Dr. Kongkana Goswami

Academic Qualification

• MSc from St Anthony’s College (North Eastern Hill University), Shillong
• PhD from CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat

Experience

• Research experience: 6 years
• Summer trainees handled: 3

Worked at

• Junior Research Fellow at CSIR-NEIST (RRL), Jorhat: Three months (21-11-2014 to 31- 03-2015) working experience on carbon sequestration.
• Research scholar at CSIR-NEIST (RRL), Jorhat: Two years working experience on Biomass/Bio-energy production from microalgae.
• Working Experience in In-situ bioremediation technology in crude oil contaminated areas of Assam, India at CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat.
• Working Experience in waste-water treatment using integrated biotechnological interventions as CSIR-SRF.
• Working experience in In-vitro propagation of In silico analysis of the inhibitory effects of the compounds belonging to Citrus spp. against Shigella flexneri and in vitro propagation of Citrus reticulata and Citrus medica (M.Sc. Dissertation).
• Working experience on silver nanoparticle synthesis from Eleagnus latifolia leaf extract (B.Sc. dissertation).
• Reviewer of the Journal Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology (IF 2.9)

Career Highlights & Awards:

Research Interest: Microbiology/Industrial Biotechnology

Membership: Member of Microbiology Society, UK; Contributing member of American Society for Microbiology; Member of British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

National Fellowship: CSIR-SRF (Direct)

Publication and Books

Publications:

• Goswami, K., DekaBoruah, H.P, Saikia, R. (2022) Purification and characterization of cellulase enzyme produced by Novosphingobium Cm1 and its waste hydrolysis efficiency and biostoning potential. J. Appl. Microbiol. 132, 1-11. (IF: 4.059)
• Goswami, , DekaBoruah, H.P, Saikia, R. (2021) Production of cellulase by Novosphingobium sp. Cm1 and its potential application in lignocellulosic waste hydrolysis. Prep. Biochem. Biotechnol. 2021, 1-12. (IF: 3.1)
• Sehgal, A., Goswami, K., Pal, M., Chikkaputtaiah, C., Chetia, P., Boruah, H.P.D. (2019) Morpho-taxonomic, genetic, and biochemical characterization of freshwater microalgae as potential biodiesel 3 Biotech. 9, 1-17. (IF 2.89)
• Phanjom, P., Sultana, A., Sarma, H., Ramchiary, J., Goswami, K., Baishya, P. (2012) Plant-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Elaeagnus latifolia leaf Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures. 7,1117-1123. (IF 0.87)
• Kongkana, , Anisha, S., Jiumoni, L., Dipankar, N., Binoy, K. S., et al. (2020) Remediation of Crude Oil Contaminated Pit Water Using Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. Adv Biotech & Micro.15, 555922. (IF 1).
• JyotshnaSaikia (Student, KU), Kongkana Goswami (supervisor, KU) and Sangeeta Das (supervisor, Bahona college). Detection of phytochemical content and study of antibacterial activity of the leaf extract of Terminalia chebula, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L. and Cinnamomum tamala against Escherichia coli and Enteric bacteria isolated from street food' has been published in the annual journal 'The Watchword' volumn IX, published by Assam college teacher’s association, Jorhat zone, 2022. ISSN: 2321-189X.
• Research article “In-vitro propagation of two beneficial citrus species” in state level conference on Prospect of Applied EthnoBotany in North-Eastern region of India. ISBN 978-81-202-8805-8, 2018.

Workshop and Webinar attended:

• Attended online IP awareness program on ‘Promotion and Protection of Traditional Knowledge of NE-India organized by CSIR-NEIST on 14^th July, 2023.
• Attended a one-week Faculty Development Program (FDP) from 10-16^th August 2022 organized by The Assam Kaziranga University.
• Attended two days Faculty Development Program (FDP) from 31^st January to 1st February, 2022 organized by The Assam Kaziranga University.
• Poster presentation on Waste valorization potential of a native cellulolytic bacterium obtained from the largest rainforest area of NE-India and its enzyme immobilization for Industrial applications in the National Conference on North East Sustainable and Inclusive Development (NESID) in the year 2022.
• Attended webinar on the National Intellectual Property Awareness training program organized by National IP Awareness Mission (NIPAM) on 6^th June 2022.
• National Seminar on “Recent Trends of Research in Biological Sciences and Allied Branches for the Well-being of People and Nature.” On the date 24th March 2022 at J.B. College (Autonomous), Jorhat, Assam India.
• Attended webinar on the occasion of World Rabies Day on 28^th September 2022.
• Poster presentation in Estec, 2020 at CSIR-NEIST,
• Attended conference “Gyantarang”, in January 2020 at CSIR-NEIST,
• The abstract was selected for oral presentation at the conference ICCE 2019, Thessaloniki,
• Poster presentation at an international conference on Plant sciences, 4-6 February
• Workshop on “Recent advances in bioinformatics”, 23-26^th May
• Training cum workshop on basic bioinformatics tool,
• Hands on training on Bioinformatics to R, 2^nd June,