Chetna Sharma
3527 SW 20th Avenue, Gainesville,FL
Summary
Goal-oriented doctoral student dedicated to agriculture related research and figure out strategies to move towards next green revolution with better seeds for future. Cultivate long-lasting relationships with mentors for searching efficient solutions to feed rising populations. Self driven and motivated with good communication, organizational and strategic planning abilities.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Junior Research Fellow
School of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture
08.2021 - 05.2022
- Development of low lignin mutants of sugarcane through mutagenesis and genome editing approach
Research fellow
Department of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries
02.2019 - 08.2021
- Establishment of Dedicated River Health Monitoring Cell at GADVASU for Conservation and Restoration of the River Beas
Education
Ph.D. - Microbiology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL06.2027
Master of Science - Microbiology
Punjab Agricultural University
Ludhiana, India12.2018
B.Sc Medical -
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
07.2016
Skills
- GC-MS Metabolite sample analysis
- DNA- RNA extraction, PCR, SDS-PAGE
- Genome editing using CRISPR Cas
- Plant tissue Culture
- Enzyme assay and kinetics analysis
- Cloning and transformation techniques
- Microbiological and Biochemical analysis
- Data Collection and statistical analysis using SPSS
- Scientific Writing
Publications
• Xie, N., Sharma, C., Rusche, K., Wang, X (2024) Dark respiration modulates photosynthetic carbon yield in cyanobacteria. Submitted to PNAS
• Tyagi, A., Sharma, C., Srivastava, A., BT, N. K, Pathak. D., Rai. S (2022) Isolation, characterization and complete genome sequencing of fish pathogenic Aeromonas veronii from diseased Labeo rohita. Aquaculture, 553, 738085.
• Sharma, C., Sahota, P. P., & Kaur, S. (2021). Physicochemical and microbiological evaluation of antioxidant-rich traditional black carrot beverage: Kanji. Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 45(1), 143
• Sudan, P., Tyagi, A., Dar, R. A., Sharma, C., Singh, P., B T, N. K., Chandra, M., & Arora, A. K. (2023). Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of food safety related Vibrio species in inland saline water shrimp culture farms. International microbiology, 26(3), 591–600.
• BT, NT., Thakur, N., Sharma, C., AH, S., Tyagi, A., Singh (2022) Effect of dietary chitosan nanoparticles on immune response and disease resistance against Aeromonas hydrophila infection in tropical herbivore fish (rohu, Labeo rohita). Aquaculture International 30:2439–2452
Awards/Certificates
• 2018-Certificate of Merit (M.Sc)
• 2016-University Merit Scholarship, Punjab Agricultural University
• 2016-Certificate of Merit (B.Sc Medical)
Conferences/Trainings
• 2020: 3rd International Symposium on Genomics in Aquaculture' organized by ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar, India during 21-23 January, 2020
• 2020: e-Training on Biocomputational Interventions to Analyze Canines and Livestock Genomes by GADVASU, Ludhiana from 6th to 9th October, 2020.
• 2018: 21st Punjab Science Congress held at Punjab Agricultural University during 7-9th February, 2018
Timeline
Junior Research Fellow
School of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture
08.2021 - 05.2022
Research fellow
Department of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries
02.2019 - 08.2021
Ph.D. - Microbiology
University of Florida
Master of Science - Microbiology
Punjab Agricultural University
B.Sc Medical -
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
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