Academic record & distinction

M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Botany), CCS University, Meerut

• Marie-Curie (European Commission) Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
• DBT Overseas Associateship (Bielefeld University, Germany)
• JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Invitation Fellowship (Kobe University, Japan)
• INSA-DFG (German Research Foundation) International Exchange of Scientists Fellowship (Bielefeld University, Germany)

Areas of Specialization

Plant Physiology & Biochemistry

Sample Publication

• Sharma, S.S., Kumar, V, Dietz, K.J. 2020. Metalloid dependent signalling in plants. Trends in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.11.003
  IF: 18.313

• Kumar, V. Vogelsang, L., Sharma, S.S., Seidel, T., Dietz, K.J. 2020. Remodeling of root architecture under combined arsenic and hypoxia stress is linked to nutrient deprivation. Frontiers in Plant Science11:569687.DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.569687.
  IF: 5.753

• Kumar, V, Dietz, K.J., Sharma, S.S. 2020. Differential arsenic-induced membrane damage and antioxidant defence in isolated pinna segments of selected fern species from Western Himalaya. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s00344-020-10145-w.
  IF: 4.169

• Kumar, V., Vogelsang, L., Seidel, T., Schmidt, R., Weber, M., Reichelt, M., Meyer, A., Clemens, S., Sharma, S.S., Dietz, K.J. 2019. Interference between arsenic-induced toxicity and hypoxia. Plant Cell and Environment 42: 574-590. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/pce.13441.
  I.F.: 7.228

• Sharma, S.S., Yamamoto, K., Hamaji, K., Ohnishi, M., Anegawa, A., Sharma, S., Thakur, S., Kumar, V., Uemura, T., Nakano, A. And Mimura, T. 2017. Cadmium-induced changes in vacuolar aspects of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 114: 29-37. DOI:doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.02.017.
  IF: 4.270

• Sharma, S.S., Dietz, K.J. and Mimura, T. 2016. Vacuolar compartmentalization as indispensable component of heavy metal detoxification in plants. Plant Cell &Environment 39: 1112-1126. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/pce.12706.
  IF:7.228