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Dr. Kushneet Kaur Sodhi

Assistant Professor Zoology

Contact (Off.): 9899605577

Email Address : kushneetsodhi936@gmail.com

Address : Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi-110007

Web-Page : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KNxgH3oAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

 Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, Antimicrobial Resistance, Metagenomics, and Genomics.

 

Ph.D. Zoology (2023): Environmental Toxicology & Soil Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi-110007

Ph.D. Thesis title: Potential Application of Isolated Alcaligenes sp. MMA in the Amoxicillin Degradation and Remediation of Heavy Metals, and Synthesis of Amoxicillin-Iron (III) Complex for the Enhanced Antibacterial activity

M.Phil. Zoology: Department of Zoology, University of Delhi-110007

M.Phil Thesis title: Isolation of a potential arsenic-resistant bacteria from Yamuna River

UGC-CSIR-JRF-NET (LIFE SCIENCES)

M.Sc. Zoology: Department of Zoology, University of Delhi-110007

(Specialization: Genomics, Metagenomics, and Epigenetics)

B.Sc. (Hons) Zoology: Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi-110007

 

 

 

 

 

  • Assistant Professor , 2023 March , Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College
  • Assistant Professor , 2021 Nov-2023 March , Hansraj College

Biochemistry, Ecology, Cell & Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology

Member of the Annual day committee

Member of the National Service Scheme and National Cadet Corps

Member of the Department Monitoring Committee

 • Participation in Indo-US workshop and International Symposium of Biological timing and health issues in the 21st century (2017).

• Poster presentation in 58th annual conference of association of microbiologist of India (AMI) on microbes for sustainable development, scope and applications, MSDSA-2017

• Poster presentation in 59th annual conference of association of microbiologist of India (AMI) International symposium on host pathogen interaction

• Participation certificate CME mapping the footprints. Negligence of Mycobacterium disease.

• Presentation of research paper entitled on molecular interaction of Esterase with the 3rd generation antibiotic cefotaxime at national conference on “recent advances in material science and engineering (RAMSE-2019)

• 2nd International Conference on recent advances in agricultural environment and application for global development in Solan 2019

 • Workshop on genotyping of white fly species complex and its associated symbionts organized by division of entomology ICAR-IARI

• Poster presentation in international colloquium on regulatory mechanisms underlying “behaviour, physiology, and development” (RMBPD-2021).

• Workshop on Microbial genomics and Metagenomics. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI-DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, INSA, AMI, INSCR

• Poster presentation on In-Silico Potential of Penicillin G to disrupt the vitellogenin formation in Channa punctatus at National Conference on “Insect-Plant Biology in 21st Century”, organized by Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, Nov 4-5th 2019.

• Training on next generation sequencing. Biokart India pvt ltd (online)

 • Participated in an internship on “genomics, machine learning, & next generation sequencing data analysis” organized by next-gen helper.

 

 

        1. Singh, P., Yadav, P., Sodhi, K. K., Tomer, A., & Mehta, S. B. (2024). Advancement in the synthesis of metal complexes with special emphasis on Schiff base ligands and their important biological aspects. Results in Chemistry, 7, 101222.

        2. Singh, C. K., Sodhi, K. K., & Singh, D. K. (2024). Understanding the bacterial community structure associated with the Eichhornia crassipes rootzone. Molecular Biology Reports, 51(1), 35.

        3. Singh, C.K., Sodhi, K.K., Seth, R. et al. Ionizing radiation mediated changes in the larval gut bacterial community composition of pest, Spodoptera litura (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) derived from irradiated male parents. Int J Trop Insect Sci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-024-01211-x.

        4. Irfan, A., James, A., Sodhi, K. K., Bajaj, D., Buniyaadi, A., Wadhwa, N. K., & Kumar, M (2024). A Perspective on the Role of the Environment in the Transmission of Antibiotic Resistance.

        5. Singh, C. K., Sodhi, K. K., Shree, P., & Nitin, V. (2024). Heavy Metals as Catalysts in the Evolution of Antimicrobial Resistance and the Mechanisms Underpinning Co-selection. Current microbiology, 81(6), 148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-024-03648-2.

        6. Nitin, V., Anand, T., Singh, C. K., & Sodhi, K. K. (2024). Role of organometallic complexes in targeted therapies of different diseases: Infectious diseases, Cancer and Neurodegenerative Diseases. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 123389.

        7. Singh, C. K., & Sodhi, K. K. (2024). Targeting bioinformatics tools to study the dissemination and spread of antibiotic-resistant genes in the environment and clinical settings. Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 1–19.

        8. Singh, C. K., & Sodhi, K. K* (2023). The emerging significance of nanomedicine-based approaches to fighting COVID-19 variants of concern: A perspective on the nanotechnology role in COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment. Frontiers in Nanotechnology, 4, 103.

        9. Sodhi, K. K., Singh, C. K., Kumar, M., & Singh, D. K. (2023). Whole-genome sequencing of Alcaligenes sp. strain MMA: insight into the antibiotic and heavy metal resistant genes. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 14, 1144561

          Shree, P., Singh, C.K., Sodhi, K.K., Surya, J.N., Singh, D.K. (2023). Biofilms: Understanding the structure and contribution towards bacterial resistance in antibiotics. Medicine in Microecology (Elsevier) (Joint first author).

        10. Singh, P., Sodhi, K. K., Bali, A. K., & Shree, P. (2023). Influenza A virus and its antiviral drug treatment options. Medicine in Microecology, 100083.

        11. Kavya, I. K., Kochhar, N., Ghosh, A., Shrivastava, S., Rawat, V. S., Ghorai, S. M.,  Sodhi, K.K., & Kumar, M. (2023). Perspectives on systematic generation of antibiotic resistance with special emphasis on modern antibiotics. Total Environment Research Themes, 8, 100068.

        12. Das, S., Singh, C. K., Sodhi, K. K., & Singh, V. K. (2023). Circular economy approaches for water reuse and emerging contaminant mitigation: innovations in water treatment. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-42.

        13. Singh, C. K., Sodhi, K. K., & Mubarak, M. S. (2023). New drugs, approaches, and strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 14, 1295623.

        14. Singh, C. K., & Sodhi, K. K. (2023). Antimicrobial Resistance in the Time of COVID-19. Applied Microbiology, 3(4), 1388-1391

        15. Sodhi, K. K., Shree, P., Mishra, L. C., Mishra, G., Kumar, M., & Singh, D. K. (2023). Promising Compounds of Plant Origin and Their Synthetic Analogs Against Trypanosomes. In Natural Product Based Drug Discovery Against Human Parasites: Opportunities and Challenges (pp. 411-429). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. (BOOK CHAPTER)

        16. Sodhi, K.K.* Singh, C.K. Recent development in the sustainable remediation of antibiotics: A review, Total Environment Research Themes. (2022), 100008, ISSN  2772-8099.

        17. Sodhi, K.K.*, Singh, C.K. A systematic review on the occurrence, fate, and remediation of SARS- CoV-2 in wastewater.Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. (2022) (CORRESPONDING AUTHOR)

        18. Kumar, M., Sodhi, K.K. & Singh, D.K. Draft genome of Serratia sp. R1 gives an insight into the antibiotic resistant genes against multiple antibiotics. Mol Biol Rep (2022). (JOINT FIRST AUTHOR).

        19. Kochhar, N., Kavya, I. K., Shrivastava, S., Ghosh, A., Rawat, V. S., Sodhi, K. K.& Kumar, M (2022). Perspectives on the microorganism of extreme environments and their applications. Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 10013 ((JOINT FIRST AUTHOR)

        20. Singh, C. K., Sodhi, K. K., & Yadav, P. (2022). Cultivable Gut Microbial Diversity of Irradiated Spodoptera Litura (F.). Indian Journal of Entomology, 1-9.

        21. Sodhi, K.K.* Mishra, L.C., Singh, C.K, Kumar, M. (2022). Perspective on the heavy metal pollution and recent remediation strategies. Current research in Microbial Sciences. (CORRESPONDING AUTHOR)

        22. Khan, M. A., Singh, D., Arif, A., Sodhi, K. K., Singh, D. K., Islam, S. N., ... & Siddique, H. R. (2022). Protective effect of green synthesized Selenium Nanoparticles against Doxorubicin induced multiple adverse effects in Swiss albino mice. Life Sciences, 120792.

        23. Sodhi, K. K., Kumar, M., & Singh, D. K. (2021). Insight into the amoxicillin resistance, ecotoxicity, and remediation strategies. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 39, 101858

        24. Sodhi, K. K., Kumar, M., Dhaulaniya, A. S., Balan, B., & Singh, D. K. (2021). Enhanced ciprofloxacin removal by plant growth-promoting Microbacterium sp. WHC1 in presence of Eichhornia crassipes root exudates. Environmental Sustainability, 1-11.

        25. Sodhi, K. K., Kumar, M., Balan, B., Dhaulaniya, A. S., Shree, P., Sharma, N., & Singh, D.K. (2021). Perspectives on the antibiotic contamination, resistance, metabolomics, and systemic remediation. SN Applied Sciences, 3(2), 1-25.

        26. Sodhi, K. K., & Singh, D. K. (2021). Insight into the fluoroquinolone resistance, sources, ecotoxicity, and degradation with special emphasis on ciprofloxacin. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 43, 102218.

        27. Kumar, M., Sodhi, K. K., & Singh, D. K. (2021). Addressing the potential role of curcumin in the prevention of COVID-19 by targeting the Nsp9 replicase protein through molecular docking. Archives of microbiology, 1-6

        28. Sharma, N., Sodhi, K. K., Kumar, M., & Singh, D. K. (2021). Heavy metal pollution: Insights into chromium eco-toxicity and recent advancement in its remediation. Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management, 15, 100388.

        29. Balan, B., Dhaulaniya, A. S., Jamwal, R., Sodhi, K. K., Kelly, S., Cannavan, A., & Singh, D. K. (2020). Application of Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR- FTIR) spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics for detection and quantification of formalin in cow milk. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 107, 103033

        30. Balan, B., Dhaulaniya, A. S., Varma, D. A., Sodhi, K. K., Kumar, M., Tiwari, M., & Singh, D. K. (2020). Microbial biofilm ecology, in silico study of quorum sensing receptor-ligand interactions and biofilm mediated bioremediation. Archives of Microbiology, 1-18.

        31. Dhaulaniya, A. S., Balan, B., Sodhi, K. K., Kelly, S., Cannavan, A., & Singh, D. K. (2020). Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of corn syrup as a potential added sweetener in apple fruit juices using mid-infrared spectroscopy assisted chemometric modeling. LWT, 131, 1097.

        32. Sodhi, K. K., Kumar, M., Balan, B., Dhaulaniya, A. S., & Singh, D. K. (2020). Isolation and characterization of amoxicillin-resistant bacteria and amoxicillin-induced alteration in its protein profiling and RNA yield. Archives of microbiology, 202(2), 225-232.

        33. Sodhi, K. K., Kumar, M., & Singh, D. K. (2020). Potential application in amoxicillin removal of Alcaligenes sp. MMA and enzymatic studies through molecular docking. Archives of Microbiology, 1- 7

        34. Sodhi, K. K., Kumar, M., & Singh, D. K. (2020). Assessing the bacterial diversity and functional profiles of the River Yamuna using Illumina MiSeq sequencing. Archives of Microbiology, 1-9.

        35. Sodhi, K. K., Kumar, M., & Singh, D. K. (2020). Multi-metal resistance and potential of Alcaligenes sp. MMA for the removal of heavy metals. SN Applied Sciences, 2(11), 1-13

        36. Sodhi, K. K., Kumar, M., Shree, P., Singh, I. K., & Singh, D. K. (2020). Ecological risk of dioxin exposure. In Dioxin (pp. 143-153). CRC Press.

        37. Kumar, M., Jaiswal, S., Sodhi, K. K., Shree, P., Singh, D. K., Agrawal, P. K., & Shukla, P. (2019). Antibiotics bioremediation: Perspectives on its ecotoxicity and resistance. Environment international, 124, 448-461 (JOINT FIRST AUTHOR)

        38. Kumar, M., Sodhi, K. K., Singh, P., Agrawal, P. K., & Singh, D. K. (2019). Synthesis and characterization of antibiotic-metal complexes [FeCl3 (L1) 2H2O and Ni (NO3) 2 (L2) 2H2O] and enhanced antibacterial activity. Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management, 11, 100209.

        39. Sodhi, K. K., Kumar, M., Agrawal, P. K., & Singh, D. K. (2019). Perspectives on arsenic toxicity, carcinogenicity and its systemic remediation strategies. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 100462.

           

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Patent Granted: Enhanced Antimicrobial activity of the synthesized Amoxicillin-Iron Complex. PATENT NO: 202111061107. INVENTORS: Kushneet Kaur Sodhi, Mohit Kumar, and, Dileep Kumar Singh. Date of Grant: 28/06/24

Awarded Scholarship for securing highest marks in Biochemistry in Graduation and Scholarship in Class X-XII & M.Sc. Zoology, & College Topper.

 

UGC-JRF-2016

UGC-SRF-2018

CSIR-JRF-2017

  • Associate Editor in Frontiers of Pharmacology. New Drugs, Approaches, and Strategies to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance.
  • Review Editor for Technologies and strategies to enable drug discovery in Frontiers in Drug Discovery
  • Guest Editor in Total Environment Research Themes (Elsevier).
  • Guest Editor for the topic Antimicrobial resistance in the time of COVID-19 in MDPI.

Faculty Induction and Orientation Programme under the aegis of Ministry of Education Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching

 

Faculty Development Programme on Sericulture by Department of Zoology