Rahul Kumar, PhD Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden Phone: – Fax: +46(0)31 772 3801 E-mail: rahulk [at] chalmers.se Office: Room 3043     Education and degrees 2003 M.Sc. in Industrial Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, CCS University, Meerut, India 2010 Ph.D. in Information Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Japan Employments 2004-2006 Junior Research Fellow, Pilot Plant Facility for Bioprocess Development, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India 2006-2010 Research Assistant, Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan 2010- Post doc, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers Publications, Patents & Presentations Publications 2010 Kumar R, Shimizu K. 2010: Metabolic regulation of Escherichia coli and its gdhA, glnL, gltB,D mutants under different carbon and nitrogen limitations in the continuous culture. Microbial Cell Factories, 9:8 2011 Kumar R, Shimizu K. 2011: Transcriptional regulation of main metabolic pathways of cyoA, cydB, fnr, and fur gene knockout Escherichia coli in C-limited and N-limited aerobic continuous cultures. Microbial Cell Factories, 10:3 Talks 2003 Kumar R. October 2003: Safety parameters in Industrial Biotechnology. Symposium on Medical Science and Technology for Population Welfare, SMST, IIT Kharagpur, India 2005 Sahai V, Gupta G, Kumar R, Mishra S, Bisaria V S. March 2005: Efficient bioprocessing of insouluble lignocellulosic residues in submerged fermentation by application of soluble alkaline lignocellulose extract. Biology-Inspired Engineering Frontiers, Annual Meeting of the Institute of Biological Engineering, The University of Georgia, Athens, USA   Sahai V, Biswas R, Gupta N, Gupta G, Kumar R, Saharan K, Mishra S, Bisaria VS. December 2005: Use of soluble lignocellulosics for the production of alkaline xylanases using Melanocarpus albomyces IIS68. The Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India 2007 Kumar L, Swara A, Kumar R, Sahai V. February 2007: Keratinase enzyme production using Bacillus licheniformis and study of kinetic parameters in submerged fermentation. Joint Indo-Korean Symposium on Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, IIT Delhi, India   Kumar R, Shimizu K. December 2007: Effects of the respiratory gene knock-out on the metabolism in Escherichia coli under nitrogen-limited condition. Kyushu Regional Meeting of the Japan Society for Biotechnology, Nagasaki University, Japan 2008 Kumar R, Shen D, Shimizu K. August 2008: Effects of the respiratory gene knock-out on the metabolism in Escherichia coli under glucose and nitrogen-limited culture. Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Biotechnology, Tohoku University, Japan Grants, Awards and Prizes 2003 Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE), Indian Institute of Technology, India 2008-2009 Umera Scholarship, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Japan Main Collaborations and Networks 2010- 7th Framework EU project, UNICELLSYS: Eukaryotic unicellular organism biology- systems biology of the control of cell growth and proliferation Organization and Management 2004-2006 Research projects (xylanase, lactic acid and biofertilizer-biocontrol agents production) and inter-lab/industry coordination at Pilot Plant Facility for Bioprocess Development, IIT Delhi, India Personal text I am passionate about running except when running fermentors. Underlying theme of research is nutrient sensing and signaling to understand cellular metabolism. Motivated to learn various experimental and data analysis approaches along the way, and absolutely honored to work with few of the best researchers and moreover, fantastic people at Chalmers.