Dr. Ravindra Kumar
Dr. Ravindra Kumar
Assistant Professor
Office Address:
Assistant Professor, Bioscience and Engineering, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India Pin-673601
Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, USA-60612 (2018-2020).
Doctor of Philosophy from Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. India-751023 (2012-2018).
Master of Technology (Bioinformatics) from University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India-500046 (2010-2012).
Bachelor of Engineering (Biotechnology) from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), University of Delhi, Delhi, India-110078 (2006-2010)
Educational Qualifications
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, USA-60612 (2018-2020).
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Doctor of Philosophy from Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. India-751023 (2012-2018).
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Master of Technology (Bioinformatics) from University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India-500046 (2010-2012).
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Bachelor of Engineering (Biotechnology) from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), University of Delhi, Delhi, India-110078 (2006-2010)
Journals
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Professional Experience
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Assistant Professor, School of Biotechnology, NIT Calicut (2020 onward)
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, USA-60612 (2018-2020).
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Guest faculty of Bioinformatics in Department of Biotechnology at SOA, University Bhubaneswar, Odisha (2015-2017).
Teaching
Current Courses
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Introduction to Life Sciences (B.Tech 1st Year)
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Biostatistics (B.Tech Biotechnology 2nd Year)
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Elective-Structural Biology- (B.Tech 3rd Year)
Previously offered Courses
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Introduction to Life Sciences (B.Tech 1st Year)
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Biostatistics (B.Tech Biotechnology 2nd Year)
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Elective-Structural Biology- (B.Tech 3rd Year)
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Bioinformatics (B.Tech Biotechnology 3rd Year)
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Bioinformatics Laboratory (B.Tech Biotechnology 3rd Year)
Membership of Scientific Societies
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Position Available
PhD: Our lab is looking for highly motivated researchers to understand the cancer biology, develop the bioinformatics tools and techniques. Candidates having good programming skills and inrested in data science & machine learning analysis are encouraged to apply through NITC website advertisement https://nitc.ac.in/
Research Interest
1.Computational approaches for genomics and proteomics analysis.
2.Protein-Protein interaction or network biology and pathway analysis for functional genomics.
3.Machine learning and Data Science application in biology.
4. Computer-aided Drug designing and discovery.
5.Precision/personalized Medicine for Cancer Biology.
Honors & Awards
1. Department of Biotechnology- Senior Research Fellow award from 2014-2017
2. Department of Biotechnology- Junior Research Fellow award from 2012-2014
3. Graduate Aptitude Test Fellowship (GATE-BT) 2010-2012
Research Area
My Research Area is broadly Computational Biology and system biology. It is focused on functional genomics, network biology, NGS data analysis to understand the cancer biology. My Lab is also working to improve and development new methods, tools for high throughput data analysis and Computer aided drug designing and discovery.
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