Research Interests:

• Phosphorus and heavy metal (Pb) acquisition and remediation by plants
• Role of Rhodobacter in odor remediation
• Cell differentiation and gene transfer in plants of economic importance

Instructional Areas:

• Introductory Biology (Biol 113)
• Biological Concepts — Cells, Metabolism and Genetics (Biol 120)
• General Microbiology (Biol 207)
• Medical Botany (Biol 475/G)
• Introduction to Molecular and Cell Biology — Lab (Biol 221)
• General Microbiology — Lab (Biol 208)
• Plant Biology and Diversity (Biol 222)
• Plant Biology and Diversity — Lab (Biol 223)

Academic:

• Courses
• Office Hours

• Sharma, N.C., Sahi, S.V., Nath, S., Parsons, J.G., Gardea-Torresdey, J.L., Pal, T. 2007. Synthesis of plant-mediated gold nanoparticles and catalytic role of biomatrix-embedded nanomaterials. Environmental Science & Technology 41 (14), 5137–5142.
• Sharma, N.C., Starnes, D. L., Sahi, S.V. 2007. Phytoextraction of excess soil phosphorus. Environmental Pollution 146, 120–127.
• Ruley, A.T., Sharma, N.C., Sahi, S.V., Singh, S.R. 2006. Effects of lead and chelators on growth, photosynthetic activity and Pb uptake in Sesbania drummondii grown in soil. Environmental Pollution 144 (1), 11–18.
• Sharma, N.C., Sahi, S.V. 2005. Characterization of phosphate accumulation in Lolium multiflorum for remediation of phosphorus-enriched soils. Environmental Science & Technology 39 (14), 5475–80.
• Sharma, N.C., Sahi, S.V., Jain, J.C., Raghothama, K.G. 2004. Enhanced accumulation of phosphate by Lolium multiflorum cultivars grown in phosphate-enriched medium. Environmental Science & Technology, 38, 2443–2448.
• Sharma, N.C., Gardea-Torresdey, J.L., Parsons, J., Sahi, S.V. 2004. Chemical speciation and cellular deposition of lead in Sesbania drummondii. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 23 (9), 2068–2073.
• Sharma, N.C., Jain, J., Sahi, S.V. 2003. Evaluation of phosphate phytoremediation potential of ryegrass. Proceedings of 2^nd International. Agronomy Congress: Balancing food and environment security, New Delhi, India, November, 2002, pp. 1009–1010.
• Deepti, M., Sharma, N.C., Cristae, P., Sahi, S.V. 2002. Transformation of maize by 2,4, dihydroxy-7-methoxy-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-3(4H)-one resistant Agrobacterium strains. Biotechnology Letters, 24, 197–203.
• Tiwari, K.N., Sharma, N.C., Tiwari, V., Singh, B.D. 2000. Micropropagation of Centella asiatica (L.), a valuable medicinal herb. Plant Cell Tissue & Organ Culture, 63 (3), 179–185.
• Koijam, B., Sharma, N.C. and Gupta, S. 2000. Production and characterization of fungal cellulases from lignocellulosic wastes. Asian J. Micro. Biotechnol. Env. Sci. 4 (3-4), 113–120.

Research Grant (June 2005 — extended — Dec 2007):

• NSF-EPSCoR grant: “Genetic transformation of Sesbania drummondii with citrate synthase gene for enhanced accumulation of heavy metals”

Patent:

• “Inhibition of HSV infection by plant metabolite” — Interim IPR pending with US Patent Office

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