About
Dr. Durgesh Kumar Jaiswal serves as an Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Biosciences at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, India. He is an emerging expert in plant-microbe interaction and sustainable agriculture, with a deep understanding of the fundamental and cutting-edge aspects of microbial biotechnology. He is also well-versed in instrumentation and the latest tools and techniques in molecular and microbial biotechnology. His research work emphasises achieving SDGs 2.2, 2.3, 3.8, and 15.1 at the regional level by harnessing the microbial ecosystem/crop microbiomes and engineering the microbial consortium to unlock various applications like improvement of crop growth or yields soil health, management of biotic and abiotic stress; and revitalisation of contaminated agricultural lands and also lignocellulose-degradation to biofuel production. He is also good in scientific communication, and he has published 24 research articles, 13 review articles, 14 editorial/book Reviews/popular Articles, 19 book chapters, three patents, and three books in reputed peer-reviewed Journals like Nature Climate Change; Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Plant Cell Reports, Environmental and Experimental Botany, Science of The Total Environment, Microbiological Research, Frontiers in Microbiology, Chemosphere, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, BMC microbiology & Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology etc., Professionally, he has served as a reviewer expert for international scientific journals, including those published by Springer, Elsevier, Frontier, MDPI, and Wiley. Moreover, he has submitted the partial gene sequence of more than 62 microbial strains, including those identified as PGPR, EP-fungi, fungal diseases, and those capable of degrading pesticides and cellulose, to the NCBI database.
Professional Recognition/ Membership
- Young Scientist Editorial Board (YSEB) of Genomics Communications (gComm), recommended by Maximum Academic Press (2024-2026).
- Received recognition certificate as 2023 Outstanding Research Topic “Microbial Co-cultures: A New Era of Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering” recommended by Frontiers in Microbiology
- Associate Editor of Frontier of Microbiology
- Advisory Board Members of Helicon
- Academic Editorial member of PLOS One
- Editorial Board Members of Scientific Reports; BMC Plant Biology & BMC Microbiology
- Member of IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- Member of the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)
- Member of Global Forum for Sustainable Rural Development (GFSRD)
- Lifetime Member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS) Japan.
- Lifetime Member of Asian PGPR Society
- Lifetime Member of Association of Microbiologists of India
- Lifetime Member Society of Pesticide Science India
Research Projects Funded
Principal Investigator of the entitled project “Sustainable Utilization of Invasive Plant Biomass for Bioactive Component Recovery and Biochar Generation: A Unique Solution for Improving Rural Livelihoods in Uttarakhand”, funded by NHMS under MoEF & CC, Government of India, Granted amount, 49 Lakhs.
