ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
ZOOLOGY
| Degree / Certification | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
| B.Sc. (H) Zoology | Hansraj College, University of Delhi | 2012 |
| M.Sc. Zoology | Department of Zoology, University of Delhi | 2014 |
| Ph.D. | University of Delhi | 2018 |
| Post-doctorate | The Energy and Resources Institute | 2021 |
| Category | Role / Designation | Department / Committee | Date From - To | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAREER PROFILE | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | ZOOLOGY KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, DELHI | 22.Nov.2022 - Till date | |
| CAREER PROFILE | GUEST LECTURER | ZOOLOGY HINDU COLLEGE, DELHI | 11.Nov.2022 - 21.Nov.2022 | |
| ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS | CO-CONVENER | CAREER DEVELOPMENT CELL KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, DELHI | 14.Jun.2023 - Till date | |
| CAREER PROFILE | GUEST LECTURER | ZOOLOGY MAITREYI COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, DELHI | 28.Feb.2022 - 26.Jul.2022 | |
| ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS | MEMBER | SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, DELHI | 22.May.2023 - 23.Jun.2025 | |
| ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS | MEMBER | NEW PENSION SCHEME COMMITTEE KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, DELHI | 22.May.2023 - Till date | |
| ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS | MEMBER | DEVELOPMENT & MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, DELHI | 22.May.2023 - 23.Jun.2025 | |
| ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS | MEMBER | DEBSOC – THE DEBATING SOCIETY KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, DELHI | 22.May.2023 - Till date | |
| ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | PORTAL COMMITTEE Kirori Mal College | 23.Jun.2025 - Till date | |
| ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS | COORDINATOR | IQAC Department of Zoology, KMC | 23.Dec.2024 - Till date |
1. Life Member of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI): Life membership number/ ID is 5022-2021
1. International travel support grant to attend ISME-18 at Lausanne, Switzerland from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India via File Number: ITS/2022/001352.
2. Extension of SRF from 01.08.17 to 31.07.18.
3. Upgraded to CSIR-UGC Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from 01.08.16 to 31.07.17
4. Awarded CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship for a period from 01.08.14 to 31.07.16
5. Qualified ICMR-JRF Examination held on 13th July 2014.
6. Qualified GATE Examination held in the year 2014.
7. Awarded with Academic Pratibha Puraskar from Punjabi Academy for distinction in Punjabi Language.
8. Awarded with a gold medal and certificate for distinctive performance in 6th National Cyber Olympiad
(569)-(CBCS) B.SC.(HONS.) ZOOLOGY
[32231403] BIOCHEMISTRY OF METABOLIC PROCESSES (Semester IV)
[32231602] EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY (Semester VI)
(583)-(CBCS) B.SC. LIFE SCIENCE
[42234406] GENETICS AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY (Semester IV)
B.SC. (NEP-UGCF)
[6967001015] Science and Society (Value Addition Course-Semester I)
(569)-(NEP-UGCF) B.SC. (HONS.) Zoology
[2232011102] Biology of Cell Structure and Function (Semester I)
Research guidance details are not available yet.
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| Category | Publication Name | Title | Name of Author | Reference / DOI Link | Publication Month-Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Genome-based reclassification of Williamsia marianensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Williamsia muralis. | International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology | Kumar, A., Sood, U.*, Garg, G., Lal, R. and Rawat, C.D. (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.006485 | August 2024 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Phylogenomics-based reclassifications in the genus Psychrobacter including emended descriptions of Psychrobacter pacificensis, Psychrobacter proteolyticus and Psychrobacter submarinus. | Antonie van Leeuwenhoek | Kaur, J., Sood, U., Talwar, C., Whitman, W.B., Lal, R. (First Author, Corresponding Author) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-023-01871-8 | August 2023 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | A concept for international societally relevant microbiology education and microbiology knowledge promulgation in society. | Microbial biotechnology | Timmis, K., Hallsworth, J.E., McGenity, T.J., Armstrong, R., Colom, M.F., Karahan, Z.C., Chavarría, M., Bernal, P., Boyd, E.S., Ramos, J.L. and Kaltenpoth, M. (Joint Author) | DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.14456 | May 2024 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Monkey Pox Virus (MPXV): Phylogenomics, Host-Pathogen Interactome, and Mutational Cascade | Microbial Genomics | Kumar, R., Nagar, S., Haider, S., Sood, U., Ponnusamy, K., Dhingra, G.G., Anand, S., Dua, A., Singh, M., Kumar, R., Sengar, M., Singh, I.K., Lal, R. (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000987 | April 2023 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Editorial: Omics techniques in deciphering environmental, industrial and therapeutic applications of microbes | Frontiers in Microbiology | Utkarsh Sood, Janmejay Pandey, Sanjay Kumar Singh Patel, Helianthous Verma (First Author) | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1327368 | November 2023 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Weaponising microbes for peace | Microbial Biotechnology | Anand, S., Hallsworth, J.E., Timmis, J., Verstraete, W., Casadevallm A., Ramos, J.L., Sood, U., Kumar, R., Hira, P., Rawat, C.D., Kumar, A., Lal, S., Lal, R., Timmis, K. (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.14224 | March 2023 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Microbial Journey: Mount Everest to Mars | Indian Journal of Microbiology | Sood, U., Dhingra, G.G., Anand, S. et al. (First Author) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-022-01029-6 | July 2022 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Genomic modifications for enhanced antibiotic production in rifamycin derivative-producing Amycolatopsis mediterranei S699 strains: focusing on rifQ and rifO genes. | Frontiers in Antibiotics | Müller, M., Bialas, E., Sturm, I., Sood, U., Lal, R. and Bechthold, A. (Joint Author) | DOI 10.3389/frabi.2024.1399139 | June 2024 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | DNA barcoding, an effective tool for species identification: a review. | Molecular Biology Reports | Antil, S., Abraham, J.S., Sripoorna, S., Maurya, S., Dagar, J., Makhija, S., Bhagat, P., Gupta, R., Sood, U., Lal, R. and Toteja, R. (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-022-08015-7 | October 2022 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Computational Insights into Antioxidant Enzymes and Metalloproteins of Tetmemena sp. SeJ-2015 (Spirotrichea; Ciliophora) in Combating Heavy Metal Stress. | Indian Journal of Microbiology | Somasundaram, S., Abraham, J.S., Maurya, S., Sood, U., Lal, R., Makhija, S. and Toteja, R. (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-024-01415-2 | November 2024 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Amycolatopsis mediterranei: A sixty-year journey from strain isolation to unlocking its potential of rifamycin analogue production by combinatorial biosynthesis. | Journal of Natural Products. | Sood, U., Müller, M., Lan, T., Garg, G., Singhvi, N., Hira, P., Singh, P., Nigam, A., Verma, M., Lata, P. and Kaur, H. (First Author) | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00686 | January 2024 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (National) | Microbiome and Plant Health | Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources | Lata, P., Bala, K., Goel, P., Sood, U., Hira, P., Dwivedi, V., Kumar, A., Rawat, C.D. and Lal, R. (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-1926.2022.00099.7 | November 2022 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | thematic issue on modulating the environment with microbes. | FEMS microbes | Sood, U., Garg, G. and Lal, R. (First Author) | DOI: 10.1093/femsmc/xtae021 | July 2024 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Insights into freshwater ciliate diversity through high throughput DNA metabarcoding. | FEMS Microbes | Abraham, J.S., Somasundaram, S., Maurya, S., Sood, U., Lal, R., Toteja, R. and Makhija, S (Joint Author) | DOI: 10.1093/femsmc/xtae003 | February 2024 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Pedobacter fastidiosus sp. nov., isolated from glacial habitats of maritime Antarctica. | International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology | Holochová P., Koudelková S., Grzesiak J., Šedo O., Staňková E., Krsek D., Váczi P., Urvashi N.N., Gupta V., Sood U., Lal R., Korpole S., Švec P., Sedláček I., Sedlář K., Králová S. (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005309 | April 2022 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Expanding Culturomics from Gut to Extreme Environmental Settings | mSystems | Sood U.*, Kumar R. and Hira P. (First Author, Corresponding Author) | https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00848-21 | August 2021 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | The rising dominance of microbiology: what to expect in the next 15 years? | Microbial Biotechnology | Kumar, R., Sood, U., Kaur, J., Anand, S., Gupta, V., Patil, K.S. and Lal, R (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13953 | October 2021 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Soil from a Hexachlorocyclohexane Contaminated Field Site Inoculates Wheat in a Pot Experiment to Facilitate the Microbial Transformation of β-Hexachlorocyclohexane Examined by Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis | Environmental Science and Technology | Liu, X., Li, W., Kümmel, S., Merbach, I., Sood, U., Gupta, V., Lal, R. and Richnow, H.H (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c03322 | October 2021 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | The Alphabet of the Elementary Microbiology: Revisited | Indian Journal of Microbiology | Anand, S., Lal, S., Sood, U., Gupta, V., Dhingra, G. G., Solanki, R., ... & Kalia, V. C. (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-021-00987-7 | October 2021 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Comparative proteomics unravelled the hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers specific responses in an archetypical HCH degrading bacterium Sphingobium indicum B90A. | Environmental Science and Pollution Research | Sharma M, Singh DN, Budhraja R, Sood U, Rawat CD, Adrian L, Richnow HH, Singh Y, Negi RK, Lal R. 2021. (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1099/10.1007/s11356-021-13073-8 | March 2021 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Microbial World: Recent Developments in Health, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences | Indian Journal of Microbiology | Dhingra GG, Saxena A, Nigam A, Hira P, Singhvi N, Anand S, Kaur J, Kaur J, Dua A, Negi V, Gupta V, Sood U et al. (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-021-00931-9 | March 2021 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Genome-based reclassification of Amycolatopsis eurytherma as a later heterotypic synonym of Amycolatopsis thermoflava. | International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology | Singh P, Hira P, Rawat CD, Lal R, Sood U (Joint Author, Corresponding Author) | https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004642 | January 2021 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Genus Sphingomonas | Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria | Sood, U., Hira P, Singh P, Singh DN, Lal R. (First Author) | https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00924.pub2 | March 2021 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Genus Mycoplana | Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria | Hira P, Sood, U., Choksket S, Gundawar K, Korpole S, Lal S, Lal R (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00808.pub2 | May 2021 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Comparative Genomics and Integrated Network Approach Unveiled Undirected Phylogeny Patterns, Co-mutational Hot Spots, Functional Cross Talk, and Regulatory Interactions in SARS-CoV-2 | mSystems | Gupta V, Haider S, Verma M, Singhvi N, Ponnusamy K, Malik MZ, Verma H, Kumar R, Sood U, Hira P, Satija S et al (First Author) | https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00030-21 | February 2021 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Comparative genomic analysis of rapidly evolving SARS-CoV-2 reveals mosaic pattern of phylogeographical distribution. | mSystems | Kumar R, Verma H, Singhvi N, Sood U, Gupta V, Singh M, Kumari R, Hira P, Nagar S, et al (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00505-20 | July 2020 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Pseudomonas karstica sp. nov. and Pseudomonas spelaei sp. nov., isolated from calcite moonmilk deposits from caves. | International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology | Švec P, Kosina M, Zeman M, Holochová P, Králová S, Němcová E, Micenková L, Gupta V, Sood U, Lal R, Korpole S. (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004393 | August 2020 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Phylogenetic Relationships and Potential Functional Attributes of the Genus Parapedobacter: A Member of Family Sphingobacteriaceae. | Frontiers in Microbiology | Nagar S, Talwar C, Haider S, Puri A, Ponnusamy K, Gupta M, Sood U, Bajaj A, Lal R, Kumar R (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01725 | September 2020 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Microbiome: a new lease to microbiology | Indian Journal of Microbiology | Gupta V, Sood U, Kumar R, Lal R, Kalia VC (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-019-00852-8 | January 2020 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Reconciling hygiene and cleanliness: a new perspective from human microbiome | Indian Journal of Microbiology | Gupta V, Kumar R, Sood U, Singhvi N. (First Author, Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-019-00839-5 | November 2019 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Recent advancements in the development of modern probiotics for restoring human gut microbiome dysbiosis | Indian Journal of Microbiology | Kumar R, Sood U, Gupta V, Singh M, Scaria J, Lal R. (First Author, Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-019-00808-y | May 2019 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Chicken gut microbiome and human health: past scenarios, current perspectives, and futuristic applications. | Indian Journal of Microbiology | Sood U, Gupta V, Kumar R, Lal S, Fawcett D, Rattan S, Poinern GE, Lal R. (First Author) | https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs12088-019-00785-2 | March 2020 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Genome Sequencing Revealed the Biotechnological Potential of an Obligate Thermophile Geobacillus thermoleovorans Strain RL Isolated from Hot Water Spring. | Indian Journal of Microbiology | Singh DN*, Sood U*, Singh AK, Gupta V, Shakarad M, Rawat CD and Lal R. (First Author, Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-019-00809-x | June 2019 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Rapid and solitary production of mono-rhamnolipid biosurfactant and biofilm inhibiting pyocyanin by a taxonomic outlier Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain CR1. | Journal of Biotechnology | Sood U, Singh DN, Hira P, Lee JK, Kalia VC, Lal R, Shakarad M. (First Author) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.11.004 | January 2020 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Comparative genomic analyses reveal core-genome-wide genes under positive selection and major regulatory hubs in outlier strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. | Frontiers in Microbiology | Sood U, Hira P, Kumar R, Bajaj A, Rao DLN, Lal R and Shakarad (First Author) | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00053 | February 2019 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Infection and Microbiome: Impact of tuberculosis on Human Gut Microbiome of Indian Cohort. | Indian Journal of Microbiology | Sood U, Bajaj A, Kumar R, Khurana S and Kalia VC. (First Author) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-018-0706-4 | January 2018 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveals Habitat-Specific Genes and Regulatory Hubs within the Genus Novosphingobium. | mSystems | Kumar R, Verma H, Haider S, Bajaj A, Sood U, Ponnusamy K, Nagar S, Shakarad M. et al. (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00020-17 | May 2017 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Microbial Taxonomy in the era of OMICS: application of DNA sequences, computational tools and techniques. | Antonie van Leeuwenhoek | Mahato N, Gupta V, Singh P, Kumari R, Verma H, Tripathi C, Rani P, Sharma A, Singhvi N, Sood U,…. Lal, R. (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-017-0928-1 | August 2017 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Highlight on Engineering Mycobacterium smegmatis for testosterone production. | Microbial Biotechnology | Sood U, Singh Y, Shakarad M and Lal R. (First Author) | https://doi.org/10.1111%2F1751-7915.12466 | January 2017 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Comparative genomic analysis of novel Acinetobacter symbionts: A combined systems biology and genomics approach. | Scientific reports | Gupta V, Haider S, Sood U, Gilbert JA, Ramjee M, Forbes K, Singh Y, Lopes BS and Lal R. (Joint Author) | NA | July 2016 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Draft genome sequence of rifamycin derivatives producing Amycolatopsis mediterranei DSM 46096/ S955. | genome Announcements | Singh P, Kumari R, Mukherjee U, Saxena A, Sood U and Lal R. (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1128/genomea.00837-14 | August 2014 |
| CHAPTER (International) | Microbiome and Human Health: From Dysbiosis to Therapeutic Interventions. In: Sobti, R., Kuhad, R.C., Lal, R., Rishi, P. (eds) Role of Microbes in Sustainable Development. | Springer, Singapore. | Dhingra GG, Kumar R, Sood U, Hira P, Kaur J, Lal R (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3126-2_13 | December 2023 |
| CHAPTER (International) | Deciphering the Microbial Dark Matter Using Metagenome-Assembled Genomes, Culturomics, and Seqcode. In Microbial Diversity in the Genomic Era | Academic Press. | U Sood, P Hira, G Garg, R Lal, M Shakarad (First Author) | https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-13320-6.00004-4 | March 2024 |
| Category | Book Name | Name of Author | Title | ISSN / ISBN Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOK (University) | Genetics and Evolution | Kumar R, Singh M, Talwar C, Nagar S, Hira P, Sood U, Mayanglambam R. (Joint Author) | Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. | 978-93-5338-906-2 |
| BOOK (International) | Genome Analysis and Human Health | Hira P*, Sood U*, Gupta V, Nayyar N, Mahato NK, Singh Y, Lal R and Shakarad M (Joint Author) | Springer Singapore | 978-981-10-4298-0 |
| BOOK (National) | An Introduction to Biotechnology: A genetic manipulation perspective | Anand S, Verma M, Mukherjee U, Hira P, and Sood U (Joint Author) | I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. | 9789384588861 |
| BOOK (National) | An Introduction to Biotechnology: A genetic manipulation perspective | Sharma A, Sood U, and Shakarad M. (Joint Author) | I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. | 9789384588861 |
| Year | Category of Achievement | Role | National / International | Name | Date From - To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | REFRESHER COURSE ATTENDED | PARTICIPANT | National | Two-week refresher course in “Zoology” | 28.Nov.2022 - 12.Dec.2022 |
| 2023 | FACULTY INDUCTION PROGRAM ATTENDED | PARTICIPANT | National | 4-Week Faculty Induction/Orientation Programme for “Faculty in Universities/Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education” | 20.Jan.2023 - 18.Feb.2023 |
| 2023 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ATTENDED | PARTICIPANT | National | One Week FDP on Design Thinking and Innovation | 11.Sep.2023 - 18.Sep.2023 |
| 2024 | SEMINAR ATTENDED | RESOURCE PERSON | International | Pre-Conference Workshop on Genomics. Metagenomics and Bioinformatics in Microbial Ecology | 02.Apr.2024 - 02.Apr.2024 |
| 2024 | WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR/ CONFERENCE ATTENDED | ORGANIZER | International | 8th International INSCR Conference | 03.Apr.2024 - 05.Apr.2024 |
| 2024 | INVITED LECTURES/ RESOURCE PERSON/ PAPER PRESENTATIONS ATTENDED | INVITED SPEAKER | International | 8th International INSCR Conference | 03.Apr.2024 - 05.Apr.2024 |
| 2024 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ATTENDED | PARTICIPANT | National | NEP2020 Orientation & Sensitization Programme | 07.May.2024 - 16.May.2024 |
| 2024 | INVITED LECTURES/ RESOURCE PERSON/ PAPER PRESENTATIONS ATTENDED | RESOURCE PERSON | National | Genomics & Proteomics Workshop for Science Faculty | 21.May.2024 - 22.May.2024 |
| 2024 | INVITED LECTURES/ RESOURCE PERSON/ PAPER PRESENTATIONS ATTENDED | RESOURCE PERSON | National | 15 days Summer Internship-cum-hands on Training Program (SITP'24) on Fundamentals of recombinant DNA Technology | 27.Jun.2024 - 11.Jul.2024 |
| 2024 | INVITED LECTURES/ RESOURCE PERSON/ PAPER PRESENTATIONS ATTENDED | ORGANIZER | International | International Outreach Program on Microbial Awareness & Human Well being | 17.Sep.2024 - 17.Sep.2024 |
| 2024 | ONLINE CERTIFICATE COURSE/ TRAINING PROGRAMS ATTENDED | CONVENER | National | Addon Course on Design thinking and Innovation | 26.Sep.2024 - 20.Oct.2024 |