Jyoti Kashyap

• An independent multidisciplinary scientist with over 8 years of experience in clinical microbiology, cancer biology, and scientific writer.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills demonstrated by publications, travel/research grant awards, and a state-level nomination for the best poster award.
• Highly productive, and ambitious scientist with collaborative and interpersonal skills evidenced by 3 grants, 2 cross-functional collaborations, and mentorship of 6 students

• One first-author manuscript (dissertational research) in-preparation
• Kashyap, J., Ringiesn, J. R., Schwab, N., & Ferguson Jr, D. J. (2022). Isolation and characterization of a novel choline degrading Citrobacter amalonaticus strain from the human gut. Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 100157.
• Jangir, M.M., Kashyap, J.S., Vani, B. and Chowdhury, S., 2015. The role of cyanobacteria in agriculture. Journal of Agroecology and Natural Resource Management, 2(5), pp.345350.
• Delivered 10 oral and poster presentations at national and international conferences.

Conference Award

• Northwest Branch American Society of Microbiology, Award for research excellence (2023)

Runner-up for Top Poster Award among Ph.D. Level Scientists

• Ohio Branch American Society of Microbiology, Award for research excellence (OBASM 2021)

Top Poster Award for presenting Ph.D. Research as a poster

Scholarships

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS), BITS Institute 50% Fee Waiver Scholarship awarded among 16 applicants in the Master's Graduate Program (20142016)
• GATE Biotechnology (2014) Scholarship Recipient among 20,000 applicants, All India Rank: 956

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a national examination on the comprehensive understanding of the candidates in various undergraduate subjects in Engineering / Technology / Architecture and post-graduate level subjects in Arts, Commerce, and Science.

• Miami University, Susan W. Rockwood Award for Excellency by Women in Research:Spring 2018

Dr. Susan Rockwood (who was a professor in the Department of Microbiology from 1962 through 1983), her friends, and former students established a scholarship for promising women graduate students in Microbiology. The money awarded is to be used toward research endeavors in a manner that the recipient alone chooses.

• Miami University, Dr., and Mrs. J.K. Bhattacharjee Scholarship: Fall 2020

To encourage graduate students to develop critical thinking skills as well as generate new knowledge through their research and advance the frontiers of knowledge in microbiology

Travel Awards

• Miami University, Don cox travel award: Spring 2018, Spring 2019, and Spring 2021

These awards were utilized to present/travel/register at the following national conferences:

Kashyap, J., Khatri R., Schwab, N., Ferguson, DJ Citrobacter amalonaticus CJ25; Winning over people’s hearts through their stomachs! (June 2021) American Society of Microbiology, Virtual

Kashyap, J., Ringeisen, J., Schwab N., Ferguson, DJ., Characterizing a human fecal isolate capable of degrading choline in the human gut (July 2019) CSHL, Microbiome. Long Island, NY

Kashyap, J., Ringeisen, J., Ferguson, DJ., Obtaining a pure gut isolate capable of degrading choline (August 2018) Gordon Research Conference Molecular Basis of Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism, Newry, ME

Grants

• Miami University, DUOS grant for undergraduate mentoring: Spring 2019-Fall 2019

The DUOS program bridges the gap between graduate and undergraduate research at Miami University. The undergraduate student and graduate student pair will work together on a research project under the supervision of a faculty member in a Ph.D. granting department. I received this award with the undergraduate research assistant, Sarah Soppe.

Additional Awards

• Miami University, three-minute thesis (3MT), 3rd place: Spring 2018

For presenting your thesis research in 3 minutes to a diverse panel of judges and the public

Mentee Awards

• Miami University, Undergraduate Summer Scholar Grant (Summer 2019,2020 and 2021)

Undergraduate Summer Scholars 9-week program focused on studentcentered learning through mentored research. Students are responsible for finding an eligible mentor, co-creating the independent research project, and submitting a completed USS application to the department chair or program director of the student's USS mentor. I mentored the following 3 undergraduate students who received the USS grant:

2021-2022 Samantha Breit, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Miami University

• Currently a Medical Laboratory Scientist - Hematology, St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Kentucky

2019-2021 Rakhsha Khatri, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Miami University

• Currently a Clinical Research Assistant, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

2018-2019 Sarah Soppe, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Miami University

• Currently a Ph.D. Student, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill