Education: B.Sc. (Biotechnology), MDU, Rohtak; M.Sc. (Agricultural Biotechnology), MDU, Rohtak; Ph.D. (Plant Biotechnology), JNU, New Delhi & CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow

Positions held: DST-INSPIRE Faculty (Sep. 2022)

Field of Specialization: Plant Biotechnology, Biosynthetic Pathway elucidation, Metabolic engineering and Synthetic Biology

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=r_AVIqoAAAAJ

Research Interests:

1. Transcriptomics, Metabolomics and gene function analysis

2. Specialized Metabolism: Pathway discovery, Elucidation and Engineering

3. Plant Molecular Biology, Tissue culture and Transgenics

Research Projects:

1. DST Project on Understanding the biosynthesis of bioactive triterpene in the medicinal tree Indian laurel (Ficus microcarpa) for the development of synthetic biology platform (2022-27) (PI)

Selected Research Publications :

1. Dinday S, Ghosh S (2023) Recent advances in triterpenoid pathway elucidation and engineering. Biotechnology advances, 68:108214. (NAAS Rating 20)

2. Kumar A, Srivastava P, Srivastava G, Sandeep, Kumar N, Chanotiya CS, Ghosh S (2021) BAHD acetyltransferase contributes to wound-induced biosynthesis of oleo-gum resin triterpenes in Boswellia. The Plant Journal, 107:1403-1419. (NAAS Rating 13.09)

3. Srivastava G*, Sandeep*, Garg A, Misra RC, Chanotiya CS, Ghosh S (2020). Transcriptome analysis and functional characterization of oxidosqualene cyclases of the arjuna triterpene saponin pathway. Plant Science, 292:110382. (* contributed equally) (NAAS Rating 11.36)

4. Sandeep, Misra RC, Chanotiya CS, Mukhopadhyay P, Ghosh S (2019) Oxidosqualene cyclase and CYP716 enzymes contribute to triterpene structural diversity in the medicinal tree banaba. New Phytologist, 222:408-424. (NAAS Rating 16.32)

5. Misra RC, Sharma S, Sandeep, Garg A, Chanotiya CS, Ghosh S (2017) Two CYP716A subfamily cytochrome P450 monooxygenases of sweet basil play similar but nonredundant roles in ursane- and oleanane-type pentacyclic triterpene biosynthesis. New Phytologist, 214:706-720. (NAAS Rating 16.32)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions :

1. DST- INSPIRE Faculty Award

2. 04 Times Best Publication Award, CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow

3. DST- INSPIRE Fellowship

4. Toppers in all the semesters during B.Sc. and M.Sc.

5. National Merit Scholarship