Probiotics, Functional and Baby Foods

Biography

1 Dheeraj Mohania, PhD, is Associate Scientist Consultant, in Department of Research, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India (2010 onwards), visiting Assistant Professor in the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India (2012), visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, kurukshetra University, kurukshetra, Haryana, India (2012), visiting Associate Professor in Division of Animal Biochemistry, Dairy Microbiology Division, Animal Biotechnology Centre, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India (2012). He received a PhD. in Animal Biochemistry from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India (2011). He has awarded with the Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship awarded by the University Grant Commission (U.G.C.), India during the Doctorate’s degree (2007). He has completed his M.Sc. in Biochemistry, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India (2004) and B.Sc. in Microbiology, University of Delhi, India (2002). He has guided 8 M.Sc. theses at Department of Research, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India. He has been granted a travel fellowship by scientific committee of International Probiotic Conference (IPC) Slovakia, Europe 2008 and Asia Federation of Societies for Lactic Acid Bacteria (AFSLAB), Singapore Society for Microbiology & Biotechnology, Singapore, at the National University of Singapore (2009). For 3 years he had assisted in the formulation of Department of Research at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India. He is the editor and board member of 2 PubMed-listed journals. He has co-edited a successful book on book entitled, “Microbes in the Service of Mankind: Tiny Bugs with Huge Impact”, as a reference book and some book chapters on probiotics and vitamins. He has published 22 papers and presented 25 communications.

Research Interest

Probiotics, Oncology, Transplantation Immnuology, Transfusion Medicine, Cardiovascular disease.