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Name: Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh
Designation: Assistant Professor
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Qualification: Ph.D
Experience: 1 years

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Name of faculty: Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Biotechnology

Phone: +919415960455

Email id: prashantbotbhu@gmail.com; singhpk@pucollege.edu.in

Orcid id: 0000-0002-2128-1548

Research Gate id: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Prashant-Singh-53

Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=WRq7-dUAAAAJ&hl=en

YouTube Channel Link (if any):

https://youtube.com/@dr.prashantkumarsingh3924?si=F8I-2BnfXoHb2Hmv

Website Link: https://sites.google.com/view/singhprashantplantbiology/home

Educational Qualifications (from graduate onwards, include JRF/ NET/ SLET if any):

Name of the College /Institute/ University	Year	Degree Awarded	Subject(s) of Specialization	Percentage of Marks
Udai Pratap Autonomous College, Affiliated to Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University	2003	2006	Botany and Chemistry	I^st (65.22)
Banaras Hindu University	2006	2008	Botany	I^st (83.8)
Banaras Hindu University	2008	2014	Botany	I^st (75.5; PhD Coursework)

2008, 2010, 2018: Qualified Agriculture Scientist Recruitment Board (ASRB)-NET examination conducted by ICAR, New Delhi.

2009: Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Roorkee, India.

2008: Qualified CSIR-NET (LS; Lectureship Eligibility) conducted by CSIR, New Delhi.

Details of Employment (including prior to joining PUC if any. Mention date of joining, date of promotion, etc):

Organization	Position Held	Period	Nature of Job
Dept. of Biotechnology, Mizoram University (A Central University) Pachhunga University College, Campus, Aizawl, Mizoram, India	Assistant Professor (Level 11)	7^th November 2023 - To date	Permanent
Dept. of Biotechnology, Mizoram University (A Central University) Pachhunga University College, Campus, Aizawl, Mizoram, India	Assistant Professor (Level 10)	7^th November 2019 - 6^th November 2023	Permanent
Agriculture Research Organization, Israel	Visiting Scientist	2017-2019	Temporary
Henan University, China	Post-Doctoral Research Associate	2015-2017	Temporary
Banaras Hindu University	Research Associate	2014-2015	Temporary

Subject Taught: Plant Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Medical Biotechnology, and Molecular Biology.

Administrative Responsibilities (for example - warden, committee members, etc):

S.No.	Responsibility	Duration
1	Departmental Library In charge	2019-2022 (03 Years)
2	School Board of life sciences, MZU Member	2019-2022 (03 Years)
3	Member board of paper moderation committee	2019-2022 & 2022-2024 (06 Years)
4	Departmental examination in charge	2019-2022 (03 Years)
5	Departmental IQAC in charge	2021-2022 (01 Year)
6	In charge of departmental graduation CR and ACR election	2019-2022 (03 Years)
7	Archive, documentation and publicity committee member	2021-2023 (03 Years)
8	Entrepreneur Knowledge Cell member	2021-2023 (03 Years)
9	Intellectual Rights & Property Rights and Patent cell member	2021-2023 (03 Years)
10	Member BOS Food Science and Technology, MZU	2023-2025 (03 Years)
11	Departmental CCA in charge	2023-2025 (03 Years)

Membership in Academic Societies (including Editorial Board membership in journals/ books):

Membership of Research Societies and Academic bodies

1. American Society of Plant Biology

2. Plantae society

3. Proteomics Society of India.

4. International Plant Proteomics Organization.

5. Member on Board of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APEC).

6. Member of Society for Experimental Biology.

Editorial and reviewer

1. Guest Associate Editors of Frontiers in Microbiology and Frontiers in Genome Editing.

2. Guest Associate Editors Sustainability, MDPI.

3. International Journal of Biochemistry & Physiology (IJBP)

4. Peer J

5. Journal of Biological Sciences

6. Current Indian Science (Agriculture Science)

Reviewer of following journals

1. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

2. Proteomics

3. Journal of Plant Sciences

4. Food Microbiology

5. Food chemistry

6. ACS-Omega

7. Biocatalyst and Agriculture Biotechnology

8. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

9. Journal of Basic Microbiology

10. Microbiological Research

11. PlosOne

12. MDPI

13. Hindawi

14. Frontiers in Microbiology

15. Frontiers in Plant Science

16. Pesticides Biochemistry and Physiology

Research interest: Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Research guidance (details of PhD scholars with their registration no and year of registration, completed or on-going if any):

Sl. No.	Name of the Student	Research Topic	Subject	Registration no and year of registration	Status
1	Mr. Devde Panudurang Ramrao	Decoding the role of Abscisic acid-induced universal stress proteins in arabidopsis thaliana	Biotechnology	MZU/Ph.D/2095 of 22.08.2022	Ongoing
2.	Miss. Vanlallamzualli	Isolation and evaluation of Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Potentials of Novel Endophytes Extracted from Medicinal Plants against Respiratory Pathogens	Biotechnology	MZU/Ph.D./209 2 of 22.08.2022	Ongoing
3.	Miss.Suman Jyoti Bhuyan	Identification and characterization of diazotrophic endophytes with potential plant-growth promoting activity from different rice cultivars grown in Mizoram (North- east India	Biotechnology	MZU/Ph.D./209 3 of 22.08.2022	Ongoing
4.	Miss.Rowland Lalnunpuii	Proteomics-based Study for the Survival of Anabaena spp. Under Cadmium and Sodium Silicate	Biotechnology	MZU/Ph.D./210 0 of 25. 08. 2022	Ongoing

Research projects and consultancy (details including amount, sanctioning agency, period, etc):

Sl. No.	Name of the project and Reference No	Funding Agency/Division	Cost & Duration	Status
1	Cadmium-Si induced proteomic changes in…. Anabaena sp. PCC7120	UGC, New Delhi	1000000.00 (02 Years)	Completed
2	Cyanobacterial antimetabolites….respiratory tract infections. File No.: 5/7/1770/adohc/NER/RBMCH-2021 Dated:09-09-2021	ICMR, New Delhi	2300000.00 (02 Years)	Completed
3	Characterization of ddm1 mutants…….Solanum lycopersicum	SERB, New Delhi	1600000.00 (06 Months)	Completed
4.	Decoding the role of novel ABA responsive …. In Arabidopsis thaliana	SERB, New Delhi	3000000.00 (02 Years)	Ongoing
5.	Mining of natural and synthetic compounds….respiratory tract infection	ICMR, New Delhi	2200000.00 (02 Years)	Ongoing
6.	Investigation of diazotrophic endophytes of rice landraces grown in different Mizoram (NorthEast India) districts as a plant growth-promoting bacterium [BT/PR47930/NER/95/1980/2023]	DBT, New Delhi	7456647.00 (03 Years)	Ongoing

List of Research Publications (since joining PUC, include details such as year of publication, title of paper, journal, doi link/ web link if any):

S.No.	Details of Research
	Ujjal J. Phukan, Sunita Jindal, C. Laldinsangi, Singh PK & Bendangchuchang Longchar (2023). A microscopic scenario on recovery mechanisms under waterlogging and submergence stress in rice. Planta 259, 9 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-023-04285-y
	Manoj Kumar Solanki, Naveen Chandra Joshi, Singh PK, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Gusatavo Santoyo, Lucas Carvalho Basilio de Azevedo, Ajay Kumar (2023). From Concept to Reality: Transforming Agriculture through Innovative Rhizosphere Engineering for Plant Health and Productivity. Microbiological Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2023.127553
	Suman J. Bhuyan, Pandurang Devade, Manoj Kumar, Avinash Chandra Rai, Amit K. Mishra, Singh PK, Kadambot H. Siddique (2023). Progress in Gene Editing Tools, Implications and Success in Plants: A Review. https://doi:10.3389/fgeed.2023.1272678
	Chhakchhuak Lalbiaktluangi, Mukesh K. Yadav, Singh PK, Amit Singh, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Balachandar V, Ruth Zomuansangi, Zothanpuia (2023). A Cooperativity between Virus and Bacteria during Respiratory Infections Front. Microbiol Infectious Agents and Disease. https://doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1279159
	Tripti Kanda, Rupanshee Srivastava, Sadhana Yadav, Nidhi Singh, Rajesh Prajapati, Singh PK, Shivam Yadav, Neelam Atri (1^st December 2023). Pretilachlor-induced physiological, biochemical and morphological changes in Indian paddy field agroecosystem inhabited Anabaena doliolum. Environmental Research 238 (2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.117201
	Manoj Kumar, Manas Ranjan Prusty, Manish K Pandey, Singh PK, Abhishek Bohra, Baozhu Guo and Rajeev K Varshney*(2023). Application of CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Gene Editing for Abiotic Stress Management in Crop Plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0117.v1
	Singh PK, Singh VP, Passarini MRZ and Kumar A (2023)*. Editorial: Cyanobacterial biology in twenty-first century. Front. Microbiol. 14:1184669. https://doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1184669
	Kar J, Ramrao DP, Zomuansangi R, Lalbiaktluangi C, Singh SM, Joshi NC, Kumar A, Kaushalendra, Mehta S, Yadav MK and Singh PK* (2022). Revisiting the role of cyanobacteria-derived metabolites as antimicrobial agent: A 21^st century perspective. Front. Microbiol. 13:1034471. https://doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.1034471
	Agarwal, H., Kashyap, V.H., Mishra, A, Singh PK et al (2022). Biochar-based fertilizers and their applications in plant growth promotion and protection. 3 Biotech 12, 136 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-022-03195-2.
	Singh R, Pandey KD, Singh M, Singh SK, Hashem A, Al-Arjani A-BF, Abd_Allah EF, Singh PK, Kumar A (2022). Isolation and Characterization of Endophytes Bacterial Strains of Momordica charantia L. and Their Possible Approach in Stress Management. Microorganisms. 2022; 10(2):290. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10020290
	Kumar A, Singh RP, Kumar I, Yadav P, Singh SK, Kaushalendra, Singh PK, Gupta RK, Singh SM, Kesawat MS, Saratale GD, Chung S-M, Kumar M. Algal Metabolites Can Be an Immune Booster against COVID-19 Pandemic. Antioxidants. 2022; 11(3):452. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11030452
	Singh PK, Miller G, Faigenboim A, Lieberman-Lazarovich M (2021). The Tomato ddm1b Mutant Shows Decreased Sensitivity to Heat Stress Accompanied by Transcriptional Alterations. Genes 2021, 12(9), 1337; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12091337
	Miller G, Beery A, Singh PK, Wang F, Zelingher R, Motenko E, Lieberman-Lazarovich M (2021). Contrasting processing tomato cultivars unlink yield and pollen viability under heat stress. AoB PLANTS, Volume 13, Issue 4, August 2021, plab046, https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plab046
	Snigdha Rai, Singh PK, Samriti Mankotia, Jagannath Swain, Santosh B. Satbhai (2021). Iron homeostasis in plants and its crosstalk with copper, zinc, and manganese. Plant Stress 1, 2021, 1000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stress.2021.100008.
	Singh PK, Wei Gao, Long Lu, Ma Xiao Nan, and Chun-Peng Song (2020). Comparative acetylome analysis of wild-type and fuzzless-lintless mutant ovules of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum Cv. Xu142) unveils differential protein acetylation may regulate fiber development. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 150, 56-70. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.02.031
	Wang Wenjing , Qingbin Chen , Singh PK , Yuanyuan Huang & Dongli Pei (2020). CRISPR/Cas9 edited HSFA6a and HSFA6b of Arabidopsis thaliana offers ABA and osmotic stress insensitivity by modulation of ROS homeostasis. Plant Signaling and behaviour. http://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2020.1816321
	Behnam Tabataba, Afua Adusei, Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Singh PK, Viji Sitther (2020). Nitorgen deprivation in Fremyella diplosiphon auguments lipid production without affecting growth. Energies. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13215769.

List of Books/ Book Chapters/ Conference Proceedings authored (details - Title, Publisher, ISBN, Level - International/ National):

S.No.	Details of chapters
1	Singh, Sandeep & Shukla, Livleen & Yadav, Nisha & Singh, Prashant & Singh, Shiv & Yadav, Mukesh & Kaushalendra, Dr & Kumar, Ajay. (2023). Spirulina: From Ancient Food to Innovative Super Nutrition of the Future and Its Market Scenario as a Source of Nutraceutical. 10.1007/978-981-99-0181-4_4. : Cyanobacterial Biotechnology in the 21st Century. ISBN NO. 978-981-99-0181-4_13
2	Yadav, P., Singh, R.P., Kumar, A., Singh, P.K., Gupta, R.K. (2023). Therapeutic Potential of Cyanobacteria as a Producer of Novel Bioactive Compounds. In: Neilan, B., Passarini, M.R.Z., Singh, P.K., Kumar, A. (eds) Cyanobacterial Biotechnology in the 21st Century. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0181-4_13
3	Vipin Kumar Singh, Prashant Kumar Singh, Amit Kumar Mishra (2023) Antibody Production in Plants in “Plants as Bioreactors for Industrial Molecules” Book Editor(s):Santosh Kumar Upadhyay, Sudhir P. Singh First published: 03 February 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119875116.ch9. ISBN:9781119875116
4	Ruth Zomuansangi, Bhim Pratap Singh, Garima Singh, Zothanpuia, Prashant Kumar Singh, Jae Jun Song, Arun S. Kharat, Purbhajyoti Deka, Mukesh Kumar Yadav (2023). Role of nanoparticles in the treatment of human disease: a comprehensive review, Editor(s): Mukesh Kumar Yadav, Punuri Jayasekhar Babu, Jae Jun Song, Arun S. Kharat, In Nanotechnology in Biomedicine, Nanotechnology and Human Health, Elsevier, 2023, Pages 381-404, ISBN 9780323907507, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90750-7.00008-9.
5	Garima Singh, Ruth Zomuansangi, Vanlalpeki Hnamte, Akriti Tirkey, Bhim Pratap Singh, Prashant Kumar Singh, Zothanpuia, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Purbajyoti Deka, Kalidas Upadhyaya, Mukesh Kumar Yadav (2023). Endophytic microbes from medicinal plants, their antimicrobial potential, and role in green agriculture, Editor(s): Manoj Kumar Solanki, Mukesh Kumar Yadav, Bhim Pratap Singh, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Microbial Endophytes and Plant Growth, Academic Press, 2023, Pages 87-97, ISBN 9780323906203, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90620-3.00010-6.
6	Priya Yadav, Rahul Prasad Singh, Rajan Kumar Gupta, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Hariom Verma, Prashant Kumar Singh, Kaushalendra, Kapil D. Pandey, Ajay Kumar (2023). Beneficial and negative impacts of wastewater for sustainable agricultural irrigation: Current knowledge and future perspectives, in Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection, Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira, Ajay Kumar, Muhammad Bilal, Esevier, 2023, ISBN No. 978-0-12-820180-0, https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apmp.2022.10.008.
7	Kapil D. Pandey, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Livleen Shukla, Vineet Kumar Rai, Rahul Prasad Singh, Priya Yadav, Rajan Kumar Gupta, Prashant Kumar Singh, Kaushalendra, Ajay Kumar, Mechanistic approaches and factors regulating microalgae mediated heavy metal remediation from the aquatic ecosystem, in Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection, Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira,Ajay Kumar, Muhammad Bilal, Esevier, 2023, ISBN No. 978-0-12-820180-0, https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apmp.2022.10.011.
8	Rahul Prasad Singh, Priya Yadav, Rajan Kumar Gupta, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Hariom Verma, Prashant Kumar Singh, Kaushalendra, Kapil D. Pandey, and Ajay Kumar Pathogenic microbes in wastewater: Identification and characterization (2023) in Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection, Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira, Ajay Kumar, Muhammad Bilal, Esevier, 2023, ISBN No. 978-0-12-820180-0, https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apmp.2022.10.010
9	Md Intesaful Haque, Prashant Kumar Singh, Sandip Ghuge, Anil Kumar, Avinash Chandra Rai, Ajay Kumar, Arpan Modi (2022). A general introduction to and background of plant tissue culture: Past, current, and future aspects, Editor(s): Avinash Chandra Rai, Ajay Kumar, Arpan Modi, Major Singh, Advances in Plant Tissue Culture, Academic Press, 2022, Pages 1-30, ISBN 9780323907958, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90795-8.00019-9.
10	Isha Kohli, Swati Mohapatra, Prashant Kumar Singh, Arti Goel, Ajit Varma, and Naveen Chandra Joshi (2022). Role of Bacterial Endophytes in the Promotion of Plant Growth, Editor(s): Amit Kishore Singh, Vijay Tripathi, Awadhesh Kumar Shukla, Pradeep Kumar (eds.), Bacterial Endophytes for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4497-9_12. ISBN No. 978-981-16-4497-9
11	Sandeep Kumar Singh, Vipin Kumar Singh, Prashant Kumar Singh, Arpan Modi, Ajay Kumar, (2022). Microbial antagonists in postharvest management of fruit, Editor(s): Bhanu Prakash, Research and Technological Advances in Food Science, Academic Press, 2022, Pages 333-346, ISBN 9780128243695, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824369-5.00005-1. Elsevier, USA.
13	Mukesh Kumar Yadav, Poonam Patel, Ajay Kumar, Arpan Modi, Punuri Jayasekhar Babu, Zothanpuia, Liansangmawii Chhakchhuak, Kaushlendra, Garima Singh, Amit Kumar Mishra, Bendangchuchang Longchar, and Prashant Kumar Singh (2021) Tailoring Disease Resilience Crops through CRISPR/Cas In: Kumar, A. (eds) Microbial Biocontrol: Food Security and Post Harvest Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87289-2_7. ISBN No. 978-3-030-87289-2.
14	Anil Kumar, Chunoti Changwal, Banashree Thapa, Rahul S.Tanpure, Alkesh Hada, Prashant Kumar Singh, Sandip A Ghuge. (2021). Transcription factors: a tool box for countering the effect of abiotic stresses. Avinash Chandra Rai, Ashutosh Rai, ... Ajay Kuma (eds) In: Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops: Challenges and Mitigation Strategies. 2021, pp 169-192. ISBN 978-0-12-822849-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/ C2019- 0-05245-4.
15	Vikrant Hari Kashyap, IshaKohli, Abhinav Singh, Aishi Bhattacharya, Prashant Kumar Singh, Ajit Varma, Naveen Chandra Joshi. (2021). Physiological, biochemical, and morphological approaches to mitigate the effects of abiotic stress in plants In: Avinash Chandra Rai, Ashutosh Rai, ... Ajay Kuma (eds) Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops: Challenges and Mitigation Strategies. 2021, pp 193-112. ISBN 978-0-12-822849-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/ C2019- 0-05245-4.
16	Michal Lieberman-Lazarovich, Taehoon Kim, Prashant Kumar Singh, Kevin Begcy. (2021). Epigenetics in horticultural crops: consequences and applications in abiotic stress tolerance In: Avinash Chandra Rai, Ashutosh Rai, ... Ajay Kuma (eds) Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops: Challenges and Mitigation Strategies. 2021, pp 75-90. ISBN 978-0-12-822849-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2019- 0-05245-4.
17	Raghavendra Dwivedi, Prashant Kumar Singh, Alok Kumar Shrivastava. (2021). Seaweeds: Potential Candidates in Human Colon Cancer Therapy in (eds)Naveen Kumar Vishvakarma, Ganji Purnachandra Nagaraju, Dhananjay Shukla Colon Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy. ISBN 978-3-030-64668-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64668-4
18	Prashant Kumar Singh, Mukesh Kumar Yadava, Kaushalendra, Savita Singh, Wenjing Wang. (2021) Cyanobacteria as biostimulants in the paddy fields (eds) Singh PK, Fillat M, Kumar A. Cyanobacterial lifestyle and its application in Biotechnology" Elsevier Academic Press, USA.ISBN No.9780323906340
19	Sandeep Kumar Singh, Ajay Kumar, Mukesh Kumar Yadav, Garima Singh, Punuri Jayasekhar Babu, Zothanpuia, Liansangmawii Chhakchhuak, Naveen Chandra Joshi, Avinash Chandra Rai, Avinash Singh, Kaushlendra, Rosie Lalmuanpuii, Esther Lalnunmawii, Bendangchuchang Longchar, Prashant Kumar Singh (2021). Cyanobacterial availability for CRISPR-based genome editing: Current and future challenges in Book entitle “Cyanobacterial lifestyle and its applications in biotechnology”. Elsevier Academic Press, USA.ISBN No.9780323906340
20	Rahul Prasad Singh, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Ajay Kumar, Arpan Modi, Mukesh Kumar Yadav, Punuri Jayasekhar Babu, Garima Singh, Kaushlendra, Naveen Chandra Joshi, Avinash Chandra Rai, Sandip Ghuge, Anil Kumar, Avinash Singh, Prashant Kumar Singh, Wenjing Wang. (2020). Orrange Craotenioid Proteins and photoprotection in cyanobacteria in “Cyanobacterial life style and its application in biotechnology” Elsevier Academic Press, USA.ISBN No.9780323906340
21	Jyoti Singh, Madhuri Gupta, Avinash Chandra Rai, Kaushalendra Kumar Singh, Ajay Kumar, Deepanker Yadav, Wang Wenjing, Prashant Kumar Singh* (2020). Advancement in bioinformatics and microarray-based technologies for genome sequence analysis and its application in bioremediation of soil and water pollutants in Microbe Mediated Remediation of Environmental Contaminants 1^stEdition. Elsevier, USA. Pp-208-225.ISBN No.: 9780128232071
22	Avinash Singh, Toolika Singh, Wenjing Wang, Deepanker Yadav, Ajay Kumar, Arpan Modi, Avinash Chandra Rai, Sandeep Ghughe, Anil Malik, Prashant Kumar Singh*. (2020) “CRISPR and crop stress tolerance” in Stress management of crops in the changing climate” Springer Nature, Netherlands. ISBN No. 9789382332619

List of Books Edited (details - Title, Publisher, ISBN, Level - International/ National):

S.No.	Details of Book
1.	Prashant Kumar Singh*, Ajay Kumar, Vipin Kumar Singh, Alok Kumar Shrivastava (2020). Advances in cyanobacterial biology. Elsevier Academic Press, USA. ISBN No. eBook ISBN: 9780128193129. International
2.	Prashant Kumar Singh*, Maria Fillat, Ajay Kumar (2021). Cyanobacterial Lifestyle and its Applications in Biotechnology 1^st Edition. Elsevier, Academic Press. Paperback ISBN: 9780323906340. International
3.	Prashant Kumar Singh, Maria F Fillat, Viji Sitther, Ajay Kumar (2022). Expanding Horizon of Cyanobacterial Biology (1^st edition). Elsevier, Academic Press. ISBN No. 9780323984614 International*
4.	Brett Neilon, Michel Rodrigo Zambrano Passarini, Prashant Kumar Singh, Ajay Kumar (2022). Cyanobacterial Biotechnology Researches in 21st Century. Springer Nature Singapore. ISBN No. 9789819901807 International*

List of Invited Lecture/ Paper Presentation (details including title of the paper, title of conference/ seminar, organizer, date of presentation, level - abroad international, within India international, national, state, etc):

S.No.	Title of the Invited Lecture delivered/Paper presented		Details of Conference / Seminar/ FDP and Organising Institution	Level	Date of Presentation
		Key Note Speaker
1.	Uncovering the cyanobacterial lifestyle for sustainable future		“Belt and Road” International Cooperation and Innovation Forum on Green Plant Protection organized by Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), China	International (Abroad)	12^th October 2022
		Resource Person
1.	Genome and epigenome editing in plants		Inter-college Add-On-Course, 2022-23 on “Advances in Plant Sciences” Gargi College, University of Delhi	National (University)	11^thFebruary 2023
2.	Expert talk on “Recombinant DNA technology: Present and Future”		PhD course work on Botany, Department of Botany, Patliputra University, India	National (University)	27^th November 2021
		Invited Talk
1.	The Tomato ddm1b Mutant Shows Decreased Sensitivity to Heat Stress Accompanied by Transcriptional Alterations		XVII SOLANACEAE2022 International Conference on the Plant Family of Solanaceae Sol Genomics Netwrok, Thessaloniki, GREECE	International (Abroad)	1^st -5^th November 2022
2.	Cyanobacterial antimetabolites as a microbes growth inhibitor		International Conference Emerging Trends in Plant Sciences, Department of Botany, Telangana University, India	International (within India)	5^th -6^thJanuary 2022
3.	Tomato ddm1b Mutant Shows Decreased Sensitivity to Heat Stress Accompanied by Transcriptional Alterations		2^nd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Life Sciences (ICETLS -2021) by Department of Botany, Telangana University, India	International (within India)	28^th -29^th January 2021
4.	Genome editing optimization in cotton		7^th International conference on Challenges and opportunities in medical, environmental and Biotechnological Research (GenoPro202) by Invertis University	International (within India)	10^th -11^th December 2020
5.	Decoding the role of novel ABA responsive …. In Arabidopsis thaliana		PUC Research Conclave, 2023	National (University)	24^th -25^th January 2023
		Presented
1.	The Tomato ddm1b Mutant Shows Decreased Sensitivity to Heat Stress Accompanied by Transcriptional Alterations		International conference on Biotechnology for Environment and Health (ICBEH)-2022, School of Bioscience and Technology, VIT, India	International (within India)	25^th - 27^th November 2021
2.	Cyanobacterial antimetabolites for ARIs		National webinar on “ Technical Advances in Applied Microbiology” by Department of Microbiology, Goa University, India	National (within India)	10^th - 12^th November 2021
3.	Destabilizing the structural integrity of SARS-CoV2 receptor proteins by curcumin along with hydroxychloroquine: An Insilco approach for a combination therapy		International conference cum buyers sellers meet for medicinal plants used in lifestyle products by Jadavpur University, India	International (within India)	10^th February 2021
4.	Destabilizing the structural integrity of SARS-CoV2 receptor proteins by curcumin along with hydroxychloroquine: An Insilco approach for a combination therapy		International Symposium on “Combating COVID-19 - Ethnopharmacology & Traditional Food and Medicine by Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Takyelpat, Imphal 795001, Manipur, India	International (within India)	December 17^th -19^th 2020
5.	Cyanobacteria as a bio fertilizer for sustainable agriculture		Two days skill development program on green farming, Mizoram University and NBAIM, India	National (University)	27^th - 28^th February 2020
6.	Phenotypic plasticity of deficient in DNA methylation (ddm1) mutants of Solanum lcyopersicum (tomato) under heat stress		International Webinar organized by the Department of Biotechnology, Pachhunga University College (PUC), and Mizoram University (MZU), India	International (within India)	24^th -26^th June 2020

List of Conference/ Seminar/ Workshop attended (including details of conference/ seminar, organizers, time/ duration of the programme, etc., add any additional information about the programme):

S.No.	Title of the Invited Lecture delivered/Paper presented	Details of Conference / Seminar/ FDP and Organising Institution	Date of Presentation
1.	Faculty Induction Program	UGC-HRDC, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram	18-11-2019 To 17-12-2019
2.	Faculty Development Program	Faculty of Sciences (Statistics) & Internal Quality Assurance Cell Assam down town University, India	29-06-2021 To 05-07-2021
3.	Orientation Course	UGC-HRDC, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram	28-07-2020 To 27-08-2020
4.	Refresher Course	UGC-HRDC, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram	07-07-2020 To 20-07-2020
5.	Certificate course on Bioinformatics: Its application in Life Sciences	Microbiology Society of India	01-05-2023 To 30-05-2023
6.	NEP Orientation and Sanitization Program	UGC-HRDC, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram	10-11-2023 To 21-11-2023

Any additional information: (Awards)

S.No.	Award/Prize/, Certificate
1.	2022: DBT-CTEP International Travel Grant to Greece (Not availed)
2.	2022: SERB-SIRE Fellowship to work in Israel.
3.	2021: SERB-Start-up Research Grant, SERB New Delhi.
4.	2020: ICMR Seed Grant, ICMR, New Delhi.
5.	2021: University Grant Commission (UGC) -Start-up Grant New Delhi.
6.	2017: India-China Postdoctoral Fellowship by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Agriculture Research Organization (ARO), Israel.
7.	2015: Henan University, China 111 Talent Postdoc cum Foreign Expert Fellowship.
8.	2014: Postdoc Fellowship from IFEVA, Agronomy Faculty, University the Buenos Aires, Argentina (not availed).
9.	2014: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, a Centre of Excellence of the European Union (not availed).
10.	2017: Science and Engineering and Research Board (SERB)-Young Scientist Award (not availed).
11.	2015: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Research Associate Award.
12.	2013: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-SRF Award.

PUBLICATIONS BEFORE JOINING PUC
YEAR	TITLE	PUBLISHER/ JOURNAL
2020	Prashant Kumar Singh, Wei Gao, Long Lu, Ma Xiao Nan, and Chun-Peng Song. A comparative lysine acetylproteome analysis of Xuzhou 142 (wild type and its fuzzless-lintless mutant) revealed the involvement of acetylation of multiple metabolic pathways protein during the development of fiber. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.02.031.	Plant Physiology and biochemistry
2019	Shweta Rai, Ruchi Rai, Prashant Kumar Singh, Lal Chand Rai. Alr2321, multiple stress inducible glyoxalases I of Anabaena sp. PCC7120 detoxifies methylglyoxal and reactive species oxygen. doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2019. 105238.	Aquatic Toxicology
2018	Prashant Kumar Singh, Wang Wenjing, Alok Kumar Shrivastava. Cadmium-mediated morphological, biochemical and physiological changes in three Anabaena species. Doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox. 2018.06. 011.	Aquatic Toxicology
2018	Guo Si Yi, Shang Dao Ji, Prashant Kumar Singh, Toshiro Itto. A membrane-bound transcription factor OSNTL5 represses flowering in Oryzae sativa. doi.org/10.3389 /fpls.2018.00555.	Frontiers in Plant Science.
2018	Prashant Kumar Singh, Mengmeng Tang, Sudhir Kumar and Alok Kumar Shrivastava. Decoding the role of hypothetical protein All3255 of Anabaena PCC7120 in heavy metal stress management in Escherichia coli. DOI: 10.1007/s00203-017-1462-2	Archives of Microbiology
2017	Prashant Kumar Singh and Alok Kumar Shrivastava. Comparative Physiological, biochemical and transcriptomic analysis suggest ultraviolet radiation is more toxic than cadmium for Anabaena.	International Journal of Scientific Research Letters
2017	Wei Gao, Lu Long, Xinquan Tian, Prashant Kumar Singh, Ji Liu, José Ramón Botella, and Chun-Peng Song. Genome editing in cotton with the CRISPR/Cas9system. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01364.	Frontiers in Plant Sciences
2017	Wei Gao, Fuchun Xu, Dandan Guo, Jinruo Zhao, Yawei Guo, Prashant Kumar Singh, Xiaonan Ma, Lu Long, Ji Liu, José Ramón Botella, and Chun-Peng Song. Calcium-dependent protein kinases in cotton: insights into early plant responses to salt stress. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01364.	BMC Plant Biology
2017	X. Wang, P. Zhu, S. Qu, J. Zhao, P.K. Singh, and W. Wang. The ectodomain of plasmodesmata-localized protein 5 in Arabidopsis: expression, purification, crystallization, and crystallographic analysis. Doi: 10. 1107/S2 053230X1701250X.	Acta Crystallography Section-F. Structure Biology Communication.
2016	Prashant Kumar Singh, Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Shilpi Singh, Ruchi Rai, Antra Chatterjee, and Lal Chand Rai. Alr2954 of Anabaena sp. PCC7120 is a novel ADP- ribose pyrophosphatase bestows abiotic stress tolerance to Escherichia coli. Doi: 10.1007/s10142-016-0531-y.	Functional Integrative Genomics
2016	Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Sarita Pandey, Shivam Yadav, Yogesh Mishra, Prashant Kumar Singh, Ruchi Rai, Shilpi Singh, Snigdha Rai, Lal Chand Rai. Comparative Proteomics of Wild Type, An+ahpC and An∆ahpC Strains of Anabaena Sp. PCC7120 Demonstrates AhpC Mediated Augmentation of Photosynthesis, N2-fixation and Modulation of Regulatory Network of Antioxidative Proteins. Doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.04.004.	Journal of proteomics
2016	Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Sarita Pandey, Karl Josef Dietz, Prashant Kumar Singh, Shilpi Singh, Ruchi Rai, and Lal Chand Rai. Overexpression of AhpC enhances stress tolerance and N₂-fixation in Anabaena by up-regulating stress-responsive genes. 1860: 2576-2588. Citations: 0, IF 5.083. Doi: 10.1016 /j. bbagen.2016.07.031.	Biochemical and Biophysical Acta
2015	Prashant Kumar Singh, Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Antra Chatterjee, Sarita Pandey, Snigdha Rai, Shilpi Singh and Lal Chand Rai. Cadmium toxicity in diazotrophic Anabaena spp. adjudged by hasty up-accumulation of transporter and signalling and severe down-accumulation of nitrogen metabolism proteins. Doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.05.019.	Journal of proteomics
2015	Prashant Kumar Singh and Alok Kumar Shrivastava. The role of initial cell density in the algal bioassay of toxic chemicals. DOI 10.1002/jobm.201500597	Journal of Basic Microbiology
2015	Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Antra Chatterjee, Shivam Yadav, Prashant Kumar Singh, Shilpi Singh and LC Rai. UV-B stress-induced metabolic rearrangements explored with comparative proteomics in three Anabaena species. DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.05.014	Journal of proteomics
2015	Jayanti Mishra, Prashant Kumar Singh, Prasad Sarashetti. In-silico drug identification in the treatment of neurodegenerative disease; Alzheimer.	The Indian Journal of Basic and Applied Research
2014	Chhavi Agrawal, Sonia Sen, Shilpi Singh, Snigdha Rai, Prashant Kumar Singh, Vinay Kumar Singh, and Lal Chand Rai. Comparative proteomics reveals the association of early accumulated proteins in conferring butachlor tolerance in three N₂-fixing Anabaena spp. Doi: 10.1016/j. jprot. 2013.11.015.	Journal of proteomics
2014	Snigdha Rai, Chhavi Agrawal, Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Prashant Kumar Singh, and Lal Chand Rai. Comparative proteomics of diazotrophic cyanobacteria Anabaena probing cross-species variations under salt stress. Doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2013.12.020.	Journal of proteomics
2014	Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Shilpi Singh, Prashant Kumar Singh, Sarita Pandey and Lal Chand Rai. A novel alkyl hydro peroxidase (AhpD) of Anabaena sp. PCC7120 confers abiotic stress tolerance in Escherichia coli. DOI 10.1007/s10142-014-0407-y.	Functional and Integrative Genomics
2012	Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Sarita Pandey, Prashant Kumar Singh, Snigdha Rai, and Lal Chand Rai. alr0882 encoding a hypothetical protein of Anabaena PCC7120 protects Escherichia coli from nutrient starvation and abiotic stresses.doi.org/10.1016/ j.gene.2012.09.033.	Gene
2012	Sarita Pandey, Alok Kumar Srivastava, Prashant Kumar Singh, Snigdha Rai, and Lal Chand Rai. In-silico characterization and experimental validation through cloning, heterologous expression, and purification revealed that all0195 of Anabaena sp. PCC7120 functions as arsenate reductase. DOI 10.1007/s10142-012-0296-x.	Functional and Integrative Genomics
2012	Prashant Kumar Singh, Snigdha Rai, Sarita Pandey, Chhavi Agrawal, Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Sudhir Kumar and Lal Chand Rai. Cadmium and UV-B induced changes in the proteome and some biochemical attributes of Anabaena sp. PCC7120.	Phykos
Proceeding
2012	Snigdha Rai, Sarita Pandey, Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Prashant Kumar Singh, Chhavi Agrawal, and Lal Chand Rai. Understanding interactive protein network in the cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC7120 under salt and UV-B using proteomic and biochemical approaches. ISBN 978-4-904633-99-1.	Proceedings of the third international symposium on Frontiers in Agriculture Proteome Research held in Japan
Book Chapters
2020	Jyoti Singh, Madhuri Gupta, Avinash Chandra Rai, Kaushalendra Kumar Singh, Ajay Kumar, Deepanker Yadav, Wang Wenjing, Prashant Kumar Singh* (2020). Advancement in bioinformatics and microarray-based technologies for genome sequence analysis and its application in bioremediation of soil and water pollutants.	Elsevier, USA
2020	Avinash Singh, Toolika Singh, Wenjing Wang, Deepanker Yadav, Ajay Kumar, Arpan Modi, Avinash Chandra Rai, Sandeep Ghughe, Anil Malik, Prashant Kumar Singh*. CRISPR and crop stress tolerance” in Stress management of crops in the changing climate	Springer Nature, Netherlands
2019	Snigdha Rai, Wang Wenjing, Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Prashant Kumar Singh*. “Cyanobacteria as a source of nanoparticles and their application” in “Role of Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture and Nanotechnology.” ISBN No. 97801281700 45.	Elsevier Academic Press, USA
2019	Avinash Singh#, Prashant Kumar Singh#, Wenjing Wang, Alok Kumar Shrivastava. Microbes biology: Microbes in wetland and bioprospection of microbes in “Restoration of Wetland Ecosystem: A Trajectory Towards a Sustainable Environment.”. ISBN No. 978-981-13-7665-8.	Springer Nature, Netherlands
2019	Akanksha Gupta, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Vipin Kumar Singh, Arpan Modi, Prashant Kumar Singh, Ajay Kumar. “Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and their functional role in Salinity stress management” “Role of Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture and Nanotechnology.” ISBN No. 9780128170045.	Elsevier Academic Press, USA
2019	Priyanka, Cash Kumar, Antra Chatterjee, Wang Wenjing, Deepanker Yadav, Prashant Kumar Singh*. “Cyanobacteria: potential and role for environmental remediation” Abatement of Environmental Pollutants 1^st Edition. ISBN: 978012818095.	Elsevier Academic Press, USA
2019	Divya Singh, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Arpan Modi, Prashant K Singh, V. Yeka Zhimo, Ajay Kumar. The impacts of agrochemicals on soil microbiology and food quality. In “Role of Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture and Nanotechnology.” ISBN No. 9780128170045.	Elsevier Academic Press, USA
2019	Sandeep Kumar Singh, Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Ajay Kumar, Vipin Kumar Singh, Deepanker Yadav, Arpan Modi, Wenjing Wang, Avinash Singh, Toolika Singh, Viji Sitther, Prashant Kumar Singh*. Cyanobacterial genome editing toolboxes: Recent advancement and future projections for basic and synthetic biology researches. “Advances in cyanobacterial Biology”. ISBN: 9780128193112.	Elsevier Academic Press, USA
2019	Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Prashant Kumar Singh, Viji Sitther, Shilpi Singh, and Sonam Sriwastaw. Cyanobacterial peroxiredoxins and its role in cyanobacterial stress biology. “Advances in cyanobacterial Biology.” ISBN: 978012819 3112.	Elsevier Academic Press, USA
2019	Vipin Kumar Singh, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Prashant Kumar Singh, K.D. Pandey, Prashant Kumar Singh, Ajay Kumar. Impact of pesticides applications on the growth and function of cyanobacteria. “Advances in cyanobacterial Biology.” ISBN: 9780128193112.	Elsevier Academic Press, USA
2019	Toolika Singh, Avinash Singh, Wenjing Wang, Deapanker Yadav, Anil Kumar, Prashant Kumar Singh* “Biosynthesized nanoparticles and its implications in agriculture” in Biological Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Applications 1^st Edition by L Karthik, A. Vishnu Kirthi, Shivendu Ranjan, V. Mohana Srinivasan. ISBN:9780367210694.	CRC Press Book Taylor and Francis Group
2018	Shivam Yadav, Ruchi Rai, Alok K. Shrivastava, Prashant K. Singh, Sonia Sen, Antra Chatterjee, Shweta Rai, Shilpi Singh, Lal C. Rai. Cyanobacterial Biodiversity and Biotechnology: A Promising Approach for Crop Improvement. Crop Improvement through Microbial Biotechnology. “New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering.”	Elsevier Academic Press, USA
2012	Snigdha Rai, Sarita Pandey, Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Prashant Kumar Singh, Chhavi Agrawal, and Lal Chand Rai. Understanding of abiotic stress tolerance in cyanobacterium using proteomics. Stress Biology of Cyanobacteria: a Molecular mechanism to stress responses. ISBN9781466504783.	CRC Press Book Taylor and Francis Group
Books
2020	Prashant Kumar Singh, Ajay Kumar, Vipin Kumar Singh, Alok Kumar Shrivastava. Advances in cyanobacterial Biology-1^st Edition.” ISBN: 9780128193112.	Elsevier Academic Press, USA
2020	Prashant Kumar Singh, Maria Fillat, Ajay Kumar. Cyanobacterial life style and its application in Biotechnology.	Elsevier Academic Press, USA
CONFERENCE ATTENDED
YEAR	NAME OF THE CONFERENCE	ORGANIZER
2020	International Webinar on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology: Current and Future Challenges in Biotechnology Research	Pachhunga University College and Mizoram University, Aizawl, India
2020	National Workshop on Geo-spatial technology	Pachhunga University College, Aizawl, India
2020	Two days skill development programme on green farming	Mizoram University, Aizawl, India
2020	National level sensitization programme on NAACs accreditation and assessment process	Pachhunga University College, Aizawl, India
2020	“Principles in Cell Signaling” (Lecture Series Intended for Students of Biology, Medicine and Pharmacy)	Mizoram University, Aizawl, India
2020	Planate Webinar	USA
2020	Frontiers challenges and amelioration for environment and life science	Govt. College Bichua, India
2020	National Awareness Quiz on Epidemiology of COVID-19	Govt. College Bichua, India
2019	Sol-Genomics-2019	Jerusalem, Israel
2018	National Symposium on Advances in Biology of Algae and Cyanobacterial	Banaras Hindu University, India
2018	Recent Advances in Life Sciences	BRA Bihar University, India
2017	International Conference on Plant Developmental Biology	National Institute of Science and Education Research, Odisha, India
2014	National Seminar on Climate Change and Environmental threat to public health and Sustainable Agriculture	Sunbeam Women’s College, India
2014	Symposium on Biotechnology and Stress Biology of Algae and Cyanobacteria	Banaras Hindu University, India
2013	National Conference on Strategies for Conservation of Degrading Ecosystem in present scenario	Badagao College, India
2012	Proteomics Beyond IDs	NC, Pune, India
2012	International Conference on Plant Sciences in Post-Genomics Era	Sambalpur University, India
2011	Emerging Trends in Plant Sciences	Banaras Hindu University, India
PUBLIC SERVICE/ UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE SERVICE/ CONSULTATION ACTIVITY
Ø Research Board Member of Life Sciences Mizoram University (2019-2022). Ø Organized “International Webinar on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology: Current and Future Challenges in Biotechnology Research”.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Ø Membership of Research Societies and Academic bodies 1. American Society of Plant Biology 2. Plantae society 3. Proteomics Society of India. 4. International Plant Proteomics Organization. 5. Member on Board of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APEC). 6. Member of Society for Experimental Biology. Ø Editorial/reviewer board member 1. Journal of Plant Sciences 2. International Journal of Biochemistry & Physiology (IJBP) 3. Peer J 4. Journal of Biological Sciences 5. Food Microbiology 6. Food chemistry 7. ACS-Omega 8. Saudia Journal of Biological Sciences 9. Journal of Basic Micorbiology 10. Micorbiological Research
PROJECTS & COLLABORATIONS
Projects: Nil Collaborators: 1. Prof.L.C.Rai, Dept. of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, India. 2. Prof.Anil Grover, Plant Molecular Biology Department, South Campus, University of Delhi, India. 3. Prof.Ive de-Smet, VIB, Ghent University, Belgium. 4. Dr.Michal Lieberman Lazarovich, Agriculture Research Organization, Israel. 5. Prof.K.C.S.Panigrahi, National Institute of Science and Education Research, Odisha, India. 6. Dr.Santosh B.Satbhai, Indian Institute of Science and Education Research, Mohali, India. 7. Dr.Gaurav Zinta, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, India. 8. Dr.Vivek Dogra, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, India. 9. Prof.T.P.Singh, Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. 10. Prof.C.P.Song, Henan University, China.
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I am plant biologists efficient in building my own independent research ideas with an aim to study the molecular mechanism of stress adaptation (including epigenetics) in plants to develop an understanding of how the uncertain environments influenced their lifestyle. Currently looking for enthusiastic students (their own fellowship) to join my lab.

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