Reveals Potential Auxiliary Binding Sites
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.01.30.635767
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• Pyridine‐2,6‐Dicarboxamide Proligands and their Cu(II)/Zn(II) Complexes Targeting Staphylococcus Aureus for the Attenuation of In Vivo Dental Biofilm
  Advanced Healthcare Materials 2024 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202400378
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• Structure and energetics guide dynamic behaviour in a T = 3 icosahedral virus capsid
  Biophysical chemistry 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2023.107152
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• AI-based AlphaFold2 significantly expands the structural space of the autophagy pathway
  Autophagy 2023 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2023.2238578
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• Magic angle spinning NMR structure of human cofilin-2 assembled on actin filaments reveals isoform-specific conformation and binding mode
  Nature Communications 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29595-9
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