Mr. Swapnil Sanmukh

Brief Biography:

RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE:-

Fellowship: Two year fellowship from Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India for M.Sc. Environmental Biotechnology at Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra (India) from April 2007 - March 2009.

Research Grant: Research Grant from Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India for carrying out summer training cum project work on Photo-catalysis for Environmental Applications under the topic “Selective oxidation of Nitrobenzene” at Environmental Material Division, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur-440020 for two months in 2008.

RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE:-

Completed project entitled “Photo-catalytic degradation of volatile organic compounds (like Nitrobenzene & BTEX)” in Environmental Material Division (EMD) at National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur (2008).

Completed project entitled “Decolourization of Textile Dyes (Congo red) by Pseudomonas EBD strain” at Shivaji university, Kolhapur (2009). Worked as a Laboratory Assistant in “Nikhil Analytical and Research Laboratory” (Central Govt. approved for AGMARK) for 1.5 years.

Worked as a QC-Officer in Arch Pharma Lab., Badlapur, Navi mumbai for 4 months Completed project in National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur as a Project Assistant (level-II) in Environmental Biotechnology Division (EBD) under project entitled “Water quality analysis of Ganga/Bhagirati river in the Himalayan regions” sponsored by THDC (2009- 2011).

Completed project entitled “Studied on Bacterial Disinfection by VUV-UV Excimer Sources” in Environmental Virology Division (EVC) at National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur as a Project Assistant (level-III) (2012 2013).

Presently involved in “CSIR-NCAM” project at National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Chennai as a Project Assistant (level-III) in Environmental Biotechnology Division (EBD) since October 2013.

PUBLICATIONS:-

#Swapnil G Sanmukh, Dilip B. Meshram, Waman N. Paunikar, Sandhya Swaminathan. Interaction of fishes with pathogenic bacteria and application of phages for their control- a review. Reviews in fish biology and fisheries (Published Online) DOI 10.1007/s11160-012-9257-7 (IF-2.5).

# Krishna Khairnar, Mahendra P Raut, Rajshree H Chandekar, Swapnil G Sanmukh, Waman N Paunikar. Novel bacteriophage therapy for controlling metallo-beta-lactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in Catfish. BMC Veterinary Research, 9(1):264. DOI:10.1186/1746-6148-9-264 (IF- 1.86). 

#Waman Paunikar, Swapnil Sanmukh, Krishna Khairnar, Rajshree Chandekar, Chetan Khapekar, Naresh Bokade, Udit Pal, Ram Prakash, Ghanshyamdas Bodhe. Review of disinfection methods with impetus to dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) as a source of plasma and their applications. Biophysical Reviews (Under Review).

# Swapnil G Sanmukh, Krishna Khairnar, Rajshree Chandekar, Sandhya Swaminathan, Waman N. Paunikar. A simple and effective modification of Comet assay for determination and differentiation between lytic and lysogenic phages. Virological Methods (Accepted) (IF-1.90).

#Swapnil G Sanmukh, Krishna Khairnar, Sandhya Swaminathan, Waman N. Paunikar. Novel application of algal viruses in increasing the extraction efficiency of algal lipid for potential biodiesel production. African Journal of Biotechnology (Under Review) (IF-0.57).

# Swapnil G. Sanmukh, Masoodur Rahman, Waman N. Paunikar. Comparative Genomic Studies of hypothetical proteins in Cyanophages International Journal of Computer Applications. 2012; 45(15):16-33 DOI: 10.5120/6855-9405 (IF-0.816).

# Swapnil Sanmukh, Rajshree Chandekar, Krishna Khairnar, Sandhya Swaminathan, Waman N. Paunikar.Comparative Genomic studies for understanding the hypothetical proteins in Pseudomonas phages for understanding their co-evolution with Pseudomonas species. International Research Journal of Biological Sciences. (Accepted).

# Swapnil G Sanmukh, Somita Goswami, Waman N. Paunikar. Comparative Functional Genomics Studies for Understanding the Hypothetical Proteins in Mycobacterium tuberculosis KZN 1435. International Journal of Computer Applications. 2012, 60(1), 1-3 DOI: 10.5120/9653-3943

#Swapnil G Sanmukh, Dilip B. Meshram, Waman N. Paunikar, Tarun K Ghosh. Computational characterizations for structure and function of unclassified proteins in Ictalurus punctatus. CiiT International Journal of Artificial Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning (May, 2011) (Published online) DOI: AIML052011001 (IF-1.26).

# Swapnil G. Sanmukh, Waman N. Paunikar and Tarun K. Ghosh. Computational approach for structure and functionality search for hypothetical proteins in Mycobacterium leprae CiiT International Journal of Data Mining and Knowledge Engineering (March, 2011) (Published online) DOI: DMKE032011014 (IF-1.79).

#Swapnil G. Sanmukh, Waman N. Paunikar and Tarun K. Ghosh. Study of Hypothetical Proteins in Salmonella Phages and Predicting their Structural and Functional Relationship CiiT International Journal of Biometrics and Bioinformatics. (Feburary, 2011). (Published online) DOI: BB022011001 (IF-0.975).

#Swapnil G Sanmukh, Waman N. Paunikar, Tarun K. Ghosh and Tapan Chakrabarti. Structural and functional prediction of hypothetical proteins in Bacteriophages against Halophilic bacteria - An Insilico Approach. International Journal of Pharma and Biosciences. (April, 2011) (Published online) Vol. 2(2), pp B61-B70. (IF – 0.67)
#Swapnil G Sanmukh, Waman N. Paunikar, Dilip B. Meshram and Tarun K Ghosh. Insilico function prediction for hypothetical proteins in Vibrio parahaemolyticus Chromosome II. CiiT International Journal of Data Mining and Knowledge Engineering. (May, 2011) (Published online) DOI: DMKE052011003 (IF-1.79)

#Waman N. Paunikar, Swapnil G. Sanmukh and T K Ghosh. Non-specificity of phage enzymes. International Journal of Pharma and Biosciences. (April, 2011) (Published online) Vol. 2(2), pp B546-B552. (IF – 0.67)

# Waman N. Paunikar, Swapnil. G. Sanmukh and Tarun K. Ghosh. Exploring the hypothetical proteins in Rizhophages and their role in influencing Rhizobium species in soil. CiiT International Journal of Artificial Intelligent systems and Machine Learning (April, 2011) (Published online) DOI: AIML042011002 (IF-1.261)

# Swapnil G. Sanmukh and Waman N. Paunikar. Study of hypothetical proteins in Shigella phages. CiiT International Journal of fuzzy Systems (June, 2011) DOI: FS062011002 (IF-0.32).

# Swapnil G. Sanmukh, Waman N. Paunikar, Dilip B. Meshram and Tarun K. Ghosh. Functionality search in hypothetical proteins of Halobacterium salinarum CiiT International Journal of fuzzy Systems J (June, 2011) DOI: FS062011001 (IF-0.32).

# Swapnil G. Sanmukh and Waman N. Paunikar. Study of prophages in Lactobacillus species. CiiT International Journal of Automation and Autonomous System (May 2012) DOI: AA052012002 (IF-0.59).

# Swapnil G. Sanmukh and Waman N. Paunikar. Yersinia Phages and their Novel Proteins. CiiT International Journal of Data Mining and Knowledge Engineering. (May 2012) DOI: DMKE052012001 (IF-1.79).

# Swapnil G. Sanmukh and Waman N. Paunikar. Understanding Mycobacteriophages through their unrevealed proteins. CiiT International Journal of Fuzzy Systems (June 2012) DOI: FS062012001 (IF-0.39).

# Swapnil G. Sanmukh and Waman N. Paunikar. Deciphering unknown proteins in Human Herpes Viruses. CiiT International Journal of Automation and Autonomous System (May 2012) DOI: AA052012001 (IF-0.59).

# Swapnil G. Sanmukh, Waman N. Paunikar, Tarun K. Ghosh & Tapan Chakrabarti. Structure and Function Predictions of Hypothetical Proteins in Vibrio Phages. International Journal of Biometrics and Bioinformatics. (December, 2010) Published online Vol. 4(5), pp 161-175.

CHAPTERS PUBLISHED:-
1. Novel applications of bacterial and algal viruses in advancement of molecular biology and for enhancement of bio-fuel production.
Swapnil Ganesh Sanmukh, Krishna Suresh Khairnar, Sandhya Swaminathan and
Waman Narayan Paunikar (Accepted for publication)
2. Future prospects of plasma treatment technology for disinfection
Waman Paunikar, Swapnil Sanmukh, Krishna Khairnar, Rajshree Chandekar, Chetan Khapekar†, Naresh Bokade, Udit Pal, Ram Prakash, Ghanshyamdas Bodhe (Accepted for publication).

CERTIFICATES RECEIVED FROM FOREIGN UNIVERSITY:-
1. Vaccine Trials: Methods and Best Practices
John Hopkins University Blooming School of Public Health (October 2012).
2. Drug Discovery, Development & Commercialization
University of California, San Diego (April 2013).
3. Drugs and the Brain
California Institute of Technology (December 2012).
4. Genomics and Infectious Disease
John Hopkins University Blooming School of Public Health (August 2013).
5. Social Epidemiology
University of Minnesota (May 2013).
6. Treatment of Infectious Disease: Drugs and Drug Resistance
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (August 2013).
7. Genes and the Human Condition (From Behavior to Biotechnology)
University of Maryland, College Park (April 2013).
8. An Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Perspectives from Public Health
John Hopkins University Blooming School of Public Health (January 2013).
9. A Look at Nuclear Science and Technology
University of Pittsburgh (June 2013).
10. Energy 101
Georgia Institute of Technology (January 2013).
11. Emerging Infectious Diseases
John Hopkins University Blooming School of Public Health (August 2013).

PRESENTATIONS:-
1. Waman N. Paunikar, Swapnil G. Sanmukh, Mahendra P. Raut Tarun K. Ghosh and Tapan Chakrabarti. Paper presented on “Role of sediment in controlling bacteria in aquatic system –Application of bacteriophages” at WADIS 2011-International Workshop on Advances in Disinfection Technologies, NEERI, Nagpur on 9 February 2011.
2. Waman N. Paunikar, Swapnil G. Sanmukh, Tarun K. Ghosh and Tapan Chakrabarti. Poster
presentation on “Role of phages and their novel applications in nature” at WADIS 2011-International Workshop on Advances in Disinfection Technologies, NEERI, Nagpur on 9 February 2011.
3. Swapnil G. Sanmukh, Waman N. Paunikar, Sandhya Swaminathan. Poster Presented on “Comparative genomic studies on understanding the co-evolution of Mycobacterium phage-host system through their hypothetical proteins” at International conference on structural and functional genomics, SHASTRA university, Tamil Nadu, India on 6-7 January, 2013.

WORKSHOPS:
National Workshop on "Techniques in Animal Cell Culture and In Vitro Toxicology" on 14 to 23 March, 2013 at Mahatma Gandhi-Doerenkamp Center (MGDC) for Alternatives to Use of Animals in Life Science Education, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli - 620 024, India.

Academic positions:

Research fellow

Research interests:

Microbiology, Biotechnology, Virology and Bioinformatics

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