Ashwani Kumar

About

Senior Scientist at CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology since 2010
Post-doctoral fellow at University of Alabama at Birmingham under supervision of Dr Adrie Steyn 2004-2010
Senior Research Fellow at Delhi University
Junior Research Fellow at Delhi University

Employment

• Institute of Microbial Technology CSIR Senior Scientist
  2010 - Present
• University of Alabama at Birmingham Instructor
  2009 - 2010
• University of Alabama at Birmingham Post-doctoral fellow
  2004 - 2009
• Northwestern University Evanston Post-doctoral fellow
  2004 - 2004
• University of Delhi Senior Research Fellow
  2002 - 2003
• University of Delhi Junior Research Fellow
  2000 - 2002

Education

• University of Delhi Ph.D
  2000 - 2005

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (40)

• Biochemical characterization of cellulose isolated from mycobacterial biofilms.
  International journal of biological macromolecules 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2026.150355
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• Pyruvate carboxylase is critical for biofilm formation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
  NPJ biofilms and microbiomes 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41522-026-01044-1
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• PPARγ mediated enhanced lipid biogenesis fuels Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth in a drug-tolerant hepatocyte environment.
  eLife 2025 DOI: 10.7554/elife.103817
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• Fundamental role of spatial positioning of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mycobacterial survival in macrophages.
  Nature communications 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64404-z
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• Media component bovine serum albumin facilitates the formation of mycobacterial biofilms in response to reductive stress.
  BMC microbiology 2023 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-023-02853-6
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• UVC-Based Air Disinfection Systems for Rapid Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 Present in the Air
  Pathogens 2023 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12030419
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• Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in the air in Indian hospitals and houses of COVID-19 patients.
  Journal of aerosol science 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2022.106002
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• New Insights Into the Function of Flavohemoglobin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Role as a NADPH-Dependent Disulfide Reductase and D-Lactate-Dependent Mycothione Reductase.
  Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.796727
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• Hydrogen sulfide-induced GAPDH sulfhydration disrupts the CCAR2-SIRT1 interaction to initiate autophagy
  Autophagy 2021 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2021.1876342
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• Bioenergetic Heterogeneity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Residing in Different Subcellular Niches
  mBio 2021 DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01088-21
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