Research Interests
																																																
																																																
																																																	Molecular Biology, Synthetic Biology, Gene regulation, Microbial Biotechnology and Nanobiotechnology, Aptamers and MEMS nanodevices in Diagnostics, Probiotic recombinant enzymes, NanoBiotic Materials, Microbes' mediated bioremediation of polluted environments, Isolation and characterization of microbes from extreme and polluted environments, metagenomics of fermented foods
																																																
																																																
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																																																				Mitigation of acrylamide in fried food systems using a combination of zein-pectin hydrocolloid complex and a food-grade l-asparaginase
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				2024
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Vishakha Bisht, Tamoghna Ghosh, Piyush K, ..., Naveen K Navani | Elsevier
																																																		
																																																		
																																																			Journal: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Rapid, Sensitive, and Specific Microbial Whole-Cell Biosensor for the Detection of Histamine: A Potential Food Toxin
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				2024
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Ankita Bhatt, Shubham Jain, Naveen K Navani | ACS
																																																		
																																																		
																																																			Journal: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Understanding of probiotic origin antimicrobial peptides: a sustainable approach ensuring food safety
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				2024
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Vishakha Bisht, Biki Das, Ajmal Hussain, ..., Naveen K Navani | NPJ
																																																		
																																																		
																																																			Journal: NPJ Science of Food
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Bacteriocins sourced from traditional fermented foods for ensuring food safety: the microbial guards
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				2024
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Vishakha Bisht, Biki Das, Naveen K Navani | John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
																																																		
																																																		
																																																			Journal: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Production and characterization of an organic solvent activated protease from haloalkaliphilic bacterium Halobiforma sp. strain BNMIITR
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				2024
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Meenu Gupta, Bijan Choudhury, Naveen K Navani | Elsevier
																																																		
																																																		
																																																			Journal: Heliyon
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Concurrent mitigation and facile monitoring of xenobiotics by a highly efficient and recyclable nanoengineered catalyst
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				2023
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Shubham Jain, Ankita Bhatt, Shahnawaz Ahmad Baba, ..., Naveen K Navani | Elsevier
																																																		
																																																		
																																																			Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Draft Genome Sequence of Alkalihalobacillus clausii Strain AXA-BCL3, Isolated from the Sahastradhara Springs of Uttarakhand, India
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				2022
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Amit Gaurav, Vishakha Bisht, Ruchir Gupta, ..., Naveen K Navani | ASM
																																																		
																																																		
																																																			Journal: Microbiology Resource Announcements
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Double-Edged Nanobiotic Platform with Protean Functionality: Leveraging the Synergistic Antibacterial Activity of a Food-Grade Peptide to Mitigate Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				2022
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Piyush K, Arshad Ali Shaikh, Pardeep K,..., Naveen K Navani | ACS
																																																		
																																																		
																																																			Journal: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Development and characterization of sodium caseinate based probiotic edible film with chia mucilage as a protectant for the safe delivery of probiotics in functional bakery
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				2022
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Anupama Semwal, Kiran Ambatipudi, Naveen K Navani | Elsevier
																																																		
																																																		
																																																			Journal: Food Hydrocolloids for Health
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Genetic regulatory element based whole-cell biosensors for the detection of metabolic disorders
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				2022
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Rajat Dhyani, Shubham Jain, Ankita Bhatt, ..., Naveen K Navani | Elsevier
																																																		
																																																		
																																																			Journal: Biosensors and Bioelectronics
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				A chemical genetic approach using genetically encoded reporters to detect and assess the toxicity of plant secondary metabolites against bacterial pathogens
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				2021
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Rajat Dhyani, Santosh K Srivastava, Krishna Shankar, ..., Naveen K Navani | Elsevier
																																																		
																																																		
																																																			Journal: Journal of Hazardous Materials
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Homogentisic acid-based whole-cell biosensor for detection of alkaptonuria disease
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				2021
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Rajat Dhyani, Krishna Shankar, Ankita Bhatt, ..., Naveen K Navani | ACS
																																																		
																																																		
																																																			Journal: Analytical Chemistry
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																 
																																																
																																																	Edited Book series on Nanotechnology (1-10 Volumes).   (2013); Studium press LLC, USA.
- Vol.1: Fundamentals and Applications – Naveen Kumar Navani, Shishir Sinha and JN Govi
- Vol.2: Synthesis and Characterization- Shishir Sinha , Naveen Kumar Navani and JN Govil
- Vol.3: Properties of Nanomaterials - Shishir Sinha , Naveen Kumar Navani and JN Govil
- Vol.4: Nanomaterials and Nanostructures- Naveen Kumar Navani, Shishir Sinha and JN Govil
- Vol.5: Defence Applications Nanotechnology - Naveen Kumar Navani, Shishir Sinha and JN Govil
- Vol.6: Nanotechnology;Energy and Environment- Shishir Sinha , Naveen Kumar Navani and JN Govil
- Vol.7: Nanotechnology;Diagnostics and Therapeutics -- Naveen Kumar Navani, Shishir Sinha and JN Govil
- Vol.8: Nanotechnology;Electronics and Photovoltaics- Shishir Sinha , Naveen Kumar Navani and JN Govil
- Vol.9: Nanotechnology;Civil/ Construction Engineering- Shishir Sinha , Naveen Kumar Navani and JN Govil
- Vol.10: Nanosensing-- Naveen Kumar Navani, Shishir Sinha and JN Govil
Book Chapters contributed -
- Naveen Kumar Navani, Casey Fowler and Yingfu Li (2009) Aptamers for the biosensing of Pathogens. Book Chapter  in Biosensors, Microsystems and the Recognition elements Edited by M. Zourob and APF Turner-Cambridge University, UK.
- Naveen Kumar Navani, Wendy Mok and Yingfu Li (2009) Aptamer Ligands as sensors for proteins and small molecules. Methods in Biotechnology,”  Humana Press, USA.
- B. Prakash, N.K. Navani and P.K. Jain (2000) Cytogenetic, blood groups and biochemical polymorphism and molecular genetic characterization of Indian farm animal genetic resources. in “Systems approach to animal farming” eds. R. Nagarcenkar & R.R. Lokeshwar.
- Naveen Kumar Navani, Pradeep Jain and Rajendra Sahai (2001) DNA technology and its role in biodiversity conservation . in “Current Topics in Environment Biology” Eds. G.Tripathi & G.C. Pandey, pp. 501-514, ABD Publishers(India).
- Naveen Kumar Navani, Rekha Sharma, Bharani Kumar, S.P.S. Ahlawat and Dinesh Pandey -Exploitation of microbial diversity for bioremediation using genetic tools – book chapter in Biotechnology in Environmental Management - edited by T.K. Ghosh, T. Chakrabarti and G. Tripathi. New Delhi, A.P.H. Pub., 2005, 2 Vols., xxxiv, 715 p
 
																																																 
																																																
																																																	Honors And Awards
																																																
																																																
																																																	Students
																																																
																																																
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Specialized functional foods: Nutritional interventions for enhancing health resilience in disasters, military operations and malnutrition crises, India
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				01 Jul 2024 - Present
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Fazil C
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Probiotic Enriched Functional Foods and their Implications in Lifestyle Related Disorders, India
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				01 Dec 2023 - Present
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sheba Chani
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Micropollutants and environmental remediation using biochemical approaches detection, mitigation to upcycling, India
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				18 Jul 2022 - Present
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Biki Das
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				From whey to wealth: Harnessing microbial mediated valorization for sustainable innovation, India
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				14 Jul 2023 - Present
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Divyansh Bhadiar
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Insights into the probiotic properties of Limosilactobacillus spp., India
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				01 Aug 2020 - Present
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Urmila Netter
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Development of efficient and sensitive whole-cell biosensors, India
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				01 Jul 2018 - 01 Oct 2024
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ankita Bhatt
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Diagnostics platform development using DNA aptamers
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				01 Jan 2017 - 01 Jan 2023
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Shubham Jain
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Development of recombinant whole cell biosensors
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				01 Jan 2014 - 01 Jan 2021
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Rajat Dhyani
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Development of gluten free probiotics food and methods for food pathogen detection
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				01 Jan 2015 - 01 Jan 2021
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Anupama Semwal
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Development of functional nucleic acid based sensors for detection of biological species
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				01 Jan 2014 - 01 Jan 2021
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Shahnawaz A Baba
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Nanomaterials based biosensors for the detection of Pathogens and small molecules
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				01 Jan 2013 - 01 Jan 2020
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: Dr. Sanjeev Manhas, Scholar: Pardeep Kumar
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Molecular investigations and applications of selected GRAS molecules for antibacterial and anticance
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				04 Aug 2012 - 04 Aug 2018
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Tamoghna Ghosh
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Synthesis and multifunctional application of biomolecule mediated Ag-Fe2O3 nanohybrids
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				04 Aug 2014 - 04 Aug 2020
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: Prof. Anil Kumar, Scholar: Mandeep Kaloti
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Molecular and Biochemical studies of probiotic properties of Lactobacillus fermentum NKN51
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				01 Jan 2010 - 01 Jan 2016
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Rekha Sharma
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Aptamers for adulterant detection and Nano-based strategies for pathogen control
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				01 Jan 2008 - 01 Jan 2015
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Lambadi Paramesh Ramulu
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Carbon nanotube based devices for sensor applications
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				01 Jan 2013 - 01 Jan 2020
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: Dr. Sanjeev Manhas, Scholar: Narender Kumar
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Development of a promoter based bacterial reporter system for a sensing stress response
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				01 Jan 2007 - 01 Jan 2013
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Santosh Kumar Srivastava
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Generation of DNA aptamers for detection of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				01 Jan 2007 - 01 Jan 2013
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Tarun Kumar Sharma
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																		
																																																			
																																																				Screening and characterization of an extracellular protease from halophilic bacterium
																																																			
																																																			
																																																				04 Aug 2010 - 01 Jan 2016
																																																			
																																																			
																																																		 
																																																		
																																																			Other Supervisors: Dr. Bijan Choudhury, Scholar: Meenu Gupta
																																																		
																																																		
																																																	 
																																																	
																																																 
																																																
																																																	Miscellaneous