Pradeep Kumar

Title

Graduate Research Assistant

Office Building

Raven Precision Agriculture Center

Office

224

Mailing Address

Raven Precision Ag Building 224
Ag and Biosystems Engineering-Box 2100
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Education

• B.S. in microbiology, zoology, chemistry | Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, India | 2016
• M.S. in microbiology | Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, India | 2018
• Ph.D. in biological sciences | South Dakota State University | Pursuing

Academic Responsibilities

• Isolation and characterization of bioaerosols from swine farms
• Molecular characterization of Isolated Samples by qPCR and NGS
• Writing scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals

Committees and Professional Memberships

• Student Member of American Society of Microbiology
• Lifetime Member of World Society for Virology
• Junior Member of World Allergy Organization
• Junior Member of European Academy of Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology
• Member of British Council of Antimicrobial Therapy
• Member of the Aerosol Society
• Lifetime Member of Epidemiology Foundation of India
• Member of Indian Association of Occupational Health
• The International Society for Viruses of Microorganisms

Awards and Honors

• 2020, Best Poster Presentation Award, World Congress on Reproductive with Emphasis on Reproductive Cancers, Infertility and Assisted Reproduction, Shri Mata Vaishno Davi University, Jammu, India
• 2019, Best Poster Presentation Award, 21st National Conference on Aerobiology, Department of Botany Visva-Bharati Santiniketan, West Bengal.
• 2018, CSIR National Eligibility Test, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India
• 2018, ICAR National Eligibility Test, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi, India
• 2018, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India
• 2017, Joint Admission Test for M.S., Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

Work Experience

• 2023-present, graduate research assistant, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department, South Dakota State University
• December 2021 - April 2023, senior research fellow, University Delhi, Delhi, India
• August 2020 - December 2021, senior research fellow, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
• August 2018 - August 2020, junior research fellow, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Areas of Research

• Environmental health
• Indoor air quality
• Public health
• Environmental microbiology