Dr. Girijesh Kumar Patel
Assistant Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: gkpatel[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: +91-532-227-1231(O) +91-945-070-6922(M)
Teaching
- Current Courses:
- Genetic Engineering Lab (BTN15103)
- Foundation of Human Biology for Medical Devices (BT21111)
- Introductory Cell and Molecular Biology (BTN11102)
- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (BTN15253)
- Past Courses:
- Introduction to Environment and Climate Change (IDN12600)
- Advanced Cell and Tissue Engineering (BT22328)
- Research Methodology and Research Ethics (BT21213)
- Animal Biotechnology and Cell Culture Technology Lab (BTN16103)
- Biosafety and Bioethics (BTN12101)
Education
- Undergraduate:
- B.Sc.(1999-2002): DDU Gorakhpur University
- Postgraduate:
- M.Sc. Biotech. (2002-2004): DDU Gorakhpur University
- Postgraduate:
- DBT-JRF NBAIM-ICAR 2005-2007
- Doctoral:
- Ph.D. (2007-2011): Protein Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: IIT Roorkee
- Doctoral:
- Assistant Professor, GEU Dehradun 2012-2013
- Doctoral:
- Post-doc Fellow 2013-2021 United States of America
- Doctoral:
- Ramaligaswami Fellow 2021-2023 SGPGIMS Lucknow
Areas of Research
- Molecular aspects of cancer and stem cell biology, stemness, lineage plasticity, metastasis, cancer relapse, molecular diagnostics, exosome-mediated intercellular communication, therapy resistance, immunosuppression, organoid models, and exosome-based non-invasive biomarker development using genomics and proteomics approaches.
Professional Membership
- 1. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Membership ID No. 582419
- 2. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR): Associate Membership No. 346261
- 3. International Society for Extracellular Vesicles for Membership ID No 67249476
- 4. Life Member of the American Association of Indian Scientists in Cancer Research (AAISCR).
- 5. Life Member of Indian Motility and Functional Disease Association (IMFDA) Membership No. LM-121/IMFDA.
- 6. Member of the Royal Society of Biology, UK, Membership ID No. P0165752
- 7. Life member of the Biotech Research Society of India (No. LM 2960) from August 2025
Research ID's
- Google Scholar ID:-pi25LnIAAAAJ&hl=en
- ORCID ID:-0000-0003-4660-5876
- Vidawan ID:-Vidwan-ID: 676199