Dr. N.Tejo Prakash - School of Energy and Environment

Dr. N.Tejo Prakash

Professor

Specialization

Metal Biotransformations with focus on Metalloids

Email

ntejoprakash@thapar.edu

Specialization

Metal Biotransformations with focus on Metalloids

Email

ntejoprakash@thapar.edu

Biography

Dr. N.Tejo Prakash is associated with Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, India, since 2003. He received his MS from SV University, India and his PhD from Pondicherry University, India. He worked as post-doctoral visitor at Blaustein Desert Research Institute, Israel and Defence Research and Development Organization, India. He was a Visiting Professor to University of Manchester, UK; Pennsylvania State University, USA; and Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He is also a research advisory board member at Xian Jiaotong University, China.

His research group is presently working in the areas of Selenium biotransformations, bioaccessibility and bioactivity of environmental toxicants. As an offshoot exploration, the group is also exploring biogenesis of selenium nanoparticles and their biological and environmental applications. The group has published more than 75 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Research Tags/ Areas

Selenium – biotransformations, bioavailability and bioactivity

Research Projects

National Projects

S.No.	Project Title	Sponsoring Agency	Status
S.No	Project Title	Sponsoring Agency	Status
1	Studies on anti-inflammatory responses as function of bioavailable selenium from selenium-rich cereal grains	CSIR	Completed
2	Applications of ionizing radiation in AOP based degradation of persistent pollutants from aqueous streams	BRNS	Completed (as co-PI)
3	Biofortification of selenium from in edible mushrooms from Se-rich crop residues	DBT-NBDB	Completed
4	Neuroprotective properties of selenoergothioneine sourced from selenium-rich mushrooms against oxidative stress and nitrosative damage in neuronal cells	DBT-MED	Completed
5	Role of plant microbe interactions in removal and volatilization of selenium from seleniferous soils	CSIR	Completed
6	Biogenesis of metal nanoparticles	DRDO	Completed
7	Selenium mobilization and biofortification from agricultural solid wastes	UGC-SAP DRS II	Completed
8	Studies on selenium and its speciation in environmental and biological samples from seleniferous region of Punjab	BRNS	Completed
9	Strain improvement of Aspergillus sp. for enhanced transesterification of waste cooking and non-edible oils using induced mutation by gamma irradiation	BRNS	Completed (as co-PI)
10	Fungus mediated biodiesel generation from waste edible oils	CSIR	Completed (as co-PI)
11	Characterization and Molecular Analysis of some PAHs Degrading Pathways …. Metabolic Engineering	DBT	Completed (as co-PI)
12	Biodiesel preparation from low quality feed stock using immobilized biocatalyst	DRDO	Completed (as co-PI)
13	Study of arsenic and selenium using NAA	UGC-CRS	Completed (as co-PI)

Bilateral Projects

S.NO	Project Title	Name of the collaborating scientist and institute	Sponsoring Agency	Status
14	Production of Microbial Exopolymeric Substance (EPS) Stabilized Biogenic Selenium Nanoparticles (BioSeNPs) and their (EPS-SeNPs) application as Bioactive Matrices	Dr. Hisaaki Mihara, Department of Biotechnology, Ritsumeikan University, Japan	DST-JSPS	Ongoing
15	Localization of selenium and other trace elements in edible crops cultivated in seleniferous soils	Dr. Margarita Skalnaya Professor P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University,Yaroslavl, Russia	DST-RFBR	Ongoing
16	The effect of bioaccessible selenium in Se-rich wheat on the expression of pro- and anti-Inflammatory genes in macrophages	Dr. Sandeep Prabhu, Professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Penn. State University, USA	DBT-CREST	Completed
17	Microbial biotransformation and generation of selenium nanoparticles	Prof. Jonathan Lloyd, SEAES, University of Manchester UK	Eramus-MESPOM Program (EU)	Completed
18	Molecular mechanism of selenium reduction by microorganisms and its application to development of selenium recovery systems	Dr. Hisaaki Mihara, Department of Biotechnology, Ritsumeikan University, Japan	DST-JSPS	Completed
19	Selenium speciation in cereal grains	Dr. Francesco Cubadda, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Italy	Completed (under mutual research cooperation arrangement)

Membership of Professional Societies:

Mycologists Society of India (MSI)
International Society of Selenium Researchers (ISSR)