Dr. Pankaj Kumar Sharma
Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences
Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences
India
Biography
Dr. Pankaj Kumar Sharma did his M.Sc. (Hons.) Biological Sciences and M.E. Biotechnology from BITS, Pilani in the years 2000 and 2002, respectively and qualified for CSIR-NET (LS) in year 2000 and CSIR-NET (JRF) in year 2001. Dr. Sharma did Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, CSIR, Lucknow under the supervision of Dr. R.S. Sangwan; the degree was awarded by Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow in 2008. The title of the thesis was "Biochemical and Molecular Investigation of Biotransformation of Terpenoids in Selected Medicinal-Aromatic Plants". Joined BITS, Pilani in the same year.He joined BITS, Pilani-Pilani Campus in July 2008 as Lecturer. Presently, I am working as Assistant Professor in the Biological Sciences Department of BITS.
Research Interest
Biotechnology, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Phytochemical profiling of plants.
Publications
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Pant M, Sharma P, Radha T, Sangwan RS, Roy U. Nonlinear optimization of enzyme kinetic parameters. Journal of Biological Sciences. 2008;8(8):1322-7.
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Sharma PK, Sangwan NS, Mishra BN, Sangwan RS. Coherent ontogenic dynamics of geraniol acetyltransferase activity and geranyl acetate concentration in flowers and leaves of aroma grass Cymbopogon martinii var. Motia. Plant growth regulation. 2009 Mar 1;57(2):103.
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Sharma PK, Sangwan NS, Bose SK, Sangwan RS. Biochemical characteristics of a novel vegetative tissue geraniol acetyltransferase from a monoterpene oil grass (Palmarosa, Cymbopogon martinii var. Motia) leaf. Plant science. 2013 Apr 30;203:63-73.
