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I am a Plant Biotechnologist Geneticist with extensive experience in Plant Genetics and Genomics and diversity analysis

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I have completed my Ph.D in March, 2016 at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India/CSIR-IHBT, Palampur, India. During my Ph.D. tenure I was involved in a project entitled “(Development and Utilization of Sequence Based Markers from the Expressed Genome of Tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O.Kuntze)”. The results of this project are published in American Journal of Botany (doi:10.3732/ajb.1000525) and Plant Breeding (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pbr.12101/full) and also worked “Development and utilization of novel Intron length polymorphism (ILP) markers in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O.Kuntze)".Regarding experience, my thesis work includes Development of sequence based simple sequence repeats (SSR) and ILP markers from expreseed genome of tea and using these markers for genetic diversity analysis of tea. A larger set of genomic resource comprised of 6191 markers (2236 SSR and 3955 ILP), the 295 novel (112 TUGMS and 183 ILP) markers identified in the doctoral study from the expressed region of the genome and will strengthen the limited Microsatellite and ILP marker repository in Tea. Development of genomic and genic SSRs in some other important plants like Wheat, Onion, Rhododendron, Rose, Stevia, Bamboo, Aquilaria malaccensis and Pteris cretica also have been done. After submission of my Ph.D., I was associated in ICAR sponsored project entitled “Molecular genetic analysis of resistance/tolerance to different stresses in rice, wheat, chickpea and mustard including sheath blight complex genomics” where I got familiarized with the basic concepts of molecular genetics and genetic mapping of important genes in rice. I have also worked as National Post Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF SERB) on the project entitled “Identification and characterization of genic sequences in high amylose starch mutant lines of an Indian bread wheat variety” and currently working as Research Associate-III on the project entitled “Gene Discovery for improvement of processing and nutrition quality in wheat” Where I am targeting the important genes of starch biosynthesis pathways in wheat and will also explore SNPs in high amylose mutant lines of wheat. Currently My Post Doctoral Experience is four Years in the field of Plant genetics and Genomic resources, In the current 2 years I have published more than 14 publications in the journal of international repute,which you can find at https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OVRDDdsAAAAJ&hl=en , and also serving as Review Editor at Frontiers in Genetics, Academic Editor in Plos One from this year and in past I have reviewed for different journals of MDPI like Genes, IJMS and Plants, Phyologia Plantarum, JPBB and Genetic resources and crop evolution etc, So based on my expertise I want to serve any one who's work is relevant to my expertise.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Plant Breeding & Genetics
• ★ Plant Biotechnology
• ★ Conservation Genetics
• ☆ Biodiversity
• ☆ Agricultural Biotechnology
• ☆ Phylogenetics
• ☆ Herbal Medicine

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Technical Writing

Research Fact Checking, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Work Experience

RA-III

National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute

October 2018 - October 2020

National Post Doctorate Fellow (DST-SERB)

National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute

August 2016 - August 2018

SRF

Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University

October 2015 - July 2016

CSIR-SRF

Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology CSIR

April 2012 - March 2015

Education

Ph.D. (Biotechnology)

Guru Nanak Dev University

October 2010 - March 2016

M.Sc. (School of Studies In Bio-Chemistry)

Jiwaji University

August 2004 - July 2006

B.Sc. (Med) (Govt Degree College Dhaliara)

Himachal Pradesh University

August 2001 - July 2004

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Himanshu Sharma, Abhishek Bhandawat, Pankaj Kumar, Mohammed Saba Rahim, Afsana Parveen, Prashant Kumar, Akansha Madhawan, Vikas Rishi, Joy Roy(2020). Development and characterization of bZIP transcription factor based SSRs in wheat. Gene. Elsevier

Himanshu Sharma, Abhishek Bhandawat, Sandeep Rawat(2020). Cross-transferability of SSR markers developed in Rhododendron species of Himalaya. Molecular Biology Reports. Springer Science+Business Media

Sharma, Himanshu and Hyv{\"o}nen, Jaakko and Poczai, P{\'e}ter(2020). Development of chloroplast microsatellite markers for giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida). Applications in Plant Sciences. 8. (1). p. e11313.

Abhishek Bhandawat, Himanshu Sharma, Neha Pundir, Akansha Madhawan, Joy Roy(2020). Genome-wide identification and characterization of novel non-coding RNA-derived SSRs in wheat. Molecular Biology Reports. Springer Science+Business Media

Sharma, Himanshu and Kumar, Pankaj and Singh, Abhishek and Aggarwal, Kanika and Roy, Joy and Sharma, Vikas and Rawat, Sandeep(2020). Development of polymorphic EST-SSR markers and their applicability in genetic diversity evaluation in Rhododendron arboreum. Molecular Biology Reports. p. 1--11. Springer

Monica Sharma, Mohammed Saba Rahim, Pankaj Kumar, Ankita Mishra, Himanshu Sharma, Joy Roy(2020). Large Scale Identification and Characterization of Phenolic Compounds and their marker-trait association in Wheat. Euphytica. Springer Science+Business Media

Mohammed Saba Rahim, Ankita Mishra, Mehak Katyal, Sheetal Thakur, Monica Sharma, Pankaj Kumar, Afsana Parveen, Vandana Jaiswal, Narpinder Singh, Vinay Kumar, Raj Kumar Gupta, Himanshu Sharma, Joy Roy(2020). Marker-trait association identified candidate starch biosynthesis pathway genes for starch and amylose-lipid complex gelatinization in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Euphytica. Springer Science+Business Media

Himanshu Sharma, Abhishek Bhandawat, Mohammed Saba Rahim, Pankaj Kumar, Mohini Pal Choudhoury, Joy Roy(2020). Novel intron length polymorphic (ILP) markers from starch biosynthesis genes reveal genetic relationships in Indian wheat varieties and related species. Molecular Biology Reports. Springer Science+Business Media

Roy, Abhishek Bhandawat Kuldip Jayaswall Himanshu Sharma Joy(2020). Sound as a stimulus in associative learning for heat stress in Arabidopsis. Communicative & integrative biology. 13. (1). p. 1--5. Taylor \& Francis Online

Akansha Madhawan, Ankita Sharma, Abhishek Bhandawat, Mohammed Saba Rahim, Prashant Kumar, Ankita Mishra, Afsana Parveen, Himanshu Sharma, Shailender Kumar Verma, Joy Roy(2020). Identification and characterization of long non-coding RNAs regulating resistant starch biosynthesis in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Genomics. Elsevier

Anshu Alok, Dulam Sandhya, Phanikanth Jogam, Vandasue Rodrigues, Kaushal K. Bhati, Himanshu Sharma, Jitendra Kuma(2020). The Rise of the CRISPR/Cpf1 System for Efficient Genome Editing in Plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. p. 264. Frontiers Media

Jayaswall, Kuldip and Sharma, Himanshu and Bhandawat, Abhishek and Sagar, Ram and Yadav, Vinod Kumar and Sharma, Vikas and Mahajan, Vijay and Roy, Joy and Singh, Major(2019). Development of intron length polymorphic (ILP) markers in onion (Allium cepa L.), and their cross-species transferability in garlic (A. sativum L.) and wild relatives. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 66. (7). p. 1379--1388. Springer Netherlands

KULDIP JAYSWALL, ABHISHEK BHANDAWAT, HIMANSHU SHARMA, VINOD KUMAR YADAV, VINAY MAHAJAN, MAJOR SINGH(2019). Characterization of Allium germplasms for conservation and sustainable management using SSR markers. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 18. (1). p. 193--199. NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository

Kumar, Pankaj and Mishra, Ankita and Sharma, Himanshu and Sharma, Dixit and Rahim, Mohammed Saba and Sharma, Monica and Parveen, Afsana and Jain, Prateek and Verma, Shailender Kumar and Rishi, Vikas and others(2018). Pivotal role of bZIPs in amylose biosynthesis by genome survey and transcriptome analysis in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) mutants. Scientific reports. 8. (1). p. 1--15. Nature Publishing Group

Anil Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Pathak, Aranyadip Gayen, Supriya Gupta, Manoj Singh, Charu Lata, Himanshu Sharma,Joy Kumar Roy, Sanjay Mohan Gupta(2018). Systems biology of seeds: decoding the secret of biochemical seed factories for nutritional security. 3 Biotech. 8. p. 460. Springer

Kumar, Vishal and Bhandawat, Abhishek and Sharma, Himanshu and Nag, Akshay and Sharma, Ram Kumar(2016). Novel microsatellite markers identification and diversity characterization in Pteris cretica L. Journal of plant biochemistry and biotechnology. 25. (1). p. 104--110. Springer India

BHANDAWAT, ABHISHEK and SHARMA, VIKAS and SHARMA, HIMANSHU and SOOD, ANIL and SHARMA, RAM KUMAR(2015). Development and crosstransferability of functionally relevant microsatellite markers in Dendrocalamus latiflorus and related bamboo species. Journal of genetics. 94. p. 48--55.

(2015). Identification and cross-species amplification of microsatellite markers derived from expressed sequence data of rose species. Journal of plant biochemistry and biotechnology. 24. (3). p. 359--364. Springer India

Singh, Pradeep and Sharma, Himanshu and Nag, Akshay and Bhau, Brijmohan Singh and Sharma, Ram Kumar(2015). Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellites markers in endangered Aquilaria malaccensis. Conservation genetics resources. 7. (1). p. 61--63. Springer

Singh, Pramod Kumar and Sharma, Himanshu and Srivastava, Nidhi and Bhagyawant, Sameer S(2014). Analysis of genetic diversity among wild and cultivated chickpea genotypes employing ISSR and RAPD markers. American Journal of Plant Sciences. 2014. Scientific Research Publishing

Kumar, A and Taneja, N and Sharma, RK and Sharma, H and Ramamurthy, T and Sharma, M(2014). Molecular characterization of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from diverse sources from India by multi-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) . Epidemiology & Infection. 142. (12). p. 2572--2582. Cambridge University Press

Bhandawat, ABHISHEK and Sharma, HIMANSHU and Nag, AKSHAY and Singh, SANATSUJAT and Ahuja, PARAMVIR SINGH and Sharma, RK(2014). Functionally relevant novel microsatellite markers for efficient genotyping in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni . J Genet. 93. p. 75--81.

(2013). Development and utilization of genomic and genic microsatellite markers in Assam tea (Camellia assamica ssp. assamica) and related C amellia species . Plant Breeding. 132. (6). p. 748--763.

Sharma, Himanshu and Kumar, Rahul and Sharma, Vikas and Kumar, Vishal and Bhardwaj, Pankaj and Ahuja, Paramvir Singh and Sharma, Ram Kumar(2011). Identification and cross-species transferability of 112 novel unigene-derived microsatellite markers in tea (Camellia sinensis) . American journal of botany. 98. (6). p. e133--e138. Botanical Society of America

BOOK CHAPTER

Mohammed Saba Rahim, Abhishek Bhandawat, Nitika Rana, Himanshu Sharma, Afsana Parveen, Prashant Kumar, Akansha Madhawan, Ashita Bisht, Humira Sonah, Tilak Raj Sharma, and Joy Roy(2020). Genomic Selection in Cereal Crops: Methods and Applications. Accelerated Plant Breeding: Cereal Crops. Springer Science+Business Media

Kuldip Jayaswall, Abhishek Bhandawat, Himanshu Sharma, Ram Sagar, Akash Kumar, Vijay Mahajan and Major Singh(2019). The implication of molecular markers for genomic improvement of Allium. Compendium for International Training on “Recent Research Strategies in Onion and Garlic”. p. 103--109. ICAR-Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research

Rahim, M Saba and Sharma, Himanshu and Parveen, Afsana and Roy, Joy K(2018). Trait Mapping Approaches Through Association Analysis in Plants. Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology. p. 83--108. Springer, Cham

Ram Kumar Sharma, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Rahul Kumar, Himanshu Sharma and Paramveer Singh Ahuja(2012). Tea Applied Genomics: utilizing genetic variability and current genomic tools to enhance productivity. Scientific Publishers

DISSERTATION THESIS

Sharma, Himanshu Sharma and Ram Kumar(2015). Development and Utilization of Sequence Based Markers from the Expressed Genome of Tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O.Kuntze.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Kumar, Rahul and Sharma, Himanshu and Singh, Sanatsujat and Sud, Rakesh Kumar and Gulati, Arvind and Ahuja, Paramvir Singh and Sharma, Ram Kumar(2014). Molecular markers based approach for genetic improvement of tea (Camellia sinensis). New Biotechnology. (31). p. S207.

Bhardwaj, P and Sharma, RK and Kumar, R and Sharma, H and Ahuja, PS(2014). SSR marker based DNA fingerprinting and diversity assessment in superior tea germplasm cultivated in Western Himalaya . Proc Indian Natn Sci Acad. 80. (1). p. 157--162.

(2010). Microsatellite Marker Development for efficient genotyping applications in tea. Plant and Animal Genome Conference XVIII 9th SanDiego, California, USA.