Biography

Presently I am appointed as a postdoctoral fellow at the Palacký University, Czech Republic, Olomouc, Czech Republic under the mentorship of Prof. Karel Doležal. I did my previous postdoc at the University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, under the mentorship of Prof. Johannes Van Staden. I have two years of tertiary teaching experience at Baba Farid College, Bathinda, Punjab, India. I have done my Ph.D. in Botany from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India.

My research expertise includes biostimulants, seed physiology, crop physiology, endophytes, plant tissue culture, molecular biology, biochemistry, plant physiology, smoke biology, plant-microbe interactions and analytical chemistry. I have 24 publications currently in my hand and I have published one edited book on biostimulants. I have a vast network in plant science from the USA, Canada, South Africa, Europe, India and China. I have received a Y1 (Young researcher) rating from National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa in January 2022. I am also on the editorial board of one international journal and regularly review for more than 15 journals and funding organizations including the National Research Foundation (NRF).