Glycoside Hydrolases

Prof. Arun Goyal, M.Sc., MTech, Ph.D, is currently a Professor in the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, in Assam, India. Dr. Goyal has over 18 years of teaching and 25 years of research experience. His research mainly focuses on structure and functional analysis of plant cell wall degrading enzymes and their applications. Prof. Goyal obtained his M.Sc. and M.Tech degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and Ph.D. and the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Prof. Goyal has handled many national and international collaborative research projects, sponsored by various funding agencies of the Government of India such as DBT, DST, and CSIR. So far 30 students have obtained PhDs under his supervision and 8 students are continuing their PhDs. Prof. Goyal has published more than 250 research papers in various National and International reputed journals and around 25 book chapters. Dr. Kedar Sharma, M.Sc., Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Discipline of Biological Engineering, at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, in Gujrat, India. Dr. Sharma has over 7 years of research experience. He completed his Bachelors in Biotechnology from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur and his Masters in Biotechnology from Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (Central University) Bilaspur Chhattisgarh, India. His specific area of research includes structural and functional characterization of xylanolytic enzymes and other glycoside hydrolases and their application in the production of valued xylooligosaccharides. He has received a IUCr Young Scientist award from the International Union for Crystallography, and several best poster and oral presentation awards from for different organizations. Dr. Sharma has published 28 research papers in various international reputed journals and 5 book chapters.