Dr. AMBER GUPTA – Unraveling the Secrets of Salt Tolerance in Rice: Meet the Rising Star of Biotechnology!

Dr. AMBER GUPTA

Curriculum Vitae- Academic Profile

Intro Summary: Dr. Amber Gupta is a dedicated researcher with a strong academic background in Biotechnology. Currently working as a Research Associate at IISER Mohali, she has a passion for studying salt tolerance mechanisms in rice plants. Her expertise lies in ion transport channels and their role in plant stress responses.

Current Position:

Working Place and Designation: IISER Mohali, CSIR – Research Associate I

Previous Work Experience:

Last Place of Work & Designation: Project Research Scientist C, ICMR-RMRC, Gorakhpur

Academic Qualifications:

• High School Division I, U.P BOARD ALLAHABAD, 2005
• Intermediate Division I, U.P BOARD ALLAHABAD, 2007
• Graduate Degree Division I, BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY JHANSI, 2011
• Post Graduate Degree Division I with Distinction, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY VARANASI, 2014
• Doctoral Degree Division I, DBT – Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, 2021

Research Publications:

1. Gupta, A., & *Shaw, B. P. (2020). Functional Plant Biology: FPB.
2. *Gupta, A., Roychoudhury A., & Shaw, B.P. (2021). Academic Press (Elsevier).

Scholarships and Awards:

• Availed DST-INSPIRE SRF fellowship for Ph.D. program
• Best oral Presentation Award in International Conference on Environment, Agriculture, Human, and Animal Health (ICEAHAH2021)

Research Work Experience:

• Ph.D. thesis work on salt tolerance in rice cultivars

Technical Skills:

Hydroponic growth of rice plant, Semi-quantitative PCR analysis, Quantitative PCR, Biochemical assay for membrane enzyme activity, Western blot of membrane transport channels, RNA isolation, Genomic DNA Isolation, Confocal image analysis, Yeast one Hybrid, Gene cloning, Basic bioinformatics knowledge (BLAST and CLUSTAL omega). Phenotyping skills include PAM measurement for energy distribution of chlorophyll fluorescence, DAB staining of Arabidopsis, and genotyping of mutant lines.

Reviewer for Academic Journals:

• Plant Growth Regulation
• Frontiers in Plant Sciences
• Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Language Skills:

• Hindi: Native speaker; Read, Write, and Speak
• English: Read, Write, and Speak

Personal Information:

• Marital Status: Unmarried
• Category: UNRESERVED (GENERAL)/Economically Weaker Section
• Religion: Hindu
• Date of Birth: 20-March-1989
• Nationality: INDIA

Skills:

Biotechnology, Research, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Academic Writing, Data Analysis, Presentation, Teaching, Technical Writing, Ion Transport

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Cover Letter:

I completed my Ph.D. in Biotechnology (DST-INSPIRE SRF) in November 2021 with Dr. Birendra Prasad Shaw (Scientist G: Retired) at the Plant and Microbial Biotechnology Unit, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, INDIA.
The topic of my doctoral program thesis is “Biochemical and molecular characterization of genes involved in ion-relation in rice cultivars contrast for salt tolerance”; with this, I would like to carry forward my research path in the field of Plant Molecular Biology.

I have been working as CSIR–Research Associate-I at the Department of Biological Sciences, IISER Mohali, since July 2024. Before this designation, I was designated as Project Research Scientist-C at ICMR-RMRC, Gorakhpur.

In the past, I had worked experience as a Post-Doctoral Fellow for a short term under the research topic, “Agrophysics and remote sensing technology application in crop plants under Abiotic stress at Migal Galilee Research Institute, Kiryat Shemona, Israel, from April 2022 to September 2022.

I have experience in scientific publication communication as I got the opportunity to play the role of the corresponding author, with most of my published articles securing first authorship. Nature-wise wise I am very flexible to do work either as an independent scholar or in teamwork, but usually, I like to do teamwork. Recently, I have been assigned as a reviewer for reviewing several manuscripts from Springer journals.

I have explored presenting my research work at various national and international conferences and visited many other places in life to explore scientific knowledge in discussions. I have a great interest in sharing ideas and building a strong scientific network with others. In the future, I would like to stand as an ideal researcher, administrator, faculty, or scientist for contributing significantly research work.