Dr. Gaurav Pant | Faculty Microbiology - Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun

Assistant Professor
Dr. Gaurav Pant

RESEARCH AREA
Environmental Microbiology and Phycology
EDUCATION
• PhD Microbiology, Department of Microbiology & FST, Faculty of Science, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, A. P., India (2013)
• MSc Microbiology, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India (2008)
• BSc Medical Microbiology, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India (2006)
AWARDS/HONORS/RECOGNITION
• Award of excellence in classroom teaching in the academic session 2019-20, GLA University, Mathura, U.P., India.
• Best oral presentation award at National conference on Bioprocess Technology: Basics, Advancements & challenges (BTBAC 2014) organized by Jaipur National University, during 13th September 2014 at Jaipur, India.
• Senior Research Fellow Award of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR – New Delhi), 2011.
• Recognised as active reviewer since 2020 for the journal “Environmental Technology & Innovation” – Impact Factor – 7.1.
• Recognised as active reviewer since 2020 for the journal “Journal of Hearbal Medicine” – Impact Factor – 2.3.
• Acting as topic editor of “Frontiers In Environmental Chemistry” journal for the research topic entitled “Environmental Remediation Strategies of New and Emerging Chemical Contaminants”.

Dr. Gaurav Pant is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. He worked as a “Food safety auditor” under “TQS Global Management System”, during “XIX COMMON WEALTH GAMES – 2010, New Delhi”. He was Senior Research Fellow of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR – New Delhi), in a research project entitled “Bioremediation of heavy metals from industrial effluents using cyanobacterial strains” at GITAM University, Visakhapatnam from 21. 09. 2011 to 31.07.2014. His thrust area of research involves monitoring and understanding the impact of pollutants on environmental issues related to public health. Besides, he is also working on different restoration approaches for environmental clean-up based on biological and artificial intelligence (AI) models. Dr. Pant has published more than 30 research and review articles in highly reputed journals (Journal of Hazardous Materials, Algal Research, Applied Water Science, Applied Nanoscience, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, South African Journal of Botany, ACS Omega, Desalination and Water Treatment etc) along with 6 book chapters (Springer Cham, Elsevier, John Wiley & Sons, Springer Nature), 23 NCBI GenBank sequences and 2 patents. Dr. Pant supervised 3 Ph.D. students and is engaged with supervision of 2 Ph.D. students in GEU. Dr. Pant is acting as topic editor and is a recognised reviewer in different international journals including Environmental Technology & Innovation and Journal of Hearbal Medicine. In addition, and Frontiers In Environmental Chemistry.