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'''Pratyoosh Shukla''' (born 2 April 1977, [[Sidhi|Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh]]) is an Indian [[microbiologist]] specialized in enzyme technology and [[protein]] bioinformatics. He is currently working as Professor of the School of Biotechnology at the Institute of Science, [[Banaras Hindu University|Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India]]. He was awarded with the Indo-USA Research Professor at Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine, [[University of Cincinnati]], USA in 2014 by the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) and Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF).<ref>{{Cite web| title=Indo-US Science and Technology Forum - Annual Report 2013-2014 | url=https://iusstf.org/documents/35627/42091/Annual%20Report%202013-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419210140/https://iusstf.org/documents/35627/42091/Annual%20Report%202013-14 | archive-date=2022-04-19}}</ref> He was also awarded the Prof. CNR Rao Foundation Award for Excellence in Scientific Research.<ref>{{Cite web | title=BHU Professors Shine with CNR Rao Education Foundation Awards for Excellence in Research {{!}} Varanasi News - Times of India | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhu-professors-shine-with-cnr-rao-education-foundation-awards-for-excellence-in-research/articleshow/115908886.cms | access-date=2025-12-07 | website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> He is a Fellow of the [[National Academy of Sciences]], India (FNASc),<ref>https://nasi.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/NASI-Fellows-Elected-in-2025.pdf{{Dead link | date=December 2025 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> the [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]] (FNAAS),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://naas.org.in/detail.php?id=735 | title=National Academy of Agricultural Sciences }}</ref> the Academy of Microbiological Sciences (FAMSc/FAMI),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amiindia.info/fellows.php|title=AMI Fellows | AMI | Association of Microbiologists of India|website=amiindia.info}}</ref> and the Biotech Research Society of India (FBRS).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brsi.in/fellows|title=Fellows of BRSI|website=The Biotech Research Society, India|date=10 July 2021 }}</ref>

Shukla and his research group focus on the integration of tools and techniques in microbe assisted biotechnological processes for environmental sustainability, bioproducts including bio-energy, and cost effective bioprocesses.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dixit |first1=Mandeep |last2=Chhabra |first2=Deepak |last3=Shukla |first3=Pratyoosh |date=2023-02-01 |title=Optimization of endoglucanase-lipase-amylase enzyme consortium from Thermomyces lanuginosus VAPS25 using Multi-Objective genetic algorithm and their bio-deinking applications |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960852422018004 |journal=Bioresource Technology |volume=370 |article-number=128467 |doi=10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128467 |pmid=36509307 |bibcode=2023BiTec.37028467D |s2cid=254527383 |issn=0960-8524|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dixit |first1=Mandeep |last2=Shukla |first2=Pratyoosh |date=2023-02-01 |title=Multi-efficient endoglucanase from Aspergillus niger MPS25 and its potential applications in saccharification of wheat straw and waste paper deinking |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653522037912 |journal=Chemosphere |volume=313 |article-number=137298 |doi=10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137298 |pmid=36427581 |bibcode=2023Chmsp.313m7298D |s2cid=253829302 |issn=0045-6535|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite journal |last1=Saini |first1=Dinesh Kumar |last2=Rai |first2=Amit |last3=Devi |first3=Alka |last4=Pabbi |first4=Sunil |last5=Chhabra |first5=Deepak |last6=Chang |first6=Jo-Shu |last7=Shukla |first7=Pratyoosh |date=2021-06-01 |title=A multi-objective hybrid machine learning approach-based optimization for enhanced biomass and bioactive phycobiliproteins production in Nostoc sp. CCC-403 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960852421002479 |journal=Bioresource Technology |volume=329 |article-number=124908 |doi=10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124908 |pmid=33690058 |bibcode=2021BiTec.32924908S |s2cid=232195472 |issn=0960-8524|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Education==

Upon completing his bachelor's degree (B.Sc.), he went on to complete his master's degree in sciences (applied microbiology and biotechnology) from [[Dr. Hari Singh Gour University]], Sagar M.P India in 1999. In 2002, he earned his Ph.D. in microbiology from the APS University, Rewa, India. He received a NRF-DUT Post Doctoral Fellowship at Enzyme Technology Group, [[Durban University of Technology]], Durban. He was awarded a D.Sc. in Microbiology in 2020 from [[Barkatullah University]], Bhopal, India for his significant contribution in the area of 'computational enzyme engineering'.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

==Research==

His research group is working on the integration of techniques in microbe assisted biotechnological processes.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mu |first1=Demei |last2=Liu |first2=Hao |last3=Lin |first3=Weitie |last4=Shukla |first4=Pratyoosh |last5=Luo |first5=Jianfei |date=2020-04-01 |title=Simultaneous biohydrogen production from dark fermentation of duckweed and waste utilization for microalgal lipid production |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960852420301486 |journal=Bioresource Technology |volume=302 |article-number=122879 |doi=10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122879 |pmid=32028148 |bibcode=2020BiTec.30222879M |s2cid=211050463 |issn=0960-8524|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kumar |first1=Vishal |last2=Kumar |first2=Ashwani |last3=Chhabra |first3=Deepak |last4=Shukla |first4=Pratyoosh |date=2019-01-01 |title=Improved biobleaching of mixed hardwood pulp and process optimization using novel GA-ANN and GA-ANFIS hybrid statistical tools |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960852418313683 |journal=Bioresource Technology |volume=271 |pages=274–282 |doi=10.1016/j.biortech.2018.09.115 |pmid=30278352 |bibcode=2019BiTec.271..274K |s2cid=52922948 |issn=0960-8524|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dhankhar |first1=Rakhi |last2=Kumar |first2=Ashwani |last3=Kumar |first3=Sanjay |last4=Chhabra |first4=Deepak |last5=Shukla |first5=Pratyoosh |last6=Gulati |first6=Pooja |date=2019-07-18 |title=Multilevel algorithms and evolutionary hybrid tools for enhanced production of arginine deiminase from Pseudomonas furukawaii RS3 |journal=[[Bioresource Technology]] |volume=290 |article-number=121789 |doi=10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121789 |pmid=31326652 |bibcode=2019BiTec.29021789D |s2cid=198134213 |issn=0960-8524}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sharma |first1=Babita |last2=Shukla |first2=Pratyoosh |date=2020-11-14 |title=A comparative analysis of heavy metal bioaccumulation and functional gene annotation towards multiple metal resistant potential by Ochrobactrum intermedium BPS-20 and Ochrobactrum ciceri BPS-26 |journal=[[Bioresource Technology]] |volume=320 |issue=Pt B |article-number=124330 |doi=10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124330 |pmid=33202345 |s2cid=227037383 |issn=0960-8524}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sharma |first1=Babita |last2=Shukla |first2=Pratyoosh |date=2021-01-05 |title=Lead bioaccumulation mediated by Bacillus cereus BPS-9 from an industrial waste contaminated site encoding heavy metal resistant genes and their transporters |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389420312747 |journal=Journal of Hazardous Materials |volume=401 |article-number=123285 |doi=10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123285 |pmid=32659573 |s2cid=220518303 |issn=0304-3894|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Basu |first1=Supratim |last2=Rabara |first2=Roel C. |last3=Negi |first3=Sangeeta |last4=Shukla |first4=Pratyoosh |date=2018-04-18 |title=Engineering PGPMOs through Gene Editing and Systems Biology: A Solution for Phytoremediation? |journal=[[Trends in Biotechnology]] |volume=36 |issue=5 |pages=499–510 |doi=10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.01.011 |pmid=29455935 |issn=0167-7799}}</ref> Shukla has researched microbial bioprocesses optimization using artificial intelligence based tools, especially on microbial enzymes and cyanobacterial bio-pigments, and their contribution in gene networks and metabolic significance.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dixit |first1=Mandeep |last2=Kumar Gupta |first2=Guddu |last3=Yadav |first3=Monika |last4=Chhabra |first4=Deepak |last5=Kumar Kapoor |first5=Rajeev |last6=Pathak |first6=Puneet |last7=Bhardwaj |first7=Nishi K. |last8=Shukla |first8=Pratyoosh |date=2022-04-01 |title=Improved deinking and biobleaching efficiency of enzyme consortium from Thermomyces lanuginosus VAPS25 using genetic Algorithm-Artificial neural network based tools |journal=Bioresource Technology |volume=349 |article-number=126846 |doi=10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126846 |pmid=35158033 |s2cid=246799726 |issn=0960-8524|doi-access=free |bibcode=2022BiTec.34926846D }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal
|last1=Kar
|first1=S.
|last2=Chot
|first2=E.
|last3=Bereimipour
|first3=A.
|last4=Azad
|first4=R. K.
|last5=Shukla
|first5=P.
|date=2025
|title=Comprehensive multifaceted gene network analysis towards understanding multi-metal and oxidative stress responses in Synechocystis PCC 6803
|journal=Computers in Biology and Medicine
|volume=199
|page=111275
|doi=10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.111274
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal
|last1=Gupta
|first1=G. K.
|last2=Coxe
|first2=T.
|last3=Chot
|first3=E.
|last4=Kapoor
|first4=R. K.
|last5=Chhabra
|first5=D.
|last6=Bhardwaj
|first6=N. K.
|last7=Azad
|first7=R. K.
|last8=Shukla
|first8=P.
|date=2025
|title=Improved GA-ANN based optimized bio-deinking strategy for laccase produced from Trametes versicolor GGRK18, and its co-expression gene network analysis
|journal=Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
|article-number=119688
|doi=10.1016/j.jece.2025.119688
}}</ref> In addition, he also works on other applications of cyanobacterial biotechnology<ref>
{{Cite journal |last1=Srivastava |first1=Amit |last2=Varshney |first2=Rajeev K. |last3=Shukla |first3=Pratyoosh |date=2021-02-16 |title=Sigma Factor Modulation for Cyanobacterial Metabolic Engineering |journal=[[Trends in Microbiology]] |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=266–277 |doi=10.1016/j.tim.2020.10.012 |pmid=33229204 |s2cid=227157066 |issn=0966-842X}}
</ref><ref>
{{Cite journal |last1=Srivastava |first1=Amit |last2=Shukla |first2=Pratyoosh |date=2021-02-16 |title=Tightening the Screws on PsbA in Cyanobacteria |journal=[[Trends in Genetics]] |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=211–215 |doi=10.1016/j.tig.2020.08.018 |pmid=32977998 |s2cid=221938503 |issn=0168-9525}}
</ref><ref name="Shukla2025">{{Cite journal |last1=Srivastava |first1=Amit |last2=Shukla |first2=Pratyoosh |date=2021-12-16 |title=Emerging tools and strategies in cyanobacterial omics |journal=[[Trends in Biotechnology]] |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=4–7 |doi=10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.05.004 |pmid=34154821 |s2cid=235595074 |issn=0167-7799}}</ref> and the development of microalgal harvesting methods using natural biopolymers and valorization of microalgal biomass.<ref>{{Cite journal
|last1=Kumar
|first1=N.
|last2=Vardhan
|first2=M.
|last3=Shukla
|first3=P.
|date=2025
|title=A natural amylopectin based quaternized polymer as a promising biopolymer for efficient dewatering of Chlorella sorokiniana NKPS02
|journal=Carbohydrate Polymers
|page=124047
}}</ref> His research group has been featured by [[Biography (magazine)|bioGraphic]] on using microbiomes to break down waste.<ref name="Shukla2025" /><ref>{{Cite web
|title=Better Living Through Biochemistry
|url=https://www.biographic.com/better-living-through-biochemistry/?utm_campaign=biographic_regular_20250808&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Mailjet
|website=Biographic
|access-date=2025-11-12
}}</ref>

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