Dr. Ashutosh Kumar Rai

Academic Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy (2012) in Applied Biochemistry from School of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, BHU, India. 
• Master of Science (2004) in Applied Biochemistry from Department of Biochemistry, University Campus, VBS Purvanchal University, India

Journal Editor / Invited Reviewer

• Academic Editor of "PLOS ONE" (since 2018)
• Review Editor of Frontiers in Microbiology (since 2022)
• Review Editor of Frontiers in Fungal Biology- (Fungal Biotechnology) (since 2022)
• Associated as peer reviewer for several prestigious international journals (since 2017)

Experience

1. Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University working since 2017 to date (www.iau.eu.sa) 
2. School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India (www.jnu.ac.in) 
3. International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi (www.icgeb.org)
4. National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms (NBAIM), India (www.nbaim.org.in)
5. School of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) India (www.bhu.ac.in)

Current Area of Research Interest