Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
SA ID
CO-SUPERVISION
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
EXPERTISED AREA OF RESEARCH
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCE/SYMPOSIUM
Professional Training
Workshop Attended
Additional Information
Declaration
Timeline
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Dr SUDHARSHAN SEKAR

Grabouw, Cape Town

Summary

Dynamic and versatile researcher with extensive research and practical experience. Expertise in microbial ecology, bioprocess, microbiology, enzyme studies, molecular biology, and bioinformatics. Holds a broad set of analytical and technical skills that would benefit any organization. Pragmatic strategist able to focus on crucial issues and results to meet organizational priorities and make the necessary critical decisions to see them through. Proven ability to manage challenging research schedules while working in complex and highly demanding environments

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Microbiologist - Research and Development

Ecosoil
01.2020 - Current
  • Isolation of endophytic fungi from herbal plants
  • Isolation of microbes (bacteria and fungi), mycorrhizae, identification of microbes by Sanger sequence
  • Implementing ongoing fermentation processes, scale-up process, growth medium and product formulation.
  • Stock culture maintenance and storage, subculture, glycerol stock, freeze-drying and cryogenic storage
  • Soil and water microbiome NGS metagenomics analysis.
  • Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in plant growth regulation.
  • Microbial extracellular polymeric substances for plants and soil (EPS)
  • Soil quality, nutrition analysis
  • Identification of fungal disease in plants by molecular, plating, and microscopic morphology
  • Conversion of agro-waste to fertilizers by bio digestion anaerobic process using cellulose-producing microbes.
  • Organic fertilizer media development for hydroponics.
  • Chitinase enzyme from bacteria for nematicidal activity.
  • Marine cyanobacteria production for nitrogen fixation products.
  • Extraction of essential oil hydrosol from medicinal plants for biopesticide products.
  • Compost using different materials and their microbiome analysis by microscope and metagenomics in different maturation stages.
  • Compost tea brewing, microbiome investigation by microscope and metagenomics.
  • Vermicomposting
  • Greenhouse Trials
  • Microbial plant interactions, Crop rotation and plant material, Trial designs, Plots and treatments, Controls and other comparisons, Replications, and randomization
  • Recording results
  • Recording information
  • Harvest records (plant wet &dry weight, shoot, root, root staining)
  • Time measurement
  • Data analysis and statistics
  • Plot values
  • Statistical analysis
  • Develop and drive East for East New Product Development (NPD) programs.
  • Create, maintain, and manage departmental budget based on project prioritization and resource levelling.
  • Promotes the use of new technologies and industry-leading trends in product management activities.
  • Leading a team of 6 Research Assistants in R&D and 20 production staff and co-ordinate R&D activities for product development
  • Design experiments, troubleshoot, and resolve R&D and production unit issues.
  • Generate lab SOPs and method validation reports and ensure strict adherence to standard guidelines.
  • Establish cGMP R&D facility.
  • Supervise and ensure the technical competency of team members.
  • Practised excellent aseptic techniques while performing microbial testing on raw and finished products, environmental testing, and validating media and other equipment in the laboratory.
  • Updated and documented Standard Operating Procedures for any changes and new procedures for accuracy and efficiency in the microbiology laboratory.
  • Maintained record of test results, environmental monitoring, and equipment maintenance, sterilization.

Researcher

Centre for Ecological Genomics & Wildlife Conservation, University of Johannesburg
04.2019 - 12.2019

NRF South African Antarctic National Programme project

  • Below-ground influence of indigenous Azorella selago and invasive Sagina procumbens on sub-Antarctic Marion Island
  • Metagenomic insights into the rhizosphere microbial communities of sub-Antarctic plant Blechnum penna-marin
  • Gathered and organized information for research purposes.
  • Designed and executed study approaches.

Part Time Lecturer

University of Johannesburg, Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology
07.2014 - 12.2019

Bioprocess and Fermentation Technology

  • Graded assignments according to strict institutional policies and upheld guidelines for academic integrity while disciplining plagiarism and cheating accordingly.
  • Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centred learning.
  • Used a variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate the learning process and accentuate presentations.
  • Arranged syllabus, developed a schedule, and determined reading list for varied courses simultaneously, giving students appropriate time to complete assignments and absorb information.
  • Mentored undergraduates and masters students in effective next steps for bioprocessing and fermentation careers.
  • Oversaw graduate student projects and advised on focus, methodology and report generation to meet preset standards.

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Centre for Ecological Genomics & Wildlife Conservation, University of Johannesburg
04.2017 - 03.2019

NRF South African Antarctic National Programme project

  • Metagenomic analysis of the soil microbial community in Marion Island, South Africa
  • Diversity and distribution of microbial communities in different microclimate conditions by invasive and indigenous plant communities of Marion Island
  • Enforced laboratory safety protocols and enabled asafe work environment.

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, University of Johannesburg
04.2014 - 03.2017
  • Microbial diversity profiling from gold mine East Rand, Springs, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Metagenomics revealing molecular profiling of community structure and metabolic pathways in natural hot springs in South Africa
  • Batch reactor studies of bioleaching
  • Optimization of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans mediate microbial leaching process by response surface methodology for extraction of base metals from South African sulphidic nickel ore concentrate
  • The synthesis and characterization of choline-based ionic liquids as a biocompatible substrate for batch studies of bacterial isolates for the recovery of heavy metals from BCL slag.

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Department of Environmental Water and Earth Science, Tshwane University of Technology
01.2013 - 03.2014
  • Determination of dominant bacterial population at Emalahleni water reclamation plant using metagenomic ion torrent sequencing plat form
  • Treatment of mine rejected-brine wastewater by indigenous halophilic bacterial species under aerobic and anaerobic conditions
  • Comparing the effectiveness of biological treatment of brines by halophilic bacteria under aerobic and anaerobic using Sequence batch biofilm reactor

Application Scientist - Bioprocess(Deputy Manager)

Laurus Bio (Formerly Rich core Lifesciences)
12.2011 - 08.2012
  • Leading a team of 8 Research Associates & co-ordinate R&D activities for product development
  • Design experiments, troubleshoot, and resolve R&D and production unit issues.
  • Generate lab SOPs and method validation reports and ensure strict adherence to standard guidelines
  • Establish a cGMP R&D facility
  • Supervise and ensure the technical competency of team members
  • Communicate and present R&D and techno commercial aspects to the top management
  • Industrial effluent treatment using halophilic bacteria (leather, textile, pharmaceutical, petroleum, paper & pulp)
  • Characterization of bacterial and enzyme systems involved in degrading various groups of dye.
  • Effect of Enzymes in organic matter degradation.
  • Placket Burman designed experiments to study the effect of various compounds in the synthetic effluent during mixed dye degradation by a consortium

Senior Research Fellow

Chemical Engineering Department (Bioprocess), Central Leather Research Institute, CSIR
10.2008 - 10.2011
  • Metabolic activity of Staphylococcus lentus cultivated in a glucose-limited mineral salt medium in a bioreactor.
  • Choline-based Ionic liquids enhanced biodegradation of Azo dyes by batch reactor process.
  • Bioenergetics and pathway of acid blue 113 degradation by Staphylococcus lentus
  • The metabolic advantage of choline lactate as growth media for bacteria

Project Assistant

Chemical Engineering Department (Bioprocess), Central Leather Research Institute
10.2005 - 09.2008
  • Proteolytic activity of P. aeruginosa cultivated in a bench-scale bioreactor
  • Production of Penicillin G Acylase from Bacillus badius pac in E. coli DH5α
  • Biological treatment of tannery wastewater by using salt-tolerant bacterial strains
  • Mutations of halotolerant bacterial strains for the treatment of tannery soak liquor

Education

PhD - Biotechnology

CSIR (Anna University)
India
2013

Master of Science - Biotechnology

Bharathidasan University
India
2005

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

Bharathidasan University
India
2003

Skills

  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Decision-Making
  • Planning and Coordination
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Self-Motivated
  • Team building
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • Organization and Time Management
  • Process and procedure development

SA ID

8302246209185

CO-SUPERVISION

South African Universities

MTech: 2 Students

BTech: 16 Students


India (2005 to 2011)

30 Bachelor and Master Students at CSIR

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

  • Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India - Senior Research Fellowship Award.
  • Department of Science and Technology - Young scientist travel grant award
  • Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India - Travel grant award
  • DECHEMA, Germany - Travel support Award for paper presentation

EXPERTISED AREA OF RESEARCH

Microbiology

Isolation, identification

  • Colony morphology
  • Microscopic
  • Sanger sequence

Culturing techniques

  • Streak plating bacterial cultures to isolate single colonies
  • Pour plating
  • Spread plating to enumerate viable bacterial colonies
  • Soft agar overlays to isolate phage and enumerate plaques
  • Replica-plating to transfer cells from one plate to another in an identical spatial pattern
  • Colony forming unit (CFU) application studies using microbes, various microbial assay in 90 well plate, flow cytometry studies

Protein assay

  • Aseptically processed and tested raw and finished products with pre enrichments for detection of pathogens and mold including but not limited to E. coli, coliform, total plate count, Pseudomonads, Salmonella, Entero bacteria, Bacillus cereus, operated and process samples using VIDAS instrument for detection of Salmonella from raw and finished products.
  • Prepped API for accurate confirmation of presumptive positive results of pathogens.
  • Applied aseptic technique to prepare and evaluate environmental swab samples using petri films.
  • Performed an investigation on abnormal testing results according to OOS procedure and implemented corrective actions.
  • Updated Standard Operating Procedures for new method and changes for maintaining
  • Quality control accuracy and efficiency.


Bioprocess and Fermentation

  • Extensive knowledge of biochemical engineering techniques and principles
  • In-depth knowledge of developing and operating laboratory scale fermentation
  • Expertise in engineering principles of microbiological and biochemical, bioreactors and bioprocesses
  • Hands on experience in data analysis and implementing CGMP quality systems for microbial fermentation
  • Handling the task of development of lab scale process, supporting of in-process assay, engineering of process scale, preparation of lab notebook and modifications
  • Performing responsibilities of transferring technology to other purification groups and manufacturing, and functioning as a key member of purification
  • Responsible for designing independently and leading laboratory-scale fermentation research projects
  • kLa is a volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient study

  

Wastewater Treatment 


  • Wastewater treatment using microbes (Leather industry, Textile industry, pharmaceutical, petroleum, paper & pulp, mines, Acid mine drainage, water-borne pathogens in rural domestic water).Water analysis such as TDS, TSS, COD, BOD, TKN, MLVSS and Chloride estimation.
  • Water treatment studies in bioreactors.


Enzyme Studies

Protease, Amylase, Azoreductase, Lacasse, Peroxidase, Oxidase, Ligin peroxidase, Poly phenoloxidase, Dehydrogenase, Secondary alcohol oxidase, Esterase.


Molecular Biology

Gene amplification, qPCR, RT-PCR, DNA extraction and purification, Agarose gel electrophoresis, Elution of DNA fragment from gel, Plasmid isolation, Expression of cloned gene.


Bioinformatics

BioEdit, MEGA, CLC Genomics, Mothur, Illumina Next generation Sequence (NGS), 16s and ITS Fungai, Phylogenetic Analysis, Geneious, XL Stat, Past-multivariate statistics, ecological analysis, QIIME, Functional genomics.

  • Handling of Miseq Instrument
  • 16S Metagenomic Sequencing Library Preparation
  • Sequencing platforms 454 Genome sequencer FLX, Illumina MiSeq 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing, Ion torrent, Pac bio


Analytical Chemistry

FTIR, HPLC, NMR, ICP-MS, GC-MS, LCMS, XRF, XRD, SEM, TEM


Fieldwork Experience Sample collection

  • (Anglo Coal and BECSA) and the Emalahleni Local Municipality and the Emalahleni Water Reclamation Plant (EWRP) (water and sediments), South Africa
  • Apies River (sand, silt, clay), South Africa
  • Gold 1 Mines East Rand Springs, Johannesburg
  • Hot Springs, South Africa
  • Petroleum refinery Sasol South Africa
  • Tannery wastewater, India
  • Textile and leather Dye Effluent, India
  • Erwat (Ekurhuleni) Benoni WWTW
  • Western cape Agriculture Farms soil and water sample
  • Kogelberg Nature reserve forest soil sample to isolate microbes
  • Elgin Oak Valley collection different types of mushrooms

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

  • Sekar Sudharhsan, Sivaprakasam Senthilkumar and Karunasena Ranjith. “Physical and nutritional factors affecting the production of amylase from species of bacillus isolated from spoiled food waste” African Journal of Biotechnology, 2007; Vol. 6 (4), pp 430-435. (Impact factor 0.5).
  • Senthilkumar Sivaprakasam, Surianarayanan Mahadevan and Sudharshan Sekar Calorimetric on-line monitoring of proteolytic activity of P. aeruginosa cultivated in a bench-scale biocalorimeter. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 39 (2008) 149–156, (Impact factor 3.98).
  • Senthilkumar Sivaprakasam, Surianarayanan Mahadevan, Sudharshan Sekar, and Susheela Rajakumar. “Biological treatment of tannery wastewater by using salt-tolerant bacterial strains” Microbial Cell Factories 2008, 7 (1) 15 (Impact factor 5.3).
  • Sudharshan Sekar, Senthilkumar Sivaprakasam, Surianarayanan Mahadevan Investigations on ultraviolet light and nitrous acid induced mutations of halotolerant bacterial strains for the treatment of tannery soak liquor. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 63 (2009) 176–181, (Impact factor 4.3).
  • Sudharshan Sekar, Surianarayanan Mahadevan, Sathish sundar Dhilip Kumar and Asit Baran Mandal, Thermo Kinetic responces of the metabolic activity of Staphylococcus lentus Cultivated in a glucose limited mineral salt medium. J Therm Anal Calorim 104 (2011) 149–155, (Impact factor 2.4).
  • Karthikeyan Rajendran, Surianarayanan Mahadevan, Sudharshan Sekar, Gunasekaran Paramasamy, and Asit Baran Mandal, Biocalorimetric and respirometric studies on production of Penicillin G Acylase from Bacillus badius pac in E. coli DH5α. Biochemical Engineering journal 55 (2011) 223–229, (Impact factor 3.98).
  • Sudharshan Sekar, Surianarayanan Mahadevan, Vijayaraghavan Ranganathan, D.R. Mac Farlane and Asit Baran Mandal, Choline based Ionic liquids enhanced biodegradation of Azo dyes. Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (9), 4902–4908, 2012, (Impact factor 7.8)
  • Sudharshan Sekar, Surianarayanan Mahadevan, Bhuvanesh Kumar Shanmugam, and Asit Baran Mandal. “Bioenergetics and Pathway of acid blue 113 degradation by Staphylococcus lentus”. Journal of Biotechnology Progress 28: (6) 1400–1408, 2012, (Impact factor 2.3).
  • Sudharshan Sekar, Surianarayanan Mahadevan, Vijayaraghavan Ranganathan, Asit Baran Mandal, and D.R. Mac Farlane, Bioenergetics for the Growth of Staphylococcus lentus in Biocompatible Choline Salts. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2013) 97:1767–1774, (Impact factor 3.5).
  • Sudharshan Sekar, Surianarayanan Mahadevan, Perinkulam Ravi Deepa, BVN. Phani Kumar, Asit Baran Mandal. “The Metabolic Advantage of Choline Lactate in Growth Media: An Experimental Analysis with Staphylococcus lentus” Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 169:380–392, 2013, (Impact factor 1.6).
  • Karthikeyan Rajendran, Sudharshan Sekar, Surianarayanan Mahadevan, Bhuvanesh Kumar Shanmugam, Rajendhran Jeyaprakash, Gunasekaran Paramasamy, Asit Baran Mandal “Biological real time reaction calorimeter studies for the production of Penicillin G acylase from Bacillus badius”. Applied Biochemistry Biotechnology. 172 (8) 3736–3747, 2014, (Impact factor 1.6).
  • Sekar S, Zintchem AAEA, Keshri J, Kamika I, Momba MNB, Bacterial profiling in brine samples of the Emalahleni Water Reclamation Plant, South Africa, using 454-pyrosequencing method. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2014, 359: 55–63. (Impact factor 2.7).
  • Masilamani Sri Devi, Krishnamoorthy Vinothini, Sudharshan Sekar, Pandian Arjun, Vuyo Mavumengwana ‘In vitro biomass accumulation of callus and root enhancement of Leucas aspera (Willed) Linn. Under stress condition, African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 7.6 (2015): 395-400. (Impact factor 0.9).
  • Sandeep K. Panda, Sunil K. Behera, X. Witness Qaku, Sudarshan Sekar, Derek T.Ndinteh, H.M. Nanjundaswamy, Ramesh C. Ray, Eugenie Kayitesi; Quality enhancement of prickly pears (Opuntia sp.) juice through probiotic fermentation using Lactobacillus fermentum - ATCC 9338, LWT - Food Science and Technology Volume 75, January 2017, Pages 453–459. (Impact factor 3.1).
  • S.KBehera, M.Manjaiah, S.Sekar S.K. Panda, M.Vuyo, and A.F.Milaba-Bafubiandi, Optimization of microbial leaching of base metals from a South African sulfidic nickel ore concentrate by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. GeoMicrobiology Journal, 2017 (Impact factor 2.3).
  • Vinothini, Krishnamoorthy; Sri Devi, Masilamani; Shalini, Veronica; Sudharshan Sekar; Semwal, Ruchi Badoni; Arjun, Pandian; Semwal, Deepak Kumar, In vitro micropropagation, total phenolic content and comparative antioxidant activity of different extracts of Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers. 2017 Current Science, Vol. 113, No. 6, 25. 1142 - 1147(Impact factor 1,1).
  • Ramganesh Selvarajan, Timothy Sibanda, Sudharshan Sekar, Willem AJ Nel, High-throughput sequencing analysis of fungal community structure in industrial effluents, Pol. J. Environ. Stud. Vol. 28, No. 4 (2019), 1-10. (Impact factor 1.6).
  • Harini Jagatap, Bettine Jansen van Vuuren, Daniela M. Monsanto, Charlene Janion-Scheepers, Sudharshan Sekar, Peter R. Teske, Arsalan Emami-Khoyi, The complete mitogenome of the springtail Tullbergia bisetosa: a subterranean springtail from the sub-Antarctic region, Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, 2019, VOL. 4, NO. 1, 1594–1596. (Impact factor 0.8).
  • Harini Jagatap, Bettine Jansen van Vuuren, Daniela M. Monsanto, Charlene Janion-Scheepers, Sudharshan Sekar, Peter R. Teske, Arsalan Emami-Khoyi The complete mitogenome of Isotomurus maculatus: a widespread species that invades the southern ocean, Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, 2019, VOL. 4, NO. 1, 1706–1708, (Impact factor 0.8).
  • Balaji Dhandapani, Dhanya Vishnu, Shabnam Murshid, Ram Prasath A, Muruganandh R, Prasanth D, Sudharshan Sekar and Senthilkumar K, production of lactic acid from industrial waste paper sludge using rhizopus oryzae mtcc5384 by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation, Chemical engineering Communications, DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2019.1657422. (Impact factor 2.4).

Total Citation: 655

H-index: 13


BOOK CHAPTER

  • Sunil Kumar Behera, Sandeep Kumar Panda, Sudharshan Sekar and Antoine Floribert Mulaba-Bafubiandi; (pretreatment: an inevitable step for utilization of lignocellulosic waste to wealth) Chapter 9, book entitled Applied & Industrial Biotechnology 2016.
  • Krishnamoorthy Vinothini, Masilamani Sri Devi, Sudharshan Sekar, Blassan P George, Heidi Abrahamse, Bettine van Vuuren Pandian Arjun, ‘In vitro plant regeneration, comparative biochemical and antioxidant activities potential of in vitro calli and seeds of Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poiret, Book Entitled Medicinal Plants : Promising future for Health and New Drugs, April 2018 Taylor and Francis, CRC press publisher).
  • Masilamani Sri Devi, Krishnamoorthy Vinothini, Blassan P. George, Sudharshan Sekar, Heidi Abrahamse, Bettine van Vuuren and Arjun Pandian, In vitro biomass accumulation and different biological activities of Leucus aspera (Willd.) Medicinal Plants : Promising future for Health and New Drugs, April 2018 Taylor and Francis, CRC press publisher).


PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCE/SYMPOSIUM

  • “Biocalorimetric investigation of degradation of acid Blue 113 By halotolerent strains” In 14th European congress on Biotechnology, September 13-16, 2009, Barcelona – Spain.
  • “Biocalorimetric and respirometric studies on biological Treatment of Acid Blue 113 degradation by Staphylococcus lentus” XVI ISBC Conference, May 31-June 3, 2010, Spain – Lugo.
  • “Biocalorimetric studies on production of recombinant Penicillin G Acylase from Bacillus badius in Escherichia coli” XVI ISBC Conference, May 31-June 3, 2010, Spain - Lugo.
  • “Biocalorimetric studies on metabolic activity of Staphylococcus lentus aerobically grown in limited mineral salt medium. 30th International Symposium ISPPP & European Symposium ESBES & 3rd International Symposium on Biothermodynamics (ISB) in Italy 2010.
  • “Biocompatible Ionic Liquids as carbon source in the degradation of acid blue 113 by Staphylococcus lentus”, Biothermodynamics of metabolic and ecological networks, in Germany 2011.
  • “Ionic liquids assisted degradation of acid blue 113 by Staphylococcus lentus and its metabolic pathways”. World congress on biotechnology 2011, Hyderabad, India. March 21–23, 2011.
  • The 4 th Municipal Water Quality Conference July 7-11 2013.
  • Biological treatment of brines using extreme halophilic bacteria isolated from emalahleni water reclamation plant” Wisa Biennial conference May 19–25, 2014, South Africa.
  • Metagenomics: DNA sequencing of environmental samples from Gold 1 Mine East Rand, Springs Johannesburg, South Africa, 17th European congress of Biotechnology 3-6 July 2016, Krakow, Poland.
  • South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) 5th Symposium, 13-16 August 2018 Hermanus Cape town South Africa.

Professional Training

  • Gene Cloning, Protein Expression and FPLC purification, (Center for advance studies in Bioscience, Jain University Bangalore, August 2012 – December 2012).
  • Industrial safety and Occupational Health.

Workshop Attended

Advanced Training Workshop for CLC Genomics Workbench at the University of Pretoria from 24-27 August 2015

Additional Information

Editor for Current medical and Drug Research Journal India

Journal of current opinion in crop science


REVIEWERS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1. Environmental Management

2. International Bio deterioration & Biodegradation

3. Process Biochemistry

4. Scientific Reports Nature publications

5. Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (IJCCE)


PROFESSIONAL GOVERNING BODY MEMBERSHIP

1. South African council of Natural professional body (SACNASP) professional Natural scientist in microbiology, Member ship No: 116603.

2. Water Institute of South Africa (WISA) Member ship No: 25586

3. South African Society for Microbiology (SASM1351)

4. Asian Federation of Biotechnology

Declaration

I hereby declare that the above-furnished information is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.


Place: Cape Town, South Africa



Sudharshan Sekar

Timeline

Senior Microbiologist - Research and Development

Ecosoil
01.2020 - Current

Researcher

Centre for Ecological Genomics & Wildlife Conservation, University of Johannesburg
04.2019 - 12.2019

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Centre for Ecological Genomics & Wildlife Conservation, University of Johannesburg
04.2017 - 03.2019

Part Time Lecturer

University of Johannesburg, Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology
07.2014 - 12.2019

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, University of Johannesburg
04.2014 - 03.2017

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Department of Environmental Water and Earth Science, Tshwane University of Technology
01.2013 - 03.2014

Application Scientist - Bioprocess(Deputy Manager)

Laurus Bio (Formerly Rich core Lifesciences)
12.2011 - 08.2012

Senior Research Fellow

Chemical Engineering Department (Bioprocess), Central Leather Research Institute, CSIR
10.2008 - 10.2011

Project Assistant

Chemical Engineering Department (Bioprocess), Central Leather Research Institute
10.2005 - 09.2008

PhD - Biotechnology

CSIR (Anna University)

Master of Science - Biotechnology

Bharathidasan University

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

Bharathidasan University
Dr SUDHARSHAN SEKAR