Santosh Kumar

About

Dr. Santosh Kumar is currently serving as an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at McMurry University. Before Joining McMurry, he worked as a Scientist at University of Wisconsin-Madison where his research interests involved CRISPRi/a-based chemical genomics to identify genes that play a role in stress fitness of bacteria and also worked on metabolic engineering for the production of bioenergy and value-added biochemicals from renewable resources e.g. lignocellulosic biomass. In his previous research, during PhD and postdoctoral research, he has studied the role and regulation of alternative sigma factors, transcription regulators, gene expression in response to various stresses (e.g. heat, photo-oxidative stress, antibiotics), regulation of biofilm formation in pathogen/non-pathogen bacteria, anti-biofilm and anti-bacterial mechanism of actions of phytochemicals to develop treatment strategies against drug resistant pathogens.

Employment

• McMurry University Assistant Professor
  2024 - Present
• School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Scientist I
  2024 - 2024
• University of Wisconsin–Madison Research Specialist
  2021 - 2023
• University of Texas at Dallas Research Scientist (Postdoc research)
  2013 - 2019

Education

• Banaras Hindu University PhD
  2007 - 2013

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (25)

• A Mechanistic Insight into the Anti-Staphylococcal Mode of Action of (+)-Usnic Acid and Its Synergy with Norfloxacin Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  Biomolecules 2025 DOI: 10.3390/biom15060750
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• The Flavohemoglobin Hmp and Nitric Oxide Reductase Restrict Initial nir Expression in the Bet-Hedging Denitrifier Paracoccus denitrificans by Curtailing Hypoxic NO Signalling.
  Environmental microbiology 2025 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.70079
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• Rational engineering of Pseudomonas putida DSM 6125 for dedicated catabolic detoxification of furfural and 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural
  Biomass and Bioenergy 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2025.107839
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• Screening recombinant and wildtype solventogenic Clostridium species for in vivo transformation of methylglyoxal and acetol to 1,2-propanediol
  Process Biochemistry 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2024.06.016
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• Mechanistic Insight into the Antimicrobial Mode of Action of Usnic Acid and Its Synergy with Norfloxacin against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  2024 DOI: 10.20944/preprints202407.2326.v1
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• Editorial: Role of transcription factors and sigma factors in bacterial stress physiology
  Frontiers in Microbiology 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1291172
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• Whole-Genome Sequence and Fermentation Characteristics of Enterobacter hormaechei UW0SKVC1: A Promising Candidate for Detoxification of Lignocellulosic Biomass Hydrolysates and Production of Value-Added Chemicals
  Bioengineering 2023 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10091090
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• Antioxidant Phytochemicals as Novel Therapeutic Strategies against Drug-Resistant Bacteria
  Importance of Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant System in Health and Disease 2023 DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.108220
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• Correction to: Repurposing anaerobic digestate for economical biomanufacturing and water recovery (Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, (2022), 106, 4, (1419-1434), 10.1007/s00253-022-11804-6)
  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-11824-2
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• Repurposing anaerobic digestate for economical biomanufacturing and water recovery.
  Applied microbiology and biotechnology 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-11804-6
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