Dr. Pranjit Kumar Bora Email & Phone Number

Research Experience•AcSIR PhD Scholar, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat, Assam. (Jan 2021 - Till date)Research Supervisor: Dr. Saikat HaldarPhD Thesis Title: A study on mushroom biocatalyzed aroma alteration of essential oilsLab webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/abc-phytochemicals•Project associate (CSIR-Focused Basic Research project; Agri, Nutri and Biotech Theme), CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat, Assam, India. (Jan 2021 - Mar 2023)Research Topic: Edible biocatalysts for the sensory alteration of essential oils•Project associate (CSIR Mission Project; Nutraceuticals and Nutritionals), CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat, Assam, India. (Sep 2018 - Mar 2020)Research Topic: Screening of spices for the activity against neurodegenerative diseasesResearch Expertise•Phytochemical analysis and quality controlQualitative and quantitative analysis of the phytochemicals, quality control of the plant materials and end-products•Whole-cell biocatalysisMicrobial transformation of phytochemicals for bioflavour production•Sensory analysisSensory analyses of the flavours for their aroma characterization and quality control •Analytical techniquesAnalytical method development, GC-MS, NMR, HPLC, HPTLC•Natural product chemistryLarge-scale isolation and spectroscopic/spectrometric (NMR, HRMS) characterization of secondary metabolites from plant sourcesAnalytical and Instrumentation Skills• GC-MS (Agilent Technologies) • Analytical HPLC (Thermo Scientific) • HPTLC (Camag) • NMR (500 MHz, Bruker) [data recording, maintenance and troubleshooting]Publications: Summary• Total no. of publications: 20 (16 original articles, 4 review articles)• No. of publications in first author: 06• No. of patent filed: 01• Average impact factor: 4.7• Total impact factor: 75.5• Total impact factor as 1st author: 25.4