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Bio

Dr. Sagar Kanekar is an experienced academician and researcher with a background in Microbiology and Bioengineering. He holds an M. Sc. in Microbiology from Savitribai Phule Pune University and a Ph. D in Microbiology done at Agharkar Research Institute, Pune under Savitribai Phule Pune University. With over 2 years of academic experience and 7 years of industrial experience, he teaches courses such as Microbiology and Microbial Techniques, Introduction to Cell and Molecular biology, Biocatalytic Processes, Bioanalytical techniques at the undergraduate level. and helping M. Tech student for project on ‘Haloarchaeal biopolymer extraction using hydrodynamic cavitation.’ Dr. Kanekar's previous research work focused on the biodiversity and biotechnological exploration of halophiles from Andaman Islands and Lonar Lake. His present research interests include industrial exploration of haloarchaea for novel biomolecules like biopolymer, carotenoid, bacteriorhodopsin, exopolysaccharide, glycine betaine, gas vesicles.

Research Areas

Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Fermenation Technology, Environmental biotechnology

Publications List

1. Sagar P. Kanekar, Neha Saxena, Soham Pore, Preeti Arora, P.P. Kanekar, P.K. Dhakephalkar, Draft genome sequence of Halostagnicola sp. A56, an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from Andaman Islands, India, 2015, Genome Announcement ASM, 3(6), 1-2.

2. S. P. Kanekar, P. P. Kanekar, S. S. Sarnaik, N. P. Gujrathi, P. N. Shede, M. R. Kedargol, K. F. Reardon, Bioremediation of nitroexplosive wastewater by an yeast isolate Pichia sydowiorum MCM Y-3 in fixed film bioreactor 2009, J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol, 36(2), 253-60.

3. A. A. Lad, V. D. Gaikwad, S. V. Gaikwad, A. D. Kulkarni, S. P. Kanekar, Extraction of Environment Friendly Biodegradable Poly-Hydroxy Butyrate using Novel Hydrodynamic Cavitation Method, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 23(1), 2024 (In Press).

4. Kanekar P. P. and Kanekar S. P., (2022), Diversity and biotechnology of extremophilic microorganisms from India, Microorganisms for sustainability, Vol. 41, Arora N. K. (Eds), Springer, Singapore.

5. P. P. Kanekar, S.P. Kanekar, A.S. Kelkar, and P. K. Dhakephalkar, Halophiles – Taxonomy, Diversity, Physiology and Applications, In ‘Microorganisms in Environmental Management - Microbes and Environment’, (Eds. T. Satyanarayana, Bhavdish Narain Johri, Anil Prakash), 2012, Springer Netherlands, Chapter 1, 1-34.

6. P. P. Kanekar, S. O. Kulkarni, S. S. Nilegaonkar, S. S. Sarnaik, P. R. Kshirsagar, M. Ponraj, S. P. Kanekar, Environmental friendly microbial polymers, Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) for packaging and biomedical applications, In ‘Polymers for Packaging Applications’ (Eds. Sajid Alavi, Sabu Thomas, K. P. Sandeep, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Jini Varghese, Srinivasarao Yaragalla), 2014, Apple Academic Press, Canada, Chapter 9, 197–226.

Google Scholar Link

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=mQej7W8AAAAJ’

Scopus Link

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=25627842200

ORCID Link

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6285-4920