Engineering of Microbial Biosynthetic Pathways (PDF)

research and teaching experience in the field of Microbial Technology, Fermentation and bioprocess technology. His major research focuses on microbial enzyme technology, microbial process technology. He has published 30+ articles.



Dr. Poonam Bhargava is currently working as a scientist in Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat, Gujarat, India. Earlier she has worked as a young scientist in the Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur, India. She did her Ph.D. in Bioscience in 2005 at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Her Ph.D. work included a proteomic analysis of cyanobacterial stress response. Her research interests lie in microbial genomics, proteomics, and metagenomics. She has published 24+ peer-reviewed articles and 8 book chapters.



Dr. Madhvi Joshi is currently working as Scientist D and Joint Director at Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat. She received her Ph.D. in Bioscience in 2011 at Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat. Her research primarily focuses on translational biotechnological research leading to product/ process/ prototype development. Her major research interest areas include microbial genomics, clinical genomics for rare and inherited diseases and the development of DNA based diagnostics for one health. She has more than 12 years of research experience and guided 11 MPhil/PhD students. She has published 17+ articles in peer-reviewed journals and filed patents. She has been awarded patent for novel bacteriocin from B. subtilis. She is in charge of the microbial repository with 7000+ microbes in GBRC.



Prof. Chaitanya G Joshi presently serves as Director, Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat. Earlier, he worked as Professor of Animal Biotechnology at the Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat. He has completed his Ph.D. in 1995 from Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Science University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has more than 30 years of research experience in microbiology and molecular biology. His research interests lie in animal genomics, metagenomics, and transcriptomics. He has published 150+ articles in peer-reviewed journals, 12 complete genomes, 5 patents, and 1 book. He serves as a member of editorial board and reviewer of a number of peer-reviewed journals.