Rate My Professor Antresh Kumar

Professor Antresh Kumar serves as Professor and Head of the Department of Biochemistry at Central University of Haryana. He earned his Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2010, along with an M.Phil. and M.Sc. in Biotechnology supported by a Department of Biotechnology student fellowship. His postdoctoral training includes a fellowship at the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2010, and a predoctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA in 2009. Earlier career appointments encompass Lecturer in the Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics at Jaypee University of Information Technology from July 2011 to May 2012, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Central University of South Bihar from June 2012 to May 2016, and Professor (Senior Scale) in Biotechnology at the same institution. Since 2020, he has been Associate Professor in Biochemistry at Central University of Haryana, advancing to Professor (CAS). He has supervised one Ph.D. student, with two more enrolled, and 24 postgraduate students.

Antresh Kumar's research specializes in the discovery and development of antifungals and antimicrobials targeting Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus, alongside studies on fluoride and drug resistance, within the broader domain of infection biology. He has authored three books, including "Synthesis and regulation of fungal secondary metabolites" (Springer, 2019) with Arvind Kumar, and contributions to "Soy Protein: Properties, Health Effects and Research Advances" (Nova Science Publishers, 2017). Key publications feature "Ouabain potentiates the antimicrobial activity of aminoglycosides against Staphylococcus aureus" (BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019), "Functional characterization of host toxic EcdB transcription factor protein of echinocandin B biosynthetic gene cluster" (Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2019), and "Fungal-derived xenobiotic exhibits antibacterial and antibiofilm activity against S. aureus" (Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics, 2018). He has secured three research projects: DST-FAST-track Young Scientist on echinocandin B biosynthesis genes, SERB-EMEQ on fungal secondary metabolites against multidrug-resistant S. aureus, and UGC Start-Up Grant for fungal consortium biofuel production. Awards include UGC-JRF (2003), CSIR Research Associate fellowship, multiple travel grants to Gordon Research Conferences, and a pre-doctoral fellowship from NIH. Administratively, he coordinates the SC/ST Cell, directs the Dr. Ambedkar Center of Excellence, and previously served as Program Coordinator and Secretary of the Institutional Biosafety Committee at Central University of South Bihar.