Faculty

Research Area

• Infectious Diseases (Bacterial and Viral)
• Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
• Combating Strategies

Awards

• GATE-Life Sciences, 2009
• ICMR-JRF, 2009
• GATE-Biotechnology, 2010
• CSIR-NET-Life Sciences, 2012
• ICAR-NET-Life Sciences, 2014
• ICMR-Post Doctoral Fellowship (ICMR-PDF) award, 2015
• Dr. D. S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellowship (DSK-PDF) award, 2017
• SERB-National Post Doctoral Fellowship award (SERB-NPDF), 2017
• Received Best Poster award for poster presented in National Symposium on “Biomolecular Drug Targets” at Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (7th - 9th March, 2011)
• Received Second Prize in Poster Competition for the poster presented in the “Targeted Proteomics workshop and International Symposium” at IIT Bombay (13-14 December 2015)
• Received Second prize (Young Scientist Oral presentation) in the National Symposium cum Bioinformatic Workshop on “Trends in Genomics: Congruence with Contemporary Biotechnological Tools” at Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (20-21 March, 2018)
• Listed in the top 2% of the World Scientists in 2025, 2024 & 2023 by Stanford University and Scopus
• Highly Ranked Scholar™ by ScholarGPS in 2025 for exceptional performance across Fields, Disciplines, and Specialties. This recognition reflects a prolific publication record, high research impact, and the quality of scholarly contributions, placing me in the top 0.05% of scholars worldwide based on the most recent 2025 ScholarGPS rankings. (Life Sciences, Microbiology, Drug Resistance: #19)

Professional Membership

• Lifetime Member of Proteomics Society in India (PSI). ID-222
• Lifetime Member of the Indian Society for Mass Spectrometry (ISMAS). ID-LM795
• Lifetime Member of the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI). ID-4486-2016

Research Detail

• Singh, I., Sharma, J., Sharma, D*., Ratan, A., Bisht, D., Sharma, S., Dhakad, M.S., Dalal, J., Beg, M.M.A. (2026). Bedaquiline Resistance: A Looming Global Threat in Tuberculosis Management. Current Microbiology, 83:57. (IF-2.6)
• Singh, I., Abdulqadir, R., Verma, I.K., Awasthi, Y., Ratn, A., Sharma, J., Rawat, M., Dhakad, M.S., Dalal, J., Gupta, Y., Singh, B. N., Sharma, D*. (2025). Engineered Probiotics: The Next Generation Therapeutics to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections. Food Frontiers, doi.org/10.1002/fft2.70168 (IF-6.9)
• Saini, J., Gautam, S., Sharma, D*., Khanduri, A., Venugopal, D. (2025). Revisiting the Metallo-β-lactamases Mediated Antibiotic Resistance: Exploring Novel Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies. International Journal of Microbiology, 2025, 1574819. (IF-3.2)
• Dutta, S., Havanagi, S., Mishra, P., Sharma, D., Singh, B.N. (2025). From Inert to Intelligent: Smart Biomaterials Reshaping the Landscape of Bioengineering. International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, doi.org/10.1080/19475411.2025.2570535 (IF-6.6)
• Patil, S., Singh, I., Verma, I.K., Kumar, A., Sharma, J., Ratn, A., Dhakad, M.S., Sharma, D*. (2025). Vaccines as Potential Frontliners Against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): A Focused Review. Infection and Drug Resistance, 18:5023–5041. (IF-2.9)
• Saini, J., Sharma, D*., Khanduri, A., Venugopal, D. (2025). Exploring the Quorum Sensing Inhibitors from Potential Bioactive Compounds Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii: An In-silico Approach. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 102; 10: 102053. (IF-3.4)
• Sharma, D*., Singh, I., Sharma, J., Verma, I.K., Ratn, A. (2025). Bacteriophage Therapy to Combat Microbial Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance. Journal of Basic Microbiology, 65(11); e70090. (IF-2.7)
• Sharma, J., Motan, S., Pathak, K., Singh, I., Sharma, D.* (2025). The Future of Natural Phytomolecules: A Lesson Learned from COVID-19. Natural Product Communications, 20 (7); 1-10. (IF-1.4)
• Kumar, B., Sharma, D.*, Venkatesan, K., Bisht, D. (2025). Proteomic analysis of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates under aminoglycoside drug pressure. Current Microbiology, 82:361. (IF-2.6)
• Keshri, A., Gore, D.G., Singh, I., Kolla, V., Sharma, D*. (2025). Molecular Characterization of Cefoxitin-Resistant Coagulase-negative Staphylococci from Frequently Touched Surfaces of Hospital and Urban Built Environments of Central India. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 5766823: 1-12. (IF-2.6)
• Sharma, D., and Singh, I. (Editors) Nanotherapeutics Combating Microbial Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance. Academic Press (Elsevier) (2025). ISBN: 9780443330711 (Online)
• Sharma, D., and Singh, I. (Editors) Nanodiagnostics to Identify and Detect Microbial Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance. Academic Press (Elsevier) (2025). ISBN: 9780443330735 (Online)
• Singh, A. & Sharma, D. Diagnosis of Mycobacterium. Volume 1, Springer Publisher (November 2023). ISBN: 978-981-99-5624-1 (Online)
• Sharma, D. Microbial Proteomics: Development in Technologies and Applications. Bentham Science Publisher (2021) ISBN: 978-981-14-9141-2 (Online)
• Presented research and participated in 35+ International and National conferences and workshops.
• Completed two Post Doctoral Projects from ICMR and SERB-DST.

Total Number of Publications : 113