Dr. Nupur

About

She completed her Doctorate at the CSIR Institute of Microbial Technology in Chandigarh after receiving her CSIR-NET qualification in 2010. She received her doctoral degree from Jawaharlal University, Delhi (2016). She then started working as a guest professor at Amity University (Greater Noida) for one year (2017). Then, she joined the Czech Academy of Sciences as a postdoctoral scholar till 2021. Her area of expertise is in culturing and characterization of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (AnPB); purification and identification of carotenoids; and physiological studies of AnPB.

Experience

• 3.8 years of experience of post-doctoral in Czech Republic (2017-2021). 
• Teaching experience of one year as a guest professor at Amity University Greater Noida (2016-2017)
   

Qualification

• Ph.D.

Award & Recognition

• Post Doctorate Fellowship for project “Carotenoid structure and function in G. phototrophica AP64” awarded by Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic. (July 2018 to June 2020)
• Qualified Senior Research Fellowship Award by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) 2013.
• Junior Research CSIR Fellowship Award by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) 2010.
• Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) in Life Sciences in 2010. 
• Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in “Life Science” conducted by University Grant Commission (UGC) and Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) 2010.
   

Research

• i. Naaz T, Kumar A, Vempaty A, Nupur, Pandit S, Gautam P, Jung SP. Recent advances in biological approaches towards anode biofilm engineering for improvement of extracellular electron transfer in microbial fuel cells. Environmental Engineering Research 28, 2023, 220666-220660. IF- 2.17
• ii. Shivaramu S, Tomasch J, Kopejtka K, Nupur, Saini MK, Bokhari SNH, Küpper H, Koblížek M. The Influence of Calcium on the Growth, Morphology and Gene Regulation in Gemmatimonas phototrophica. Microorganisms, 11 (1):27, 2022. DOI:10.3390/microorganisms11010027. IF- 4.92
• iii. Gardiner AT, Mujakić I, Bína D, Gardian Z, Kopejtka K, Nupur, Qian P, Koblížek M. Characterisation of the photosynthetic complexes from the marine gammaproteobacterium Congregibacter litoralis KT71. Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg, 1864 (2), 2022,148946. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio. IF- 4.42
• iv. Qian P, Gardiner Alastair T, Šímová I, Naydenova K, Croll Tristan I, Jackson Philip J, Nupur, Kloz M, Čubáková P, Kuzma M et al. 2.4-Å structure of the double-ring Gemmatimonas phototrophica photosystem. Science Advances 8: eabk3139, 2022. I.F 14.14
• v. Nupur., Kuzma, M., Hájek,J., Hrouzek, P., Gardiner, A.T., Lukeš, M., Moos,M., Šimek, P., Koblížek, M, Structure elucidation of the novel carotenoid gemmatoxanthin from the photosynthetic complex of Gemmatimonas phototrophica AP64. Sci Rep 11, 15964, 2021. I.F- 3.9
• vi. Zeng, Y., Nupur., Wu, N., Madsen, A.M., Chen, X., Gardiner, A.T., Koblížek, M. Gemmatimonas groenlandica sp. nov. Is an Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototroph in the Phylum Gemmatimonadetes. Frontiers in Microbiology 11, 2021. I.F- 6.0
• vii. Koblížek, M., Dachev, M., Bína, D., Nupur., Piwosz, K., Kaftan, D. Utilization of light energy in phototrophic Gemmatimonadetes. J Photochem Photobiol B 213: 112085 (2020). I.F- 6.84
   

Certifications

• Participated in the Faculty Development program on ‘Education 5.0: Constructive alignment in Teaching Learning Practices, Sharda University from 19th to 26th December 2023.
• Participated in the Faculty Development program on 'Technology Enhanced Teaching for 21st Century Learning' organized by School of Education, Sharda University from 18th July 2022 to 22nd July 2022
• Completed online interdisciplinary Two-Week Refresher Course On “Managing Online Classes & Co- creating MOOCS 17.0” from 07 – 21 August, 2022 and obtained Grade A+.
• Completed one-month Basic course on “R” language in 2019, Czech Republic.

Area of Interest

• Characterization of phototrophic bacteria using polyphasic taxonomy 
• Identification and purification of carotenoids from anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria
• Characterization of novel bacterial species and genus by studying their chemotaxonomic, phenotypic, ecological and genotypic attributes. 
• Waste water treatment and bioremediation using Anoxygenic Phototrophic bacteria.