• Ph.D. in Biotechnology– University of Jammu
• M.Sc. in Biotechnology– University of Jammu
• B.Sc. – University of Jammu

• Associate Professor, School of Biotechnology
  Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University 

• Assistant Professor, School of Biotechnology
  Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University 

• In Charge, Sports – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (2020–Present)

• Principal Investigator –Molecular Modeling and drug docking studies on Cystathionine beta lyase in pathogenic members of Enterobacteriacae (2012-14)

• Co-Investigator – Exploring potentials of probiotic bacteria as a potential source of phytate degrading
  enzymes and bacteriocin production (2014-18)

• D Bhagat, N Raina, A Kumar, M Katoch, Y Khajuria, PS Slathia, P Sharma. Probiotic properties of a phytase producing Pediococcus acidilactici strain SMVDUDB2 isolated from traditional fermented cheese product, Kalarei.10 (1), 1926. Nature- Scientific Reports. 2020. SCI (IF- 4.3)

• HM Singh, VV Tyagi, R Kothari, R Azam, PS Slathia, B Singh. Bioprocessing of cultivated Chlorella pyrenoidosa on poultry excreta leachate to enhance algal biomolecule profile for resource recovery. 316, 123850. Bioresource Technology . 2020. SCI (IF- 9.8)

• PS Slathia, N Raina, A Kiran, R Kour, D Bhagat, P Sharma.Dilute acid pretreatment of pine needles of Pinus roxburghii by response surface methodology for bioethanol production by separate hydrolysis and fermentation. 10, 95-106. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 2020. SCI (IF- 3.7)

• N Raina, PS Slathia, P Sharma. Response surface methodology (RSM) for optimization of thermochemical pretreatment method and enzymatic hydrolysis of deodar sawdust (DS) for bioethanol production using separate hydrolysis and co-fermentation (SHCF). 12, 5175–5195, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 2022.  SCI (IF- 3.7)

• N Raina, PS Slathia, P Sharma. Experimental optimization of thermochemical pretreatment of sal (Shorea robusta) sawdust by Central Composite Design study for bioethanol production by co-fermentation using Saccharomyces cerevisiae (MTCC-36) and Pichia stipitis (NCIM-3498). 143, 105819.Biomass and Bioenergy. 2020.SCI (IF- 5.8)

• PS Slathia, P Sharma. Conserved epitopes in variants of amastin protein of Trypanosoma cruzi for vaccine design: A bioinformatics approach. 125, 423-430. Microbial pathogenesis. 2018. SCI (IF- 3.3)

• PS Slathia, P Sharma. A common conserved peptide harboring predicted T and B cell epitopes in domain III of envelope protein of Japanese Encephalitis Virus and West Nile Virus for potential use in epitope based vaccines.65, 238-245.Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases. 2019. SCI (IF- 2.1)

• P Slathia, AK Choudhary, P Sharma  Designing of epitope based vaccine for visceral leishmaniasis: A bioinformatics study. 101, 473.International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020. SCI (IF- 4.8)

• PS Slathia, N Raina, D Bhagat, V Raina, N Sharma, P Sharma. Alkaline pretreatment optimization for Pinus roxburghii needle biomass employing response surface methodology for bioethanol production by separate hydrolysis and cofermentation. 57, 852-862. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 2019. SCI (IF-1.0)

• D Bhagat, PS Slathia, N Raina, P Sharma.Production of phytase from Lactobacillus paracasei strain and its probiotic profile. 57, 839-851. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 2019. SCI (IF-1.0)

• N Raina, P Sharma, D Bhagat, P Slathia. Comparative studies for bioethanol production using agricultural and forest wood residue. 44, S126-S127. New Biotechnology.2018.SCI (IF- 4.5)

• P Sharma, N Raina, P Slathia, M Katoch, D Bhagat. Pretreatment strategies adopted for production of bioethanol from soft wood material of Shorea robusta and Cedrus deodara tree species. 33, S69. New Biotechnology. 2016. SCI (IF- 4.5)

• PS Slathia, P Sharma  Epitiope based DNA vaccine design using epitopes predicted from Zika virus polyprotein. 53, p149.International Journal of Infectious Diseases.2016. SCI (IF- 4.8)

• P Sharma, PS Slathia, P Somal, P Mehta. Biotransformation of cholesterol to 1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione (ADD) by Nocardia species. 62, 1651-1659. Annals of microbiology.2012.SCI (IF- 3.0)

• P Slathia, P Sharma.Predicting conserved epitopes in the variants of amastin protein of Leishmania major and designig an epitope based immunogenic DNA vaccine. 16, e314. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2012. SCI (IF- 4.8)

• BA Akhoon, PS Slathia, P Sharma, SK Gupta, V Verma      In silico identification of novel protective VSG antigens expressed by Trypanosoma brucei and an effort for designing a highly immunogenic DNA vaccine using IL-12 as adjuvant.51 (1-2), 77-87.Microbial pathogenesis. 2011. SCI (IF- 3.3)

   

• Designing of epitope-based vaccine based on common conserved epitopes of Japanese Encephalitis Virus, West Nile Virus and Zika Virus using in silico methods. 7th Central European Congress of Life Sciences EUROBIOTECH, Krakow, Poland. 23-25 September, 2019.

• Production of value added materials from pine needle biomass using biorefinery approach.7th Central European Congress of Life Sciences EUROBIOTECH, Krakow, Poland. 23-25 September, 2019.

• Production of ethanol from alkali pretreated pine needles using different fermentation methods. 5th International conference on Advances in Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (ACBEE-17) at Singapore. 29-30 March, 2017.

• Bioethanol Production from Acid Pretreated Pine Needles Using Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation (SSF) and separate hydrolysis and Fermentation (SHF). 1st International conference on Recent Advances in Bio-Energy Research at Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy, Kapurthala, Punjab. 14-17 March, 2015.

• Analyzing pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) variability for predicting conserved T cell epitopes and designing conserved epitope based DNA vaccine. 9th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Disease at HICC, Hyderabad, India. 9-13 March, 2014.

• DNA vaccine design for Chikungunya virus based on conserved epitopes derived from structural protein. 4th Immunoinformatics and Computational Immunology Workshop in conjunction with ACM-BCB conference Washington DC, USA. 22-25  September, 2013.

• Use of Bionformatics tools for designing a DNA vaccine based on conserved epitopes located in the variants of structural polyprotein of Chikungunya virus with IL-15 as adjuvant .2nd Antivirals Congress, Cambridge, MA, USA. 11-13 November, 2012.

• Ethanol production from wheat straw using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation with Trichoderma as cellulase source. International conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology, Trivandrum, India. 21-24 november, 2011.

• Targeting Cystathionine beta lyase in Leishmania: In silico approach.10th International Conference on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  3-5 November, 2010.

• Jaiv Oorja: A Biofuels database. The Eighth Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, Bangalore, India. 18-21 January, 2010.

• Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Saccharum munja for ethanol production.International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ETBT, 2009), Varanasi, India. 4-6 December, 2009.

• Chapter “Recombinant Production of Therapeutic Proteins” in Book “Protein-based Therapeutics”. Springer. 2023. ISBN 978-981-19-8249-1.
• Chapter “Use of Nanomaterials in Plants to Coup with Abiotic Stress Conditions” in Book “Nanobiotechnology”. Springer. 2021. ISBN 978-3-030-73606-4.
• Chapter “In Silico Designing of Vaccines: Methods, Tools, and Their Limitations” in Book “Computer-Aided Drug Design”.  2020. Springer. ISBN 978-981-15-6815-2.
• Chapter ” Efficiency Enhancement of Renewable Energy Systems Using Nanotechnology” in Book “Nanomaterials and Environmental Biotechnology”. Springer. 2020. ISBN 978-3-030-34544-0.
• Chapter “Microbial diversity in freshwater ecosystems and its industrial potential” in Book “Freshwater Microbiology”. Academic Press. 2019. ISBN 978-0-12-817495-1.

• One Ph.D
• 15 M.Sc. 
• 10 B.Tech.

International visits: USA, Netherlands, Belgium, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Hong Kong, Austria, Hungary, France, Germany, Czech republic, Switzerland, Poland, Italy.

Intro to Food Science Lesson Plan

Principles of Immunology Lesson Plan

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