Department of Biotechnology, New Engineering Block II, M.M. University Mullana (Ambala) Haryana, India.

Dr. Anil K. Sharma is a full Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology with about 15 years of Teaching and Research experience after PhD. He did his doctorate from PGIMER Chandigarh (Year 2000) in the field of Medical Biotechnology. He worked as a Senior Research Scientist and a Post Doctoral Research Fellow (Molecular biology) in the Microbiology and Immunology Department at UIC College of Medicine Chicago, IL,USA for about 7.5 years. He has more than 65 publications in peer-reviewed journals of national and international repute with a cumulative impact factor of his publications around 100. He has won many prestigious awards and accolades in his career. In 2000, He was felicitated with a MGIMS Young Scientist Award from Association of Clinical Biochemists of India (ACBI) while in 2013 he won the Bharat Excellence Award from FFI, New Delhi, India for his research accomplishments in basic sciences. His research interests are diverse ranging from understanding the metal regulation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, Drug resistance, cancer Biology, nanomedicines to the development of microbial strains for remediation of heavy metals and pesticides.