Environmental Genomics Laboratory
Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology,
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Meet The Group
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr Annapurna Bhattacharjee
Understanding the impact of
different agri-management
practices on soil health
Dr Sonal Srivastava
Engineering rhizosphere microbiota for enhanced resistance to plant disease and human pathogens through compost amendments
Funding Agency: CEFIPRA
Dr Shweta Dixit
Elucidation of mechanism of bacterial adherence on fabrics to limit the spread of nosocomial infections
Funding Agency: DST-SERB
Based in INRAE, Rennes, France
Doctoral Fellows
Rituraj Devrani
Characterization of native
urease-producing bacteria and deciphering their roles in mitigation of rainfall-induced
soil erosion in hilly regions
Salila Pradhan
Rhizosphere engineering for sustainable agriculture
Rashi Tyagi
Designing a synthetic microbial community for biocontrol of pathogen
Soumya Sahai Saxena
Engineering rhizospheric microbiota through compost amendment for enhanced suppressiveness against pathogens
Amitava Dutta
Assessment of soil health
using hyperspectral imaging technology and AI/ML tools
Priya Chaudhary
Understanding the
mechanisms of general disease suppressiveness in organic fields
Kanika Chawla
Rhizosphere engineering for mitigation of human pathogens
Ayushi Tyagi
Influence of plant-growth promoting bacteria on the
growth attributes of Curcuma spp.
Based in Mizoram University
(Supervisor: Prof. S. K. Tripathi)
Argha Sinha
Mitigation of abiotic
stresses in plants using microbiome based approach
Tamanna Lohra
Rhizosphere engineering for inducing soil suppressiveness