National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Vijai Kumar Gupta
PRAVASI FELLOW, ELECTED 2021

Born in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India on 19 November 1981. Educated at MPLL Adarsh Inter College, Faizabad, 1994-96; Government Inter College, Faizabad, 1996-98; Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, 1999-2002, Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, 2002-2004; Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, 2006-2009; B.Sc. 2002; M.Sc. 2004; Ph.D. 2009.

Senior Fellow and Group Leader, Center for Safe and Improved Foods & Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Centre, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Associated Institute of University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, United Kingdom, 2020 to date.

Assistant Professor of Biotechnology, 2009-2010, MITS University, Lakshmangarh, Rajasthan, India; Postdoctoral Research Scientist, 2010-2013, Lead Researcher, 2014-2016, Visiting Researcher, 2016-2016, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland; Senior Research Scientist, 2016-2019, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia; Senior Researcher, 2019-2020, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia; Associate Professor (Biochemistry), 2020-2020, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco.

Awards/Honours: DKEBVS, Lucknow, India ‘Best Poster Paper Award’, 2008; International Society of Contemporary Biologists India ‘Young Scientist Award’, 2009; CCLP Worldwide ‘Global Education Award’, 2013; IIFS India ‘Bharat Jyoti Award’, 2014; EET-CRS India ‘Special Achievement Award’, 2014; SOE India ‘Outstanding Higher Education Leader Award’, 2014; Society of Experimental Biology UK ‘Company of Biologists Travel Award’, 2015; National Academy of Biological Sciences India ‘Young Scientist Award’, 2014; Bioved, Allahabad, India ‘JC Edward Medal’, 2015; Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa, Mexico ‘Dr Christopher Augur Best Paper Award’, 2018; NAVIC India ‘UP Bhaskar Award’, 2019; Academic Editor, PLOS One, 2014-to date; Associate Editor, BMC Microbiology, 2015-to date; Senior Editor, Scientific Reports, 2014-to date; Associate Editor, Mycosphere, 2014- to date; Associate Editor, Microbial Cell Factories, 2017-to date; Associate Editor, BMC Microbiome, 2018-to date; Editor, Biomolecules-MDPI, 2018-to date; Associate Editor, BMC Environmental Microbiome, 2019-to date; Executive Editor, Current Research in Biotechnology, Elsevier, 2019-to date; Editor, Biotechnology Advances, Elsevier, 2019-to date; Associate Editor, Biotechnology Reports, Elsevier, 2019-to date; Associate Editor, Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 2020- to date; Distinguish Professor and International Supervisor (Biotechnology), IFST-Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, 2017; Ambassador, American Society for Microbiology, USA, 2017; Honorary Member, Fungi of Egypt, Egypt, 2017; Honorary Member Board of Trustees and Studies, Al-Fanar University, Egypt, 2018; Honorary Faculty Member, Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, Australia, 2018; Honorary Member, Iranian Biofuel Society, 2019.

Fellow: Linnaean Society, London, UK; Hind Agri-Horticultural Society, India; International Society of Contemporary Biologists, India; Mycological Society of India; Indian Mycological Association; African Scientific Institute, Africa; Academy of Microbiological Sciences, India; Associate Fellow of National Academy of Biological Sciences, India; Academic Member of The Mexican Academy of Sciences, Arts, Technology and Humanities, Mexico.

Research Areas: Bioactive natural products, microbial biotechnology, bioprocess technologies, and glycobiotechnology of plant-microbe interactions

Address: Senior Fellow and Group Leader, Center for Safe and Improved Foods & Biorefining, and Advanced Materials Research Centre, Scotland’s Rural College, SRUC Barony Campus, Parkgate, Dumfries DG1 3NE, Scotland, UK; 55 Barrie Avenue, Dumfries DG1 2HB, Scotland, United Kingdom; [Tel: Off. +441387242920; Res. +441387430332; Cell: +447826515346; Email: vijai.gupta@sruc.ac.uk; vijaifzd@gmail.com]