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Hansraj College

University of Delhi

NAAC Grade A+ with CGPA 3.62

Dr. Lebin Thomas

Assistant Professor (ad-hoc) | Department of Botany
Contact (Off.): 8130473493

Email Address : tlebin6[at]hotmail[dot]com

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Applied microbiology and biotechnology 

  • B.Sc. (H) Botany , 2008 , University of Delhi
  • M.Sc. Botany , 2010 , University of Delhi
  • M.Phil. Botany , 2011 , University of Delhi
  • Ph.D. Botany , 2018 , University of Delhi

Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) with Junior Research Fellowship (2012-2014) and Senior Research Fellowship (2014-2017) under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) funding scheme.

(Subject- Life Sciences, All India Rank- 59)

 

 

 

B.Sc. (H) Botany- Anatomy of angiosperms, Molecular biology, Industrial and environmental microbiology, Ethnobotany, Intellectual property rights   

B.Sc. Life Science- Plant anatomy and embryology, Medicinal botany

 

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  1. Participated as member of organizing committee in the INSPIRE Program (DST) held at Hansraj College, University of Delhi from 12th - 16th December, 2017.
  2. Participated as member of organizing committee for two days Faculty Development Program on Agriculture, Health and Society (Interdisciplinary) from 15th-16th March, 2019, organized by Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre, a Centre of MHRD, Govt. of India Under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT), Hansraj College, University of Delhi.
  3. Participated as a resource person in the workshop on “Hands on Training Program for the Laboratory Staff”, organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and Department of Botany, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, held on June 18th and 19th, 2019 at Department of Botany, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, Delhi.
  4. Participated as member of organizing committee for two days webinar on “Lockdown ke dauran tan aur mann ki dekhbhaal”, held on 14th-15th May, 2020, organized by Department of Botany and Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Hansraj College, University of Delhi. 
  5. Participated as member of organizing committee in two day national e-conference on “Plant Science Research: Relevance, Funding, Challenges and Opportunities” organized by Department of Botany, Hansraj College in collaboration with Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre, a Centre of MHRD, Govt. of India Under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT), Hansraj College, University of Delhi, on 16th-17th January, 2021.  

M.Phil. Thesis: Advanced Studies in Gymnosperms

Ph.D. Thesis: Production, Optimization, Partial Purification and Characterization of Cellulases from an Isolated Actinobacterium, Promicromonospora sp. VP111, and Assessment of the Evolutionary Relationships and Conserved Signature Indels of Cellulases from Different Organisms

 

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Book chapters- 

  1. Rahman, Z.1, Thomas, L.1 and Singh, V.P. (2017). Mercury (Hg)-microbe interactions and role of biogeochemical processes in Hg contamination. In: Advances in Life Sciences, Dutt, S., Tyagi, A., Bhati, H.P. and Singh, H. (Ed.), S.R. Scientific Publication, U.P., India. Professor M.U. Charaya felicitation volume, pp. 186-193. [ISBN No. 978-93-83774-28-9]. 1- Authors share equal contribution
  2. Thomas, L. and Singh I. (2019). Microbial Biofertilizers: Types and Applications. In: Soil Biology, Giri, B., Prasad, R., Wu, Q.S., Varma, A. (Ed.), Biofertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Springer Nature Switzerland AG., Volume 55, pp. 1-19. [ISSN 1613-3382, ISSN 2196-4831, ISBN 978-3-030-18932-7, ISBN 978-3-030-18933-4 (eBook)]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18933-4
  3. Thomas, L., and Rahman, Z. (2020). A Genome-Wide Investigation on Symbiotic Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria in Leguminous Plants. In: Plant Microbe Symbiosis, Varma, A., Tripathi, S., Prasad, R., (Ed.), pp. 55-73. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham. AG 2020, [ISBN 978-3-030-36247-8, ISBN 978-3-030-36248-5 (eBook)]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36248-5_4

Research Publications-

  1. Thomas, L. and Uniyal, P.L. (2013). An insight into the diseases of gymnosperms and pollen induced allergies. International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2(1): 1-10. [ISSN No. 2249-2127].
  2. Thomas, L., Ram, H., Kumar, A. and Singh, V.P. (2013). Industrial and biotechnological potential of microbial cellulases. Journal of Plant Development Sciences, 5(2): 237-247. [ISSN No. 0974-6382 (print), 2348-9170 (online)].
  3. Thomas, L., Ram, H., Kumar, A. and Singh, V.P. (2016). Production, optimization, and characterization of organic solvent tolerant cellulases from a lignocellulosic waste-degrading actinobacterium, Promicromonospora sp. VP111. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 179(5): 863-879. [ISSN No. 0273-2289 (print), 1559-0291 (electronic)].
  4. Thomas, L., Ram, H. and Singh, V.P. (2017). Evolutionary relationships and taxa-specific conserved signature indels among cellulases of Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. Journal of Computational Biology. 24(10):1029-1042. [ISSN No. 1066-5277 (print), 1557-8666 (online)].
  5. Thomas, L., Ram, H. and Singh, V.P. (2018). Inducible cellulase production from an organic solvent tolerant Bacillus sp. SV1 and evolutionary divergence of endoglucanase in different species of the genus Bacillus. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 49(2): 429-442. [ISSN No. 1517 8382].

Other- 

  1. Kumar, A., Ram, H., Thomas, L. and Singh, V.P. (2013). Selection of culture media and optimization of media composition for extracellular production of lipase by Acinetobacter sp. AH-19. Vegetos, 26 (special volume): 63-66. [ISSN No. 0970-4078 (print), 2229-4473 (online)].
  2. Ram, H., Thomas, L., Kumar, A. and Singh, V.P. (2014). DNA Polymerases of bacterial origin. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 8(3): 2425-2431. [ISSN No. 0973-7510].
  3. Ram, H., Kumar, A., Thomas, L. and Singh, V.P. (2014). In silico approach to study adaptive divergence in nucleotide composition of 16S rRNA gene among bacteria thriving under different temperature regimes. Journal of Computational Biology, 21(10): 753-759. [ISSN No. 1066-5277 (print), 1557-8666 (online)].
  4. Ram, H., Kumar, A., Thomas, L., Dastager, S.G., Mawlankar, R. and Singh, V.P. (2015). Myroides indicus sp. nov., isolated from garden soil. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65(11): 4008-4012. [ISSN No. 1466-5026 (print), 1466-5034 (electronic)].
  5. Rahman, Z.1, Thomas, L.1 and Singh, V.P. (2019). Biosorption of heavy metals by a lead (Pb) resistant bacterium, Staphylococcus hominis strain AMB-2. Journal of Basic Microbiology. 59(5): 477-486. DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201900024. [ISSN No. 1521-4028]. 1- Authors share equal contribution
  6. Rahman, Z.1, Thomas, L.1 and Singh, V.P. (2020). Study of As?resistant bacteria from Nadia, India and a survey of two As resistance?related proteins. Journal of Basic Microbiology, 60(1), 47-57. [ISSN No. 1521-4028]; [IF- 1.58]. https://doi.org/10.1002/jobm.201900373
  7. Rahman, Z.1 and Thomas, L.1 (2021). Chemical-Assisted Microbially Mediated Chromium (Cr) (VI) Reduction Under the Influence of Various Electron Donors, Redox Mediators, and Other Additives: An Outlook on Enhanced Cr(VI) Removal. Front. Microbiol. 11:619766. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.619766. 1- Authors share equal contribution 

 

  1. Participated and presented a poster entitled ‘Characterization of dyes decolorizing bacteria from textile dye industry’, in the international conference on Biotechnology : A Rendezvous with Basic Sciences for Global Prosperity (BTBS-2012), A Silver Jubilee Celebration organized by Society for Plant Research & Vegetos, during December 26th-27th, 2012.
  2. Participated and presented a poster entitled ‘Production of cellulases from newly isolated multi-stress tolerant soil actinomycete Promicromonospora sp. VP111’, in the national conference on empowering mankind with microbial technologies of the 55th annual conference of association of microbiologists of India (AMI-EMMT-2014), held at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, from 12th-14th, November, 2014.
  3. Participated and presented a poster entitled ‘Characterization of an n-hexane tolerant cellulase producing Pseudoxanthomonas sp. SV2 of Proteobacteria’, in the national conference on Plant Science and Research: Looking beyond 21st century for Environmental and Agricultural Revolution, held at the Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, from 5th-7th, February, 2016.
  4. Participated and presented a poster entitled ‘Characterization and partial purification of cellulases from an actinobacterium, Promicromonospora sp. VP111’, in the international conference on Technological Advancement for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (TASARD-India, 2017), held at National Agricultural Science Complex (NASC), New Delhi, India, from 20th-22nd, February, 2017.
  5. Participated for poster presentation entitled “Production of Cellulases from a Heavy Metal Tolerant Bacterium, Bacillus sp. SV1 and Detection of its Cellulase Gene”, in the National Seminar on Microbes and Human Welfare on 23rd-25th September, 2017, organized by School of Life Sciences Jaipur National University, Jaipur and Society for Plant Research. 

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Conference and Seminar Participation -

  1. Participated in the national seminar on “Identifying and Avoiding Publishing in Predatory Journals: A Lesson for Researchers”, held at the Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi- 110007, on 18th March, 2017.
  2. Attended the Indo-US Colloquium on Recent Developments in Interdisciplinary Research, organized by the IQAC, Department of Chemistry, Hansraj College, University of Delhi in association with Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, IL, USA, on 2nd July, 2018.
  3. Participated in the International Conference on Integrative Chemistry, Biology and Translational Medicine (ICBTM-2019) from 25th-26th February, 2019, organized by the Centre for Global Health, Hansraj College, University of Delhi and Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, USA.
  4. Participated in the Seminar conducted by Vigyan Prasar in collaboration with Society of General Awareness, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, held on 9th February, 2019.
  5. Participated in one day National Seminar on “Draft New Education Policy, 2019”, organized by Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre, a Centre of MHRD, Govt. of India Under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT), Hansraj College, University of Delhi, on 10th August, 2019.
  6. Participated in three day webinar on “Covid-19: Challenges and Road Ahead”, organized by Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre, a Centre of MHRD, Govt. of India Under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT), Hansraj College, University of Delhi, on 7th-9th May, 2019.
  7. Participated in three days faculty development programme (FDP) on “Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Rights” organized by Department of Botany and IQAC in collaboration with Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre, a Centre of MHRD, Govt. of India Under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT), Hansraj College, University of Delhi, on 23rd-25th January, 2020.     
  8. Participated in the webinar on “Student Learning Centre: Objectives and Perspectives”, organized by Student Learning Centre, IQAC, Hansraj College, held on 13th July, 2020.
  9. Participated and completed one week (online) Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Exploratory Data Analysis using Statistical Software R and SPSS” organized by Department of Statistics and Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi in collaboration with Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre Hansraj College, University of Delhi, on 7th January-13th January, 2021.   

Co-Curricular Activities 

  1. Awarded certificate of distinctive performance in the Third National Science Olympiad, conducted by the Science Olympiad Foundation®, India, held on 29th January, 2001.
  2. Contributed in the capacity of Event Coordinator in the Annual Cultural Festival (Confluence 2007-2008) of Hansraj College, University of Delhi, Delhi- 110007, held from 20th-22nd December, 2007.
  3. Participated as a volunteer in the cultural festival, Antardhvani-2013, of the University of Delhi, held from 22nd-24th February, 2013.
  4. Participated as a volunteer in the 55th and 56th Annual Flower Show of the University of Delhi, held on 22nd February, 2013 and 14th February, 2014, respectively. 

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