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Dr. Sanjeet Mehariya

Assistant Professor

PhD (Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy)

sanjeet.mehariya@curaj.ac.in

9354628512

Medicinal plants and microbial natural bioactive compounds for human health benefits. 

Post-Doc.- Qatar University, Qatar, Post-Doc.- Umeå University, Umeå, 90187 Sweden. Ph.D.- Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy. Researcher-  Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Researcher (EU-Project)- ENEA- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Italy, Research Fellow- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, India

Project Title: Biotransformation of low-cost phenolic substrates into pharmaceutically active compounds using engineered hairy root cultures of Ocimum species (BT/PR61506/BME/172/65/2025). Funding agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India; Funded amount: 90 Lakhs; Funding year: 2026-2028 (ongoing) (Co-Investigator).

Attended

1.           Oral Presentation on “Biopolymer production from biomass produced by Nordic microalgae grown in wastewater” in BSB2-2022 - International Conference on Biotechnology, Sustainable Bioresources and Bioeconomy on 7-11 December 2022 Organised by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-G) Guwahati-781039, Assam, India.

2.           Invited Lecture on “Microalgal Bio-Refinery: Green technology for industrial application” in Faculty Development Program on “Green Technology and Approaches for Waste Valorization” on 13th -18th June 2022 Organised by Sharda University, School of Basic Sciences and Research, Greater Noida-201310, India.

3.           Invited Lecture as a Resource Person on “Algal Bio-refinery: Promising Approach for Minimizing Carbon Foot-Print” in international webinar on climate change and future challenges under DBT star college scheme 2021-2022 on 04rd -05th March 2022 Organised by St. mary's college (Autonomous) (Re-accredited by NAAC with 'A +' Grade), Thoothukudi - 628 001, Tamil Nadu, India and Sponsored by Department of Biotechnology Ministry of Science and Technology New Delhi, India.

4.           Oral Presentation on “Cultivation of Micro-Algae for Extraction of Valuable Products: An Advancement in Algal-Refinery” in 61st Annual e-conference of Association of Microbiologists of India in association with the Indian Network for Soil Contamination Research (INSCR) on 03rd -05th February 2021 Jointly organized by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Department of Zoology, University of Delhi (UoD), and Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India.

5.           Keynote Lecture on “Nutraceuticals from microalgae: Cultivation of microalgae for extraction of bioactive compound” in International e-Conference on Frontiers in Industrial Biotechnology (ICFIBT2020) sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi, organized by the Department of Biotechnology, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, OMR, Chennai during 27th – 29th July 2020, India.

6.           Invited Talk as an Eminent Speaker on “High-value added compounds from microalgae: Cultivation of microalgae for extraction bioactive compound” in e-Faculty Development Program cum Workshop on ‘’Waste-to-Bioenergy’’ on 28th June- 4th July 2020 Organized by Sharda University, NCR, India & Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Aurangabad, India.

7.           Invited Talk on “Nutraceuticals from microalgae: Cultivation of microalgae for extraction of bioactive compounds” in International Webinar on Microbial Biotechnology and Future Bio-Industries on 8th June 2020 at Paris, France.

8.           Invited Talk as a Resource Person on “Valuable Products from Algae Using Effective Cultivation and Extraction Approach” in National Seminar on Climate Change: The Impact on Biodiversity and Global Health Security on 20th -22nd December 2019 at Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.

9.           Oral Presentation on “Biochemical conversion of CO2 for cultivation of micro-algae and production of high value-added chemicals” in the 59th Annual International conference of the Association of Microbiologists of India and the International Symposium on Host Pathogen Interaction on 09th -12th December 2018 at the Central University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.

10.      Oral Presentation on “Cultivation of Haematococcus pluvialis for astaxanthin recovery in a bubble column photo bioreactor” in International Conference on Biotechnological Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development (BioSD-2018) on 22nd -25th November 2018 at CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad, India.

11.      Oral presentation on “Food waste and sewage sludge co-digestion: A case study in Hong Kong” in National Seminar on "Innovative Approaches in Biosciences" on 15th -16th December 2017 at Kanoria PG Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jaipur, India.