User:Santosh Karn/sandbox

Dr. Santosh Kumar Karn, M.Sc. (Biotechnology), Ph.D. (Biotechnology) Dr. Karn received an M. Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology at Thapar University, Patiala, India and completed Post-doctorate at the Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China. Dr. Karn has about 8 years of (Post Ph. D) teaching and research experience in the reputed institution like Kurukshetra University and National Institute of Technology (NIT) Raipur (CG). Dr. Karn understands teaching is one the greatest challenges and most rewarding aspects. He ventures to inspire students with his enthusiasm for the subjects, cultivate critical-thinking and decision-making for innovative approaches. He taught various courses and guided 4 M. Tech and 14 B. Tech (Biotechnology) students. Dr. Karn awarded for DBT-JRF (2005), Prestigious International Young Scientist Award (2011) and Visiting Researcher Award (2013) through the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and the National Natural Science Foundation (NFSC) of China. Dr. Karn has published about 50 original research papers as a first or corresponding author in leading International Journals so far. He attended more than 35 in International and National Conferences held at the different part of the world. He deposited more than 60 different gene sequences to GeneBank-NCBI and also submitted 15 industrially important microorganisms to NCIM, NCL, Pune, India, and 5 Microorganisms at CGMCC, Beijing, China. He has been invited regularly to review the paper by top-notch journals in the field of Industrial, Environmental Biotechnology and currently, he reviewed about 67 original research papers (look at PUBLONS, Merit point 202 and also received the award from Elsevier). Dr. Karn is also reviewing expert for FONDECYT Regular 2018 grant competition, an initiative of the Chilean National Science and Technology Commission (CONICYT-Chile). In the year (2016) he awarded for Distinguish Scientist by Presidential International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI initiative) by CAS Beijing, China. Dr. Karn successfully investigated 3 different research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation (NFSC) of China. Recently he received Publons peer-review award (2017, 2018) as one of the top 1% peer reviewer in Multidisciplinary, Microbiology and editorial pursuit internationally by Clarivate Analytics. Dr. Karn has the broad research interest in Biofilm Engineering; Environmental Genomics and Proteomics; Enzyme and Energy; Bioremediation; Extremophiles and related area.