Professional Summary-

I have training in Life Sciences with a focus on microbial ecology and genomics. Interests include using microbial species distribution and ecological niche modelling based on Multivariate statistics viz., ordination methods.

Implementation of Ecological genomic and high throughput technology using bioinformatic tools for analysis. Using QIIME - analysis pipeline for analyzing 454, Illumina high throughput metagenomic data sets. 

• Experience in developing gene constructs and optimizing various in vitro assays for biological and chemical based drug targets. Molecular biology and cloning techniques
• Experience in mammalian cell culture, cryopreservation, transient and stable gene expressions, fluorescence microscopy

• Scientific writing and presentations

SpecialtiesMicrobiology & Pathogens | Phyloinformatics | Molecular Biology | Microbial Ecology & Biofuels | Global change biology