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'''Rup Lal''' is an Indian molecular biologist known for his work in molecular biology, genomics, metagenomics and taxonomy of microbial diversity inhabiting extreme niches. His research has led to the development of novel analogue of [[rifamycin]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Nigam|first1=Aeshna|last2=Almabruk|first2=Khaled H.|last3=Saxena|first3=Anjali|last4=Yang|first4=Jongtae|last5=Mukherjee|first5=Udita|last6=Kaur|first6=Hardeep|last7=Kohli|first7=Puneet|last8=Kumari|first8=Rashmi|last9=Singh|first9=Priya|date=2014-07-25|title=Modification of Rifamycin Polyketide Backbone Leads to Improved Drug Activity against Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis|journal=Journal of Biological Chemistry|language=en|volume=289|issue=30|pages=21142–21152|doi=10.1074/jbc.M114.572636|issn=0021-9258|pmc=4110317|pmid=24923585}}</ref> identification and functional characterization of  microbial communities at [[Manikaran]] hotsprings<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lal|first1=Rup|last2=Arnold|first2=Wyatt|last3=Gilbert|first3=Jack A.|last4=Richnow|first4=Hans H.|last5=Singh|first5=Yogendra|last6=Cralle|first6=Lauren|last7=Mahato|first7=Nitish K.|last8=Kiesel|first8=Bärbel|last9=Schmidt|first9=Matthias|date=2018|title=Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses of Himalayan Hot Springs at Manikaran Modulate Host Genomes|journal=Frontiers in Microbiology|language=English|volume=9|page=3095|doi=10.3389/fmicb.2018.03095|issn=1664-302X|pmc=6302217|pmid=30619174|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sangwan|first1=Naseer|last2=Lambert|first2=Carey|last3=Sharma|first3=Anukriti|last4=Gupta|first4=Vipin|last5=Khurana|first5=Paramjit|last6=Khurana|first6=Jitendra P.|last7=Sockett|first7=R. Elizabeth|last8=Gilbert|first8=Jack A.|last9=Lal|first9=Rup|date=2015|title=Arsenic rich Himalayan hot spring metagenomics reveal genetically novel predator–prey genotypes|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1758-2229.12297|journal=Environmental Microbiology Reports|language=en|volume=7|issue=6|pages=812–823|doi=10.1111/1758-2229.12297|pmid=25953741|issn=1758-2229}}</ref> and deciphering the role of microbes in degradation of  [[Hexachlorocyclohexane|Hexacholorocyclohexane (HCH)]] at a polluted dumpsite located at Ummari village, Lucknow, India.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lal|first1=R.|last2=Pandey|first2=G.|last3=Sharma|first3=P.|last4=Kumari|first4=K.|last5=Malhotra|first5=S.|last6=Pandey|first6=R.|last7=Raina|first7=V.|last8=Kohler|first8=H.-P. E.|last9=Holliger|first9=C.|date=2010-03-01|title=Biochemistry of Microbial Degradation of Hexachlorocyclohexane and Prospects for Bioremediation|url= |journal=Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews|language=en|volume=74|issue=1|pages=58–80|doi=10.1128/MMBR.00029-09|issn=1092-2172|pmc=2832351|pmid=20197499}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lal|first1=Rup|last2=Khurana|first2=Jitendra P.|last3=Khurana|first3=Paramjit|last4=Raman|first4=Rajagopal|last5=Dowd|first5=Scot E.|last6=Gilbert|first6=Jack A.|last7=Mukherjee|first7=Udita|last8=Kaur|first8=Jaspreet|last9=Verma|first9=Mansi|date=2012-09-28|title=Comparative Metagenomic Analysis of Soil Microbial Communities across Three Hexachlorocyclohexane Contamination Levels|journal=PLOS ONE|language=en|volume=7|issue=9|pages=e46219|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0046219|issn=1932-6203|pmc=3460827|pmid=23029440|bibcode=2012PLoSO...746219S}}</ref>  He has over 35 years of strong and longstanding experience in administration, teaching and research in various capacities at [[University of Delhi]], India. Presently, he is NASI Senior Scientist Platinum Jubilee fellow<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/NASI-Senior%20Scientist%20Platinum%20Jubilee%20Fellowship%20(2019).htm|title=The National Academy of Sciences, India - NASI-Senior Scientist Platinum Jubilee Fellowship (2019)|website=www.nasi.org.in|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref> at [[The Energy and Resources Institute|The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)]], Delhi.