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- Ms Manpreet Kaur, (Admission No. L-2018-BS-74-D), PhD student of Department of Biochemistry was invited as a short term scholar for six months in the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. She did her research on the stability of food lipids in the lab of Dr. Eric A. Decker, Head, Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts. Dr. Decker is actively conducting research to characterize mechanisms of lipid oxidative and health implications of bioactive lipids.
- Manpreet Kaur is working under the Prime Minister Research Fellowship (initiative of FICCI and SERB) in collaboration with Industry partner 'Chemical Resourses, Panchkula' on the topic "Biochemical Characterization of Euryhaline Microalgal Strains for Bioactive Metabolites" under guidance of Dr. Surekha Bhatia, Senior Biochemist, Department of Processing and Food Engineering.
- Heena Rani (L-2018-BS-75-D), a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biochemistry had been awarded with India’s Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship Program (OVDF) at Purdue University, USA. She joined Professor Szymanski’s lab in the Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology since 26th July, 2021 and worked on Malt quality and thermostability studies in mutants, hulled, hull-less and wild genotypes of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). At Purdue University, she used Shotgun Proteomics approach to decipher differentially expressed proteins in barley during malting. After her Ph.D., she bagged the “Postdoctoral Research Associate Position” at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin.
- Ms. Gurkanwal Kaur Sekhon, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biochemistry, had been awarded with the prestigious Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Young Research Fellowship for the year 2020-21. She is currently working on “Process Optimization of Conversion of Paddy Straw into Ethanol and Xylitol” under the guidance of Dr Monica Sachdeva Taggar, Biochemist, School of Energy studies. This research work is being carried out in the Pathak Energy Laboratories, Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, PAU. Her research work is focused on the utilization of lignocellulosic agricultural residue: paddy straw for the production of biofuels and other value added products.
- Diksha Singla (L-2012-BS-44-IM) was awarded Avtar Singh Atwal Gold Medal in 2021 for the year 2017-2018.
- Many students are pursuing their higher studies abroad. Ananya Chiraya is doing masters in Biochemistry at University of Saskatchewan. Sonali Koundal, another student of Integrated MSc (Hons) programme is pursuing Ph.D in Agricultural Sciences with a fellowship at Western Sydney University, Australia. Avninder received Research Assistantship at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley USA. Harshdeep Kaur is also pursuing higher studies in UK.
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