Dr. Sudheer D V N Pamidimarri, PhD

About

After obtaining my PhD from the Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute – CSIR, India (2009) in Biological Sciences, I held posts in Dongguk University, South Korea; Korean Institute of Energy Research, South Korea; Ajou University, South Korea. My major research interests are studying and establishing novel whole-cell biocatalysis (WCB) systems for biofuel and biochemical synthesis.

Background

• 2009: PhD in Biological Sciences from the Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute – CSIR, India.

Honours and Awards

• Recipient of awards and scholarships from the Indian government, including CSIR-JRF, SRF, RA and the prestigious Ramalingaswami re-entry fellowship, DBT-India. Also, recipient of various research grants from government bodies and industry.

Research Group Overview

• My research group is interested in biosystem engineering, metabolic engineering & biofuels. Our core research area is the study of novel whole-cell biocatalysis (WCB) systems for biofuel and biochemical synthesis. My research also focuses on metabolic flux engineering, green synthesis of fuels and bacterial hydrogen production from various waste biomasses. Presently working on Bio- H2 production (funded by DBT-India) using waste biomass such as lignocellulosic derived sugars and crude glycerol via metablic flux engineering.

Research interests:

• Whole-cell biocatalysis
• Bio-hydrogen
• Metabolic [Flux] Engineering
• Synthetic biology and synthetic gene circuits.

Publications

1. The concept of Whole-Cell Biocatalysis [Sudheer et al., 2022]
2. Application of WCB for the production of diverse platform chemicals and fuels [Sudheer et al., 2022]
3. Tanushree B.M, Sushma C, Anushri K, Hemasundar A Kwon-Young C and Sudheer D.V.N.P, Whole-cell biocatalysis: Advancements towards biosynthesis of fuels. Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefinary (Biofpr), (2022) 16: 859-87
4. Sudheer D.V.N.P, Sushma C, Wooyoung J, Jung-Oh A, Kwon-Young C, Monooxygenase-mediated cascade oxidation of fatty acids for production of biopolymer building block, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, (2023) 13:12319–12331
5. Madavi, T.B., Chauhan, S., Jha, M., Choi, K.-Y. and Sudheer D.V.N.P*, Biohydrogen machinery: recent understandings, their genetic fabrication and future prospects. Chem. Eng. Technol (2023) 46: 179-190
6. Yeo S-C; Sudheer D.V.N.P., Choi, K.-Y. Co‑production of biosurfactant and indigo using wild‑typeAcinetobacter isolated from soil (2024) 29:993–1002
7. Hemasundar A, Lee H-Y, Lee J-J, Sudheer D.V.N.P, Reddy C.K, Song K,Identification of a gene causing yellow endocarp in Cucumis sativus through high-throughput sequencing, Scientia Horticulturae (2024)323. 112515
8. Tanushree BM, Sushma C, Vini M, Mugesh S, Balakrishnan N, Nandha KV, Kwon-Young C, Harinarayana A, Hemasundar Ai, Sudheer D.V.N.P *, Microbial methanotrophy: Methane capture to biomanufacturing of platform chemicals and fuels, Next Energy (2025)8,100251, ISSN 2949-821X,
9. Sharma, T, Das, N, Mehta Kakkar, P, Mohapatra, RK, Sudheer D.V.N.P, Singh S, Nayak RKM. (2025). Microalgae as an emerging alternative raw material of docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid – a review. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, (2025) 1–20. [In-press]

Book chapters:

 

1. TB Madavi, S Hariharno, A Singh, S Chauhan, Sudheer D.V.N.P Biofuels: Fueling the Future with Whole-Cell-Derived Fuels, Whole-Cell Biocatalysis, (2024) 309-334 AAP, CRC publisher, Taylor & Francis, USA.
2. S Chauhan, TB Madavi, Sudheer D.V.N.P Tools and Techniques for the Development of Whole-Cell Biocatalysis, Whole-Cell Biocatalysis, (2024) 33-6, AAP, CRC publisher, Taylor & Francis,
3. TB Madavi, S Chauhan, N Soni, S Hariharno, Sudheer D.V.N.P, Whole-Cell Biocatalysts: Introduction, Origin, and Concept Whole-Cell Biocatalysis, 3-31 , AAP, CRC publisher, Taylor & Francis,
4. TB Madavi, S Chauhan, SN Ravi, SN Venkatesan, VK Kulothungan, Sudheer D.V.N.P Whole-Cell Catalysts: Sustainable Green-Chemical Producing Entities, Whole-Cell Biocatalysis, 71-121
5. Chauhan S, Velramar B, Kumari S, Keshri A, Pandey S, Pandey S, Sudheer D.V.N.P, Engineered Microbial Systems for the Production of Fuels and Industrially Important Chemicals, Biorefinery Production of Fuels and Platform Chemicals, 59-91

Book:

 

1. 1. Whole-cell biocatalysis: Next generation workhouse for green synthesis of pharmaceuticals, Chemicals and Biofuels, Edt, Sudheer DVNP, Sushma C & Balasubramanian V. (2024) AAP, CRC publisher, Taylor & Francis, USA https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003413134