Ms. Nishu

Plants can influence soil properties via altering organisms, root exudates as well as physical properties. These changes can increase or decrease subsequent plant growth, which is usually called plant-soil feedback. Meanwhile, aboveground herbivores can induce changes in soil properties, which greatly influence secondary metabolite accumulation and aboveground multitrophic interactions of succeeding plants. Her research focuses on in depth study of impact of aboveground herbivory on Plant-Soil Feedback in agricultural plant-insect interactions. This study would therefore provide an understanding into context with other drivers that may structure plant community composition and functioning. 

1. Currently pursuing Ph.D. from University of Delhi and Research fellow in Animal Plant Interaction lab, Dept of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi since 2023.

2. M.Sc. (Zoology) Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (2021)

3. B.Sc. (Life Science) Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (2019)

1. Verma, K., Sharma, G., Sinha, P.G., Nishu & Mathur, V.* (2024). Identifying Bacteria from Urban Soil for Degrading Soil Organic Contaminants of Emerging Concern. Water Air & Soil Pollution 235, 797.   

1. Nishu, Mathur, V., & Sinha, P. G.* (2024). Food and Nutritional Security Under the Changing Climate: Understanding the Established and Indeterminate Factors. In Food Production, Diversity, and Safety Under Climate Change (pp. 25-38). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

1. Attended the hands-on workshop on “Bioinformatics Workshop For Genomic and Proteomics Analysis”, organised by School of Allied Sciences, Dev Bhoomi Uttarakhand University from 29th January to 4th February, 2024.

2. Attended the hands-on workshop on “Metagenomic Sequencing and Analysis: 16S and WGS” organised by Internal Quality Assurance Cell and Mikrobiologika, Department of Microbiology, Ram Lal Anand College, University of Delhi in association with Biokart India Ltd on 10th October, 2023.

3. Attended 35-lectures of “Add-on course on Basic Biostatistics” organised by Department of Zoology, Hindu College under the aegis of IQAC from 17th July to 3rdOctober, 2023. 

4. Participated in a National hands-on workshop on “Techniques in Molecular Biology” (Under DBT-Builder) organized by the Department of Biotechnology, Modern College, Ganeshkhind from 13thto 16th September, 2023.

5. Participation in the Quiz on Lifestyle for Environment (LIFE) organized by SVKM’s Mithibai College, Vile Parle, on 17th May, 2023.

6. Participated in the Webinar on “Why is Carbon footprinting important?” by SVKM’s Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science & Amrutben JivanlalCollege of Commerce and Economics, Vile Parle -West Mumbai on 16th May, 2023.

7. Participated in the Webinar on “Review Article Writing” by Research Graduate on 25thFebruary, 2023. 

8. Participated in a One Week Online Faculty Development Programme on “Advanced Technologies in Life Sciences” by CIIDRET and DSSEED in collaboration with Hansraj College, University of Delhi, held from 6th -11th February, 2023. 

9. Participated in the Webinar on “Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis” by Research Graduate, on 11th February, 2023.

10. Participated in a 3-day Webinar on “Web of Science Training and Certification Program” by Clarivate from 30th Jan -3rdFebruary, 2023. 

11. Attended workshop on “Managing References made easy using Mendeley” by University of Delhi, on Wednesday 25 May, 2022.

Qualified CSIR National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), June 2021