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Dr. Tapan Kumar Mohanta
Dr. Tapan Kumar Mohanta
Research Assistant Professor
Biotech and Omics.......
Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center
  • Telephone: (+968)+96879405046, Ext: 724
  • eMail: tapan.mohanta@unizwa.edu.om
  • Office Location: 25-B........
  • Time at UoN: Since 2018
  • Marital Status: .......

  • Currently, Dr. Tapan Kumar Mohanta is working as a Researcher at the University of Nizwa since March 2018. Before joining the University of Nizwa, Dr. Mohanta was working as a Research Professor at Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea from April 2014 to February 2018. Dr. Mohanta also worked as a postdoctoral research associate at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar, India from September 2011 to April 2012 and National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India from April 2012 to March 2014. To his credit, Dr. Mohanta has more than 60 SCI/SCI-E indexed research publications in Q1, Q2, and Q3 journals in the field of plant genomics, molecular biology, and metabolomics. In addition, Dr. Mohanta has contributed several book chapters and other research publications as well. Dr. Mohanta has completed his MS in Bioinformatics (2007) and Ph.D. degree (2011) from the University of Turin, Italy, and M. Sc. Biotechnology (2006) degree from North Orissa University, India.


    Academic Qualifications
    • PhD (University of Turin, Italy), 2011
    • MS Bioinformatics (University of Turin, Italy), 2007
    • M.Sc. Biotechnology (North Orissa University), 2006
    Teaching Activities
    • Bacteriology, Spring 2021
    • Metabolic Engineering, 2016
    • Advanced metabolic engineering, 2017
    Research Activities
    - Research Interests
    • tRNA, Genomics, Proteomics & Plant Molecular Biology
    • Construction of virtual 2-D proteome map of plant, fungi, plastome, and bacteria
    • Functional analysis of quadruplet anti-codons
    • Functional analysis of small peptides of plants and fungi
    • Speed Breeding using chemical agent
        - Publications
              Membership in Professional Bodies
              • 2022-Present: Topic editor, Opportunities and Challenges for nanotechnology in Sustainable Agri-Food Production, Frontiers in Nanotechnology
              • 2022-Present: Topic editor, Fungi for food and environment sustainability, Frontiers in Microbiology
              • 2022-Present: Topic editor, Structural Variation of the Chloroplast Genome and Related Bioinformatics Tools, Frontiers in Plant Science
              • 2022-Present: Associate Editor, Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, Taylor & Francis
              • 2022-Present: Associate Editor, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
              • 2022-Present: Associate Editor, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
              • 2022-Present: Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports
              • 2022-Present: Editorial Board Member, BMC Plant Biology
              • 2021-Present: Named as top 2% highy cited researcher in the world as per Standford University Ranking
              • 2021-Present: Editorial Board Member, BMC Genomic Data
              • 2021-Present: Member, Australasian proteomics society
              • 2021-Present: Editorial board member, BMC Research notes, Springer Nature
              • 2020-2020: Honorary Rosalind Membership, London Journal Press (Membership ID: UK43494)
              • 2020-Present: Topic Editor, International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS), MDPI
              • 2020-Present: Associate editor, Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers Media
              • 2020-Present: Associate Editorial Board Member, Current Proteomics, Bentham Science
              • 2018-Present: Editor, Current Protein and Peptide Science, Publisher: Bentham Science
              • 2017-Present: Asian Council of Science editors
              • 2010-Present: Member, American society of plant pathology
              Award and Recognitions
              • 2008 Government of Italy Doctoral Scholarship for International Students (Full tuition fee and living stipend).
              • 2007 Italian Government fellowship, Department of Secondary and higher education, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India (Selected through all India Competition).
              • 2006 Ranked first, M.Sc. Biotechnology degree examination, North Orissa University, India
              • 2003 Meritorious student award, Bachelor’s degree study, Karanjia College Karanjia, India
              • 2003 Ranked 3rd in Botany Honours, B.Sc. degree examination, North Orissa University, India