Ph.D.: Microbiology (Title of the Thesis: Characterization of bioluminescent bacteria from marine organisms and marine environment from coastal regions of Gujarat, India), Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University School of Sciences (USSC), Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (2020).
Qualified Indian Council of Agricultural Research National Eligibility Test (ICAR-NET) for Lectureship and Assistant Professor (2020).
M.Sc: Microbiology, Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University School of Sciences (USSC), Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (2016).
B.Sc: Microbiology, Gujarat Arts and Science College, Ahmedabad (2014).
Environmental Microbiology: Bioremediation techniques, Biosensor development
Molecular docking and simulation
Next-generation sequencing analysis
Shukla, A., Shukla, G., Parmar, P., Patel, B., Goswami, D., & Saraf, M. (2021). Exemplifying the next generation of antibiotic susceptibility intensifiers of phytochemicals by LasR-mediated quorum sensing inhibition. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-23. (Impact factor: 4.379) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01845-8
Shukla, A., Parmar, P., Patel, B., Goswami, D., & Saraf, M. (2021). Breaking bad: Better call gingerol for improving antibiotic susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by inhibiting multiple quorum sensing pathways. Microbiological Research, 252, 126863. (Impact factor: 5.415) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2021.126863
Parmar, P., Rao, P., Sharma, A., Shukla, A., Rawal, R., Saraf, M., Patel, B., & Goswami, D. (2021). Meticulous assessment of natural compounds from NPASS database for identifying analogue of GRL0617, the only known inhibitor for SARS-CoV2 papain-like protease (PLpro) using rigorous computational workflow. Molecular Diversity, 25(2), 1-19. (Impact factor: 2.943) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11030-021-10233-3
Rao, P., Patel, R., Shukla, A., Parmar, P., Rawal, R., Saraf, M., & Goswami, D. (2021). Identifying structural-functional analog of GRL0617, the only well-established inhibitor for papain-like protease (PLpro) of SARS-CoV2 from the pool of fungal metabolites using Docking and Molecular dynamics simulation. Molecular Diversity, 1-21. (Impact factor: 2.943) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11030-021-10220-8
Book Chapters – Published
Shukla, A., Parmar, P., Goswami, D., Gehlot, Y., Vala, J., Parmar, N., & Saraf, M. (2021). Microbial technologies in textile industries: an elixir for the greener environment. In Green Chemistry for Sustainable Textiles (pp. 173-189). 978-0-323-85204-3. Woodhead Publishing (Elsevier).
Book Chapters – Accepted
Mehta, K., Patel, R., Sharma, S., Shukla, A. Goswami, D., Saraf, M., & Parmar, P. Genetically Engineered Microorganisms. Genetic Engineering – Applications Biosafety and Bioethics (CRC Press – In Production)
