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

Associate Professor
Dr. Vijay Tripathi

RESEARCH AREA
• Environmental Microbiology, Plant-microbe interaction, Microbial Genomics and Microbial Forensics.

EDUCATION
• D. Phil. (Science), University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, U.P. (2012)
• M. Sc. (Bioinformatics), A.P.S. University, Rewa, M.P. (2007)
• B.Tech. (Biotechnology), AAI-Deemed University, Prayagraj, U.P. (2005)

AWARDS/HONORS
• Received Early Career Research grant from the Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi.
• ARO-Post Doctoral Fellowship (2015-2017) for Post Doctorate fellow at Agricultural
Research Organization, The Volcani Centre, Bet Dagan, Israel.
• PBC-VATAT fellowship (2013-2014) for Post Doctorate Fellow at the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
• Indo-Israel Government Fellowship (2012-2013) for Post Doctorate Fellow at
the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
• Italian Ministry of University Research fellowship (2008-2009) for visiting student at
University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
• Award of University Grants Commission (UGC) research fellowship for pursuing
Doctoral Studies from 2007 to 2012.
• Delivered Invited talk on “Antibiotic Resistance in Food Animals and associated risk” at the International Conference on Biotech Synergy, Transforming Agriculture, Health and Climate Resilience at Invertis University, Bareilly, U.P., India on 03-04 November 2023.
• Delivered Invited talk on “Antibiotic Resistance in Poultry Farming and associated risk” at CONIAPS-XXIX organized by the Shivalik Group of Institution on 21-23, July 2023.
• Delivered Invited talk on “Characterization of Rhizospheric and Endophytic Bacteria from Wastewater irrigated Tomato plants” at NSSECA-23 organized by the Department of Botany, MMV-BHU, Varanasi on 20-21, January 2023.
• Delivered Invited talk on “Spreading of Antibiotic resistance and Biofilm forming bacteria from wastewater to River environment: A case study of WWTPs and urban stream of Ganges River of North Indian region” at CONIAPS-XVIII organized by VSK University, Bellary, Karnataka on 21-23, December 2022.
• Delivered an Invited lecture on “Antibiotic Resistance Gene: An Emerging Contaminants” on National Science Day at Ewing Cristian College, Prayagraj, India, on 28 February 2022.
• Delivered an Invited lecture on “Microbial Forensics” at an International Webinar organized by the Department of Forensic Sciences, Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University (A State Government University) on June 12, 2021.
• Best Poster presentation award (2012) at an International Seminar cum training workshop in Molecular Modeling and Computer Aided Drug Design. University of Allahabad. Prayagraj, India.
• Best Poster presentation award (2012) National Symposium on Bioinformatics: Challenges in the post-genomic era. University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
• Life Member, Israel Society for Microbiology, Israel
• Member, International Water Association (IWA), U.K.
• Life Member, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), New Delhi, India
• Life Member, Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI), Kerala, India
• Treasurer and Life Member, International Academy of Physical Sciences (IAPS), Prayagraj, India
• Life member, Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata, India

Dr. Vijay Tripathi is currently working as an Associate Professor (Research) in the Department of Microbiology, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, U.K. India. Dr. Tripathi is an environmental biotechnologist cum bioinformatician to answer the questions related to the dissemination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and genes (ARGs) in the anthropogenic environment using culturable and unculturable techniques. Before joining Graphic Era Deemed to be University, He was an Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering and Assistant Director Research at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj. Before joining the academic positions, he was a visiting Scientist at the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Centre, Bet Dagan, Israel. He developed the bioinformatics pipeline to characterize the Class-1 Integron-associated ARGs in different European wastewater treatment plants. He also worked with Prof. Edward Trifonov (founder of Israeli bioinformatics) as a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel. He discovered and coined the universal visible pattern of “strong nucleosomes”. Dr. Tripathi was awarded a doctoral degree from the Center of Bioinformatics, University of Allahabad, India. During his doctoral tenure, he was awarded a prestigious MUIR fellowship and visited the University of Cagliari, Italy, for one year.
He has edited three Books published with Springer-Nature, Singapore. He is the author of more than 50 research, review and book chapters which have appeared in leading national and international journals with high impact factors. He has been awarded the Early Career Research Award (2017) from the Department of Science and Technology, Science and Engineering Research Boards, New Delhi, Government of India and has also received the most prestigious DBT-GlobalStar research grant, European Commission (2020). Recently, Dr. Tripathi has been awarded a research grant from Uttar Pradesh Council of Agricultural Research, Lucknow. He has guided 4 Ph.D. and 9 P.G. students.