I am an academician and researcher specializing in mycology, fungal biotechnology, plant disease management, and myconanotechnology. I currently serve as an Assistant Professor at Mandsaur University, where I am actively engaged in teaching, research, and mentoring postgraduate students. My research integrates fungal biocontrol agents, green nanotechnology, molecular and morphological characterization, and sustainable agricultural practices.
I have published research articles in Scopus-, Web of Science-, and UGC-indexed journals, edited academic books, and guided M.Sc. dissertations, with my students presenting their work at national and international conferences. I have also completed a one-year research project at IIT Delhi titled “In-silico Analysis of Glutathione Peroxidase Gene Expression under Abiotic Stress Revealing Its Role in Barley and Wheat Growth and
In addition, I have been awarded the IUCYS Research Associate Fellowship.
EDUCATION
I earned my Ph.D. in Life Sciences with specialization in Mycology, Plant Pathology, and Myconanotechnology. My doctoral research focused on Chaetomium globosum–mediated green synthesis of silver and iron nanoparticles and their biocontrol efficacy against Fusarium wilt in tomato and capsicum. I also hold postgraduate and undergraduate degrees in Life Sciences/Biotechnology, which provided a strong foundation in microbiology, molecular biology, and plant–microbe interactions.
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Multidisciplinary, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science, Biotechnology
GC-MS Analysis, Antioxidant and Antifungal Studies of Different Extracts of Chaetomium globosum Isolated from Urginea indica Shailja Kumari, Swati Kumari, Chandrika Attri, Ruchi Sharma, Sourabh Kulshreshtha, Taoufiq Benali, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Eda Sönmez Gürer, Javad Sharifi-Rad Genetics Research, 2022 To discover new natural resources with biological effects, the chemical investigation of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of extract’s Chaetomium globosum isolated from roots of Urginea indica. Gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry (GC‐MS) analysis demonstrated the presence of the major chemical constituents present in the methanol extract (1,3‐oxathiolane, 1,3‐cyclopentadiene, 5‐(1‐methylethylidene), 5,9‐hexadecadienoic acid, methyl ester, decane), chloroform extract (acetic acid, diethoxy‐, ethyl ester, 2,2‐bis(ethylsulfonyl)propane, 3‐methyl‐2‐(2‐oxopropyl) furan), and hexane extract (3‐hexanone, 4,4‐dimethyl, decane,2,6‐dimethyldecane, decane, 2,4,6‐trimethyl, decane, 2,4,6‐trimethyl, 1‐butanesulfinamide, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4‐nonafluoro‐N‐methyl, decane). The total compound identified (56.2%) in chloroform extract, (54.72%) in hexane extract, and (65%) in methanol extract. The antioxidant effects were performed using diphenylpicrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH). The results showed that the methanol extract showed significantly the highest anti‐DPPH with an IC50 value of 37.61 ± 1.37 μg/mL, followed by chloroform and hexane extracts with IC50 values of 40.82 ± 3.60 and 45.20 ± 2.54 μg/mL, respectively. The antifungal activity of extracts was evaluated against pathogens fungi including Fusarium oxysporum, Rosellinia necatrix, Cladosporium xanthochromaticum, and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Methanolic and chloroform extracts showed maximum inhibition against all test pathogens, while hexane extract showed minimum inhibition.
An insight on micro propagation of Myrica species for improvement in cultivation practices of nutraceutically important fruits Sohan Lal,, Amita Kumari,, Ishita Guleria,, Jyoti Dhatwalia,, Shabnam Thakur,, Shailja Kumari,, Subhash Sharma Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, 2021 Myrica is one of the dioecious genera of the Myricaceae family, which is widely distributed and 97 species of this genus are reported globally. The fruits of Myrica are extremely nutritive and are used in the manufacturing jams, syrups, juices, and can be also consumed raw, whereas the bark is used to manufacture paper and ropes. In Ayurveda, the roots and bark of Myrica extracts have been reported to have carminative, astringent, and antiseptic properties, whereas the role of bark decoction is documented in the treatment of cough and fever, diarrhea, and dysentery, toothache, lung infection, chronic bronchitis, and asthma. One of the biggest problems within Myrica species is their poor regeneration in their natural habitats because of their dioecious nature and less availability of mature seeds due to over exploration. This review is a small effort to provide a comprehensive account of the tissue culture-mediated investigation made on the Myrica genus (Myrica esculenta, Myrica gale, Myrica nana, Myrica rubra, and Myrica cerifera) and aimed for improvement of this nutraceuticals important fruit species. Myrica, and Gale, based on morphological studies of leaf, inflorescence, flower, ovary, fruit, and wood. Furthermore, in 1994, Wilbur [5] divided this family into three genera Comptonia, Myrica, and Morella, and one sub-genus Cerothamnus, and this division was further supported by cytological analyses carried out by Baird [6]. Later on, Elias According to the modern taxonomist, the Myricaceae family comprises only three genera, viz., Comptonia, Myrica, and Morella [5,
Biology and Application of Chaetomium globosum as a Biocontrol Agent: Current Status and Future Prospects S Sharma, S Pandey, S Kulshreshtha, M Dubey Microorganisms 13 (7), 1646 , 2025 2025 Citations: 11
NAVIGATING THE COMPLEX LANDSCAPE OF BIOCHEMICAL SIGNALING THE PATHWAYS THE MOLECULAR ODYSSEY S kumari African Journal of Biological Sciences 6 (14), 8376-8398 , 2024 2024
Futuristic trends in Biotechnology S Kumari 2024
Recombinant DNA DSS Kumari Futuristic trends in Biotechnology 3, 1-10 , 2024 2024 Citations: 40
Biogenic approach for synthesis of nanoparticles via plants for biomedical applications: A review S Kumari, R Verma, A Chauhan, V Raja, S Kumari, S Kulshrestha Materials Today: Proceedings , 2023 2023 Citations: 32
Characterisation and pharmacological properties of celery oleoresin R Sharma, T Malik, S Kumari, S Sharma Handbook of oleoresins, 389-398 , 2022 2022 Citations: 2
GC‐MS Analysis, Antioxidant and Antifungal Studies of Different Extracts of Chaetomium globosum Isolated from Urginea indica S Kumari, S Kumari, C Attri, R Sharma, S Kulshreshtha, T Benali, ... BioMed Research International 2022 (1), 1388850 , 2022 2022 Citations: 27
Role of rhizobacteria from plant growth promoter to bioremediator S Sharma, S Singh, DS Dhanjal, A Kumar, S Jan, PC Ramamurthy, ... Phytoremediation Technology for the Removal of Heavy Metals and Other … , 2022 2022 Citations: 3
An insight on micro propagation of Myrica species for improvement in cultivation practices of nutraceutically important fruits S Lal, A Kumari, I Guleria, J Dhatwalia, S Thakur, S Kumari, S Sharma J. Appl. Biol. Biotechnol 9, 34-40 , 2021 2021 Citations: 5
A holistic overview of different species of Potentilla a medicinally important plant along with their pharmaceutical significance: A review S Kumari, A Seth, S Sharma, C Attri Journal of Herbal Medicine 29, 100460 , 2021 2021 Citations: 31
Nano-starch films as effective antimicrobial packaging materials S Guleria, M Kumar, S Kumari, A Kumar Nanotechnological Approaches in Food Microbiology, 437-453 , 2020 2020 Citations: 4
EFFICACY ASSESSMENT OF PORTABLE AIR-PURIFIER FOR REGULATING MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION IN TWO KINDERGARTENS S Kumari, A Kaur, DS Dhanjal, A Kaur, RK Gupta, K Bhardwaj, H Kumar Plant Archives 20 (2), 3754-3757 , 2020 2020
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Recombinant DNA DSS Kumari Futuristic trends in Biotechnology 3, 1-10 , 2024 2024 Citations: 40
Biogenic approach for synthesis of nanoparticles via plants for biomedical applications: A review S Kumari, R Verma, A Chauhan, V Raja, S Kumari, S Kulshrestha Materials Today: Proceedings , 2023 2023 Citations: 32
A holistic overview of different species of Potentilla a medicinally important plant along with their pharmaceutical significance: A review S Kumari, A Seth, S Sharma, C Attri Journal of Herbal Medicine 29, 100460 , 2021 2021 Citations: 31
GC‐MS Analysis, Antioxidant and Antifungal Studies of Different Extracts of Chaetomium globosum Isolated from Urginea indica S Kumari, S Kumari, C Attri, R Sharma, S Kulshreshtha, T Benali, ... BioMed Research International 2022 (1), 1388850 , 2022 2022 Citations: 27
Biology and Application of Chaetomium globosum as a Biocontrol Agent: Current Status and Future Prospects S Sharma, S Pandey, S Kulshreshtha, M Dubey Microorganisms 13 (7), 1646 , 2025 2025 Citations: 11
An insight on micro propagation of Myrica species for improvement in cultivation practices of nutraceutically important fruits S Lal, A Kumari, I Guleria, J Dhatwalia, S Thakur, S Kumari, S Sharma J. Appl. Biol. Biotechnol 9, 34-40 , 2021 2021 Citations: 5
Nano-starch films as effective antimicrobial packaging materials S Guleria, M Kumar, S Kumari, A Kumar Nanotechnological Approaches in Food Microbiology, 437-453 , 2020 2020 Citations: 4
Role of rhizobacteria from plant growth promoter to bioremediator S Sharma, S Singh, DS Dhanjal, A Kumar, S Jan, PC Ramamurthy, ... Phytoremediation Technology for the Removal of Heavy Metals and Other … , 2022 2022 Citations: 3
Characterisation and pharmacological properties of celery oleoresin R Sharma, T Malik, S Kumari, S Sharma Handbook of oleoresins, 389-398 , 2022 2022 Citations: 2
NAVIGATING THE COMPLEX LANDSCAPE OF BIOCHEMICAL SIGNALING THE PATHWAYS THE MOLECULAR ODYSSEY S kumari African Journal of Biological Sciences 6 (14), 8376-8398 , 2024 2024
Futuristic trends in Biotechnology S Kumari 2024
EFFICACY ASSESSMENT OF PORTABLE AIR-PURIFIER FOR REGULATING MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION IN TWO KINDERGARTENS S Kumari, A Kaur, DS Dhanjal, A Kaur, RK Gupta, K Bhardwaj, H Kumar Plant Archives 20 (2), 3754-3757 , 2020 2020
