Dr. Mohd Shahanbaj Khan

Educational Background

• Ph.D – Biotechnology,  B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology Chennai, 2018
• M.Sc. – Botany, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 2008
• B.Sc. –   MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareily, U.P., 2004

Teaching and research Experience

• Assistant Professor, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, March 2022 to  Till date
• Assistant Professor, Dr. M.C. College of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow, May 2019 to March 2022
• Senior Research Fellow – School of Life Sciences (SLS), BSACIST, Chennai, 2016-2017
• Junior Research Fellow – School of Life Sciences (SLS), BSACIST, Chennai, 2013-2016
• Project Fellow – Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, (U.P.), 2011-2013
• Senior Research Fellow-  Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, 2008-2010

Honors and Awards

• Scholarship offered by InterDrought-V to attend the annual InterDrought- V Conference, organized by International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India, February 21-25, 2017
• Student Meeting Scholarships and Travel Awards offered by Scigenome Research foundation (SGRF) for presentation and participation in Next Gen Genomics Biology, Bioinformatics, and Technologies (NGBT) Conference, Cochin, India, October 3-5, 2016
• Best oral presentation award, National conference on Biotechnological advances towards sustainable agriculture and Environment, Hindustan College of Arts and Science, Chennai, India, August 24, 2017

Research areas

• Cell and Molecular Biology, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Plant Metabolomics, Plant and Agriculture Biotechnology, Stress Physiology (Biotic and Abiotic) in plants, Bioinformatics

Research outcomes

Publications

• Number of Research Publications: 13
• International journals: 13
• National journals: 0
• Conference presentations: 18

List of publications

• Mohd Shahanbaj Khan and S. Hemalatha, Autophagy and programmed cell death are critical pathways in jasmonic acid mediated saline stress tolerance in Oryza sativa, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 194, 5353-5366, 2022 (Scopus indexed) (IF: 3.09), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-022-04032-1
• T. Akther, Mohd Shahanbaj Khan and S. Hemalatha, Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles via fungal cell filtrate and their anti-quorum sensing against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 08, 104-365, 2020 (Scopus indexed) (IF:5.8) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104365
• Mohd Shahanbaj Khan, S. Sakaram and S. Hemalatha, Detection of biochemical and molecular changes in Oryza sativa L during drought stress, Biocatalyst and Agriculture Biotechnology, 19, 101-150, 2019 (Scopus indexed) (IF:3.2) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2019.101150
• Mohd Shahanbaj Khan, S. B. Uandai and H. Srinivasan, Anthracnose disease diagnosis by image processing, support vector machine and correlation with pigments, Journal of Plant Pathology, 03, 749–751, 2019 (Scopus indexed) (IF:2.7) https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-019-00268-9
• Mohd Shahanbaj Khan, T. Akther, D. Mubarak Ali and S. Hemalatha, An investigation on the role of salicylic acid alleviate the saline stress in rice crop (Oryza sativa (L), Biocatalyst and Agriculture Biotechnology,18, 101- 027, 2019 (Scopus indexed) (IF:3.2) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2019.101027
• T. Akther, Priya S, S. kumar Sah, Mohd Shahanbaj Khan and S. Hemalatha, Ta- AgNps are potential antimicrobial resistance breakers, Journal of Nanostructures, 09, 376- 383, 2019 (Scopus indexed) https://doi.org/10.22052/JNS.2019.02.019
• Mohd Shahanbaj Khan, Manish K. Pandey and S. Hemalatha, Comparative studies on the role of organic biostimulant in resistant and susceptible cultivars of rice grown under saline stress – organic biostimulant alleviate saline stress in tolerant and susceptible cultivars of rice, Journal of Crop Science Biotechnology, 21, 459–467, 2018 (Scopus indexed) (IF:1.02) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12892-018-0089-0
• Akther, Mohd Shahanbaj Khan and S. Hemalatha, A facile and rapid method for green synthesis of Silver Myco nanoparticles using endophytic fungi, International Journal of Nano Dimensions, 09, 435-441, 2018 (Scopus indexed) (IF:0.7) DOI:20.1001.1.20088868.2018.9.4.10.0
• T. Akther, Mohd Shahanbaj Khan and S. Hemalatha, Novel silver nanoparticles synthesized from anthers of couroupita guianensis abul. control growth and biofilm formation in human pathogenic bacteria, Nano Biomedicine and Engineering,03,250–257,2018 (Scopus indexed) (IF:0.32)
• Mohd Shahanbaj Khan, T. Akther and S. Hemalatha, Impact of panchagavya on Oryza sativa L. grown under saline stress, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 36, 702–713, 2017 (Scopus indexed) (IF:4.6) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-017-9674-x
• T. Akther, Mohd Shahanbaj Khan and S. Hemalatha, Extraction of flavonoids from various parts of couroupita guianensis and its efficacy against pathogenic bacteria, Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 10, 354-358, 2017
• Mohd Shahanbaj Khan and S. Hemalatha, Biochemical and molecular changes induced by salinity stress in Oryza sativa L., Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 38, 167, 2016 (Scopus indexed) (IF:2.7) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-016-2185-8
• Mohd Shahanbaj Khan and S. Hemalatha, Autophagy: molecular insight and role in plant programmed cell death and defense mechanism, International Research Journal of Biological Science, 04, 78– 83, 2015

Research guidance

Ph.D

Ongoing: 01

List of Scholars ongoing

M.Sc.

Ongoing Projects: 05
Completed projects: 05

M.Sc. (Biotechnology)