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PhD Biotechnology | Expert - Biochemistry & Biotechnology | Structural & Synthetic Biology | Science Comm & Journalism

Profile Summary

Advanced interdisciplinary training in microbial biotechnology, synthetic biology, and biochemistry with 15+ years of experience conducting scientific research in both academia and industry. I have expertise in both small molecule-based as well as natural product-based new drug discovery research for infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and medical microbiology gained during my PhD and at the global R&D of Daiichi Sankyo Japan. Additionally, am a specialist in protein engineering, protein biochemistry, molecular biology, enzymology, assay development, structural, and synthetic biology from my post-doctoral research at University of Bristol. I am also skilled in genome mining and microbial taxonomy. Proven capacity for executing scientific studies and delivering novel, data-driven insights using multi-disciplinary techniques. Creative, passionate, and forward thinking with a fierce attention to detail. Competent in troubleshooting and experimental design planning. I am highly experienced in writing and reviewing both scientific and non-scientific articles, analysing data, data presentation, and scientific illustration. I have authored several publications in high repute journals. Link Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=TY8veacAAAAJ&hl=en. I have also co-authored an anthology for science communication and science policy purposes which is available online. Open for freelance opportunities.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Biochemistry
• ★ Microbial Biotechnology
• ★ Synthetic Biology
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Zoology
• ☆ Animal Science
• ☆ Animal Biotechnology
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Plant Biotechnology
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Biodiversity
• ☆ Food Microbiology
• ☆ Clinical Microbiology
• ☆ Industrial Biotechnology
• ☆ Pharmacy
• ☆ Drug Discovery
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Antibiotic Development
• ☆ Infectious Disease
• ☆ Antibiotic Resistance Research
• ☆ Antibiotic Stewardship
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Herbal Products

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Technical Writing, Creative Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Assay Development Scientist - Protein

Nuclera Nucleics Ltd.

November 2021 - Present

Post-doctoral Research Associate

University of Bristol

January 2020 - September 2021

Newton International Fellow

University of Bristol

November 2017 - November 2019

Postdoctoral Reseacher/Science Communicator

IISER Pune

May 2017 - October 2017

Research Scientist

Daiichi Sankyo India Pharma Pvt Ltd

November 2015 - March 2017

BCIL Industrial Trainee (Govt. of India sponsored)

Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Gurgaon

August 2007 - November 2008

Education

PhD Biotechnology

Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi - India

January 2009 - September 2015

M.Sc. Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology

Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, formerly University of Sagar - India

July 2005 - July 2007

B.Sc Biotechnology, Life Science & Chemistry

Devi Ahilya University of Indore - India

July 2002 - July 2005

Certifications

• Science in context: Universities, the economy, and policy

  Imperial College Business School (Royal Society London sponsored)

  July 2019 - Present

• Scientific entrepreneurship

  Imperial College Business School (Royal Society London sponsored)

  February 2019 - Present

• Leadership Effectiveness (This module focuses on management skills and leadership behaviours which underpin effective leadership in science.)

  Imperial College Business School (Royal Society London sponsored)

  July 2018 - Present

Publications

OTHER

Giordano Amoruso, Juntai Liu, Daniel W. Polak, Kavita Tiwari, Michael R. Jones, Thomas A. A. Oliver(2021). High efficiency excitation energy transfer in biohybrid quantum dot–bacterial reaction center nanoconjugates . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Amoruso, G., Liu, J., Polak, D.W., Tiwari, K., Jones, M.R., Oliver, T.A.A.(2021). High efficiency excitation energy transfer in biohybrid quantum dot–bacterial reaction center nanoconjugates . bioRxiv.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Amoruso, G., Liu, J., Polak, D.W., Tiwari, K., Jones, M.R., Oliver, T.A.A.(2021). High-Efficiency Excitation Energy Transfer in Biohybrid Quantum Dot-Bacterial Reaction Center Nanoconjugates . Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 12. (23). p. 5448-5455.

Nair, A.V., Robson, A., Ackrill, T.D., Till, M., Byrne, M.J., Back, C.R., Tiwari, K., Davies, J.A., Willis, C.L., Race, P.R.(2020). Structure and mechanism of a dehydratase/decarboxylase enzyme couple involved in polyketide β-methyl branch incorporation . Scientific Reports. 10. (1).

Williams, S.E., Stennett, H.L., Back, C.R., Tiwari, K., Gomez, J.O., Challand, M.R., Hendry, K.R., Spencer, J., Essex-Lopresti, A.E., Willis, C.L., et al.(2020). The bristol sponge microbiome collection: A unique repository of deep-sea microorganisms and associated natural products . Antibiotics. 9. (8). p. 1-18.

Tiwari, K., Upadhyay, D.J., Mösker, E., Süssmuth, R., Gupta, R.K.(2015). Culturable bioactive actinomycetes from the Great Indian Thar Desert . Annals of Microbiology. 65. (4). p. 1901-1914.

Tiwari, K., Raj, V.S., Upadhyay, D.J., Gupta, R.K.(2015). In vitro activity of bioactive extracts from rare actinomycetes against multi-drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae . Journal of Applied Microbiology. 118. (6). p. 1306-1314.

Tiwari, K., Gupta, R.K.(2013). Diversity and isolation of rare actinomycetes: An overview . Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 39. (3). p. 256-294.

Shukla, D.K., Rani, M., Khan, A.A., Tiwari, K., Gupta, R.K.(2013). Synthesis and biological activity of some 3-aryl-3,4-dihydro-2h-benz[e]-1, 3-oxazines/6-bromo-3-aryl-3,4-dihydro-2h-benz[e]-1,3-oxazines . Asian Journal of Chemistry. 25. (11). p. 5921-5924.

Tiwari, K., Gupta, R.K.(2012). Rare actinomycetes: A potential storehouse for novel antibiotics . Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. 32. (2). p. 108-132.

BOOK CHAPTER

Henry L. Stennett and Kavita Tiwari and Sam E. Williams and Paul Curnow and Paul R. Race(2020). 2 The extremophilic pharmacy: drug discovery at the limits of life . Biotechnological Applications of Extremophilic Microorganisms. p. 43--72. De Gruyter

Tiwari, K., Gupta, R.K.(2014). Bioactive metabolites from rare actinomycetes . Studies in Natural Products Chemistry. 41. p. 419-512.