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Prasun Kumar

Chungbuk National University, CSIR-IGIB

ORCID iD 0000-0002-1851-7900
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Prasun Kumar holds a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India. He is presently working as an Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. Earlier, he was working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, and Republic of Korea. He has over twelve years of experience in applied microbiology, bioprocess technology, and genomics research including about 2 years of experience in industrial R&D. His main areas of research are microbial biodiversity, bioenergy, microbial biofilms, quorum sensing, quorum quenching, and genomics. His present research is oriented toward valorizing lignocellulosic biowastes into value-added products such as biopolymer, 2G ethanol, bioenergy, and antibiofilm compounds. To his credit, there are over 35 articles in SCI journals, 7 books, and 18 chapters with international publishers. He has been serving the scientific society by reviewing articles for several SCI journals and delivering guest lectures. Publons awarded him the peer review award in the year 2018. He also serves as the editorial board member of a few international journals.

Employment

  • Chungbuk National University BK21+ Postdoctoral Fellow
    2016 - 2019
  • CSIR-IGIB Senior Research Fellow
    2012 - 2015
  • CSIR-IGIB Junior Research Fellow
    2010 - 2011

Education

  • CSIR-IGIB Ph.D.
    2010 - 2015

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