Academic record & distinction

• MSc (Industrial Microbiology) School of Life Sciences Devi AhilyaVishwavidhalaya Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
• PhD (Biosciences and Bioengineering) Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India
• PhD Topic: Structural, Biochemical and Functional analyses of modular recombinant glucuronoxylan-xylanohydrolase (CtXynGH30) of family 30 Glycoside Hydrolase and its truncated derivative CtXyn30A and associated family 6 carbohydrate binding module CtCBM6 from Clostridium thermocellum.
• Post-doctoral Research (TERI School of Advanced Studies, Vasant Kunj New Delhi, India)
• Recipient of National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF, 2016) from Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB-DST)

Areas of Specialization

Industrial Microbiology, Biomass to Green Energy, Industrially Important Enzymes, Structural (bioinformatics and crystallization) and Functional (mol.bio. & protein biochemistry) characterization of Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes (CAZymes).

Latest Publications

(for all currentpublicationvisit: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=75uPNXwAAAAJ&hl=en)

1. Anil K. Verma, Pedro Bule, Teresa Ribeiro, Joana L. A. Brás, Joyeeta Mukherjee, Munishwar N. Gupta, Carlos M.G.A. Fontes and Arun Goyal (2015) The family 6 Carbohydrate Binding Module (CtCBM6) of glucuronoxylanase (CtXynGH30) of Clostridium thermocellum binds decorated and undecorated xylans through Cleft A. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Elsevier, 575, 8-21. (IF 3.017) doi:org/10.1016/j.abb.2015.03.026
2. Anil K. Verma and Arun Goyal (2014) In silico structural characterization and molecular docking studies of first glucuronoxylan-xylanohydrolase (Xyn30A) from family 30 glycosyl hydrolase (GH30) from Clostridium thermocellum, Molecular Biology (Springer). 48, 278-286. (IF 0.71) doi: 10.1134/S0026893314020022.
3. Anil K. Verma and Arun Goyal (2016) A novel member of glycoside hydrolase family 30 subfamily 8 glucuronoxylanendo-β-1,4-xylanase (CtXynGH30) from Clostridium thermocellumorchestrates catalysis on arabinose decorated xylans, Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, Elsevier,129,6-14. (IF 2.1)doi: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2016.04.001
4. Filipe Freire^†, Anil K. Verma^†, Arun Goyal, Carlos M.G.A. Fontes and Shabir Najmudin (2016) Conservation in the mechanism of glucuronoxylan hydrolysis revealed by the structure of glucuronoxylan xylanohydrolase (CtXyn30A) from Clostridium thermocellum. Acta Crystallographica Section D D72, 1162-1173 (^†equal contribution, IF 2.6) doi:10.1107/S2059798316014376.
5. Arabinda Ghosh^†, Anil K. Verma^†, Jagan Mohan Rao T., Rishikesh Shukla and Arun  Goyal (2014) Recovery and purification of oligosaccharides from copra meal by recombinant endo-β-mannanase and deciphering molecular mechanism involved and its role as potent therapeutic agent. Molecular Biotechnology (Springer) 57:111-127. (^†equal contribution, IF 2.3)doi: 10.1007/s12033-014-9807-4
6. ElakshiDekaboruah, Mangesh Suryavanshi, Dixita Chettri and Anil Kumar Verma (2020)Human microbiome: an academic update on human body site specific surveillance and itspossible role. Archives of Microbiology 10:1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-020-01931-x(IF 1.6)
7. Dixita Chettri, Ashwani Kumar Verma and Anil Kumar Verma (2020) Innovations in CAZyme gene diversity and its modification for Biorefinery applications. Biotechnology Report, Elsevier) 28: e00525 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2020.e00525(IF 4.9).
8. DixitaChettri, Ashwani Kumar Verma, Lija Sarkar, and Anil Kumar Verma (2021) "Role of extremophiles and their extremozymes in biorefinery process of lignocellulose degradation." Extremophiles: life under extreme conditions. (IF 2.4) 10.1007/s00792-021-01225-0.
9. Dixita Chettri, ManswamaBoro, Lija Sarkar, and Anil Kumar Verma (2021)Lectins: Biological Significance to Biotechnological Application. Carbohydrate Research, Elsevier 506 (IF 1.8). https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CARRES.2021.108367