Bikash Kumar Kundu

About

I am a Bangladeshi plant molecular biologist and PhD Research Fellow at Gauhati University, India. I am a recipient of the prestigious ICCR International Doctoral Fellowship awarded by the Government of India. My research focuses on plant nutrient-use efficiency, stress physiology, and the systems-level regulation of metabolic and transcriptional networks in crops. My work integrates plant physiology, molecular biology, transcriptomics, and computational systems biology to investigate how nutrient availability- particularly nitrogen regulates metabolic homeostasis, growth, and stress adaptation in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Using integrative approaches including RNA sequencing, physiological phenotyping, molecular assays, and bioinformatic analyses, I examine the coordination between gene expression, metabolic pathways, and crop performance under diverse nutrient environments. I have published research in several international peer-reviewed journals, including Plant Communications, Plant Science, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, Plant, Cell & Environment, and Physiologia Plantarum. My long-term research vision is to advance climate-resilient and resource-efficient agriculture through integrative plant biology, systems physiology, and multi-omics-driven crop improvement.

Employment

• Gauhati University Research Scholar (PhD), ICCR International Dectoral Fellow
  2022 - 2022
• Zinzira Pir Md Pilot Girls' High School Assistant teacher
  2022 - 2022

Education

• Gauhati University Research Scholar (PhD), ICCR International Dectoral Fellow
  2022 - Present

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (16)

• Tissue-specific antioxidant partitioning is associated with stress-related physiological response patterns in the Himalayan yew (Taxus wallichiana)
  Plant Research 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.plares.2026.100018
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• Bioelectrical–Biochemical–Epigenetic Integration Underlying Plant Stress Memory
  Plant, Cell & Environment 2026 DOI: 10.1111/pce.70762
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• Impacts of Climate Change on the Genetic and Phytochemical Diversity of Medicinal Plants in Biodiversity Hotspot Regions
  Sustainable Development and Biodiversity 2026 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-95-7281-6_13
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• Decoding the Plant Nutrient Continuum: Regulatory Logic from Deficiency to Sufficiency and Toxicity
  Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 2026 DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2026.2663753
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• Transcriptomic analysis reveals differential gene expression and metabolic reprogramming in Coptis teeta Wall. under drought and heat stress
  Frontiers in Plant Physiology 2026 DOI: 10.3389/fphgy.2025.1715857
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• Lineage-specific diversification and tissue-specialized jasmonate defense roles of OPR genes in tea (Camellia sinensis)
  Molecular Genetics and Genomics 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-026-02383-6
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• Metabolite Diversity and Its Function in Stress Responses and Tolerance
  Exploring Plant Stress Tolerance A Metabolomics Approach 2026 DOI: 10.1201/9781779641731-9
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• Decoding plant physiology through systems biology: Integrative multi-omics and computational perspectives for next-generation crop design
  Plant Communications 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2025.101668
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• Phytochemical profiling and antioxidant potential in the beans of Vanilla borneensis Rolfe – a rare, endemic, and threatened Orchid of Assam, India
  Pharmacological Research - Natural Products 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.prenap.2025.100372
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• Optimized nitrogen supply enhances nitrogen homeostasis, ATP-coupled energy metabolism, and morpho-physiological growth in Keteki Joha rice
  Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2025.110693
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