Dr. Naveen Kumar Navani, received his Masters degree (1993) in Animal Biotechnology from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal in India. He received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Protein Engineering from Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh, India. He served as a scientist in DNA Fingerpriting unit of an institute of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in India. He then pursued his post-doctoral research with Professor Yingfu Li at McMaster University, Canada from 2003-2007, in the field of nucleic acid engineering and NanoBiotechnology. In 2007, he joined Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Roorkee, India where he is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology. He is actively associated with Centre for Nanotechnology of IIT also. His work has been published in reputed journals like Chembiochem, Nucleic Acid Research, Current Opinion in Chemical Biology and Methods in Molecular Biology. He has also written book chapters on development of Aptamer based biosensors for detection of pathogens, proteins and small molecules. His current research interests include biosensor development using chemical biology and nanobiotechnology; especially developing antibacterial packaging for extending shelf life of perishable products, developing whole cell and nanosensors for pathogen detection and removal of toxins, xenobiotics and bacteria using nanotechnology. His research is funded by Department of Biotechnology; Government of India, Indian Council of Agricultural Research through National Agricultural Innovation Project, State Biotechnology Board and Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Govt of India.
