Dr. Ruchi Gulati Marwah

Associate Professor

Email Address : ruchi.gulati@bcas.du.ac.in

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  • PhD (Microbiology)
  • MSc Microbiology
  • B Sc (Hons) Microbiology

  • Associate professor, Department of Microbiology, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, University of Delhi (Appointed as Assistant Professor on 20th August 2009)
  • Assistant professor (on ad hoc basis), Department of Microbiology, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, University of Delhi from 26 November 2007 to 19 August 2009.
  • Guest lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Home Economics, Universitu of Delhi, from 31 July 2007 to 25th November, 2007.
  • 1st February 2007 till 31st July 2007: Research Associate in the DST-ILTP project titled “Production and Applications of Microbial Lipases” in the Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi, South Campus.
  • 20th August 2003 till 20th September 2004 and from 5 January 2005 to 31st December 2006:Post-doctoral research fellow in the project titled "Bioactivity-driven chemical investigation of Omani biodiversity for medicinally and agronomically valuable compounds: the development of Omani Natural Products" at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman (Three years).

  • University Gold medal received in 1995 for achieving first rank in MSc Mic robiology

  • Chawla, H., Anand, P., Garg, K., Bhagat, N., Varmani, S.G., Bansal, T., McBain, A.J. and Marwah, R.G., 2023. A comprehensive review of microbial contamination in the indoor environment: sources, sampling, health risks, and mitigation strategies. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, p.1285393.
  • Adhikary A., Bansal T., Gupta P., Jain D., Anand P., Gupta R., Virdi J. S., Marwah R. G. (2021). Draft Genome Sequence of a Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid-Producing Isolate, Bacillus paralicheniformis Strain bcasdu2018/01. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 10(46):e0101321. https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/MRA.01013-21
  • Mongia, G., Kaur, I., Marwah, R. G. And Malyan, A. (2021). A comprehensive review of the different methods for the construction of MFC’s and their effect on the performance of MFC. International Journal of Engineering and Technology. 8(5): 4402-4413.e-ISSN: 2395-0056
  • Agarwal, A., Verma, G., Singh, Y., Kumari, A., Kumar, S., Agnihotri, O., Sushmita, Sabharwal, N., Jha, A., Singh, M., Kumar, P., Kaur, I., Marwah, R. G., Mongia, G. and Kapoor, A. (2016). Journal of Energy Research and Environmental Technology (JERET), 3(2), 127-130. (Conference proceeding publication)
  • Anand, P., Saxena, R. K. & Marwah, R. G. (2011). A novel downstream process for 1,3-propanediol from glycerol-based fermentation. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 90(4), 1267-1276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-011-3161-2
  • Kaushik, R., Marwah, R. G., Gupta, P., Saran, S., Saso, L., Parmar, V. S. & Saxena, R. K. (2010). Optimization of Lipase Production from Aspergillus terreus by Response Surface Methodology and Its Potential for Synthesis of Partial Glycerides Under Solvent Free Conditions. Indian Journal of Microbiology. 50(4), 456-462. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-011-0100-y
  • Srinivasan, S., Gupta, S., Marwah R., Manisankar, P. & Kumar, R. (2010). Synthesis, characterization and in vitro biological studies of novel N-aryl piperazinyl fluoroquinolones. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences 1(3), 727-737.
  • Fatope, M. O., Varma, G. B., Al-Azri, N. M., Marwah, R. G. & Nair, R. S. (2010). ent-Kaurine diterpenoids from Blepharispermum hirtum. Chemistry and Biodiversity. 7(7), 1862-1870. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.200900389
  • Fatope, M. O., Marwah, RG, Al Hadhrami, NM, Onifade, AK & Williams, JR. (2008). Identification of the Chemotypes of Ocimum forskolei and Ocimum basilicum by NMR Spectroscopy. Chemistry and Biodiversity 5(11): 2457-63. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.200890211
  • Marwah, R. G., Fatope M. O., Deadman, M. L., Al-Maqbali, Y. M. & Husband, J. (2007). Musanahol: a new aureonitol-related metabolite from a Chaetomium sp. Tetrahedron 63(34), 8174-8180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2007.05.119
  • Marwah, R. G., Fatope M. O., Deadman, M. L., Ochei, J. E. & Al-Saidi, S. H. (2007) Antimicrobial activity and the major components of the essential oil of Plectranthus cylindraceus. Journal of Applied Microbiology 103(4), 1220-1226. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03365.x
  • Marwah, R. G., Fatope M. O., Al-Mahrooqi R., Varma G. B., Al-Abadi, H. &Al-Burtamani S.K.S. (2007) Antioxidant capacity of some edible and wound healing plants in Oman. Food Chemistry 101(2), 465-470. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FOODCHEM.2006.02.001
  • Varma, G. B., Fatope, M. O., Marwah, R. G., Deadman M. E. & Al-Rawahi F. K. (2006) Production of phenylacetic acid derivatives and 4-epiradicinol in culture by Curvularia lunata, Phytochemistry 67(17), 1925-1930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.05.032
  • Suliman, F. O., Fatope M. O., Al-Saidi, S. H., Al-Kindy, S. & Marwah R. G. (2006) Composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil of Pluchea arabica. from Oman. Flavour and Fragrance Journal 21(3), 469-471. https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1616
  • Fatope, M. O., Marwah, R. G., Onifade, A. K., Ochei, J. & Al Mahrooqi, Y. (2006) 13C NMR analysis and antifungal and insecticidal activities of Oman Dill Herb Oil. Pharmaceutical Biology 44(1), 44-49. https://doi.org/10.1080/13880200500530716
  • Gulati, R. Isar. J, Kumar, V., Prasad, A.K., Parmar, V.S. & Saxena, R.K. (2005) Production of a novel alkaline lipase from Fusarium globulosum (FGL) produced using neem oil and its applications. Pure and Applied Chemistry 77(1), 251-262. https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200577010251
  • Al-Burtamani, S. K. S., Fatope, M. O., Marwah, R. G., Onifade, A. K. & Al-Saidi, S. H. (2005) Chemical composition, antibacterial and antifungal activities of the essential oil of Haplophyllum tuberculatum from Oman. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 96(1-2), 107-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2004.08.039
  • Fatope, M. O., Nair, R. S., Marwah, R. G. & Al-Nadhiri, H. H. S. (2004) New sesquiterpenes from Pluchea arabica. Journal of Natural Products 67(11), 1925-1928. https://doi.org/10.1021/np040054c
  • Marwah, R., Arya, P., Malhotra, B., Prasad, A. K., Saxena, R. K., Kumar, J., Watterson, A. C. & Parmar, V. S. (2003). Novel biocatalytic esterification reactions on fatty acids: Synthesis of sorbitol 1(6) - monostearate. Sukh Dev ARKIVOC 159-170. https://doi.org/10.3998/ark.5550190.0004.316
  • Kidwai, M., Dave, B., Bhushan, K. R., Misra, P., Saxena, R. K., Gupta, R., Gulati, R. & Singh, M. (2002). Deacetylation of cephalosporins by lipase catalysis and microwave assisted transformation on a solid support. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation. 20(5), 377-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/10242420290006710
  • Gulati, R., Saxena, R. K. & Gupta, R. (2002) Fermentation waste of Aspergillus terreus: a potential copper biosorbent. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 18(5), 397-401. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015540921432
  • Gulati, R., Bhattacharya A., Prasad, A.K., Gupta R, Parmar, V.S., & Saxena, R.K. (2001) Biocatalytic potential of Fusarium globulosum lipase in selective acetylation / deacetylation reactions and in ester synthesis. Journal of Applied Microbiology 90(4), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2672.2001.01286.x
  • Saxena, R. K., Sangeetha, L., Vohra, A., Gupta, R. & Gulati, R. (2001) Induction and mass sporulation in lignin degrading fungus Cereporiopsis subvermispora for its potential usage in pulp and paper industry. Current Science 81(5): 591-594. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24105897
  • Saxena, R. K., Gupta, R., Saxena, S. and Gulati, R. (2000). Role of fungal enzymes in food processing. In: Applied Mycology and Biotechnology, food and fungi- principles, techniques and process applications. Volume 1. Elsevier Science Series (eds. G.G. Khachatourians and D.K. Arora). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1874-5334(01)80015-0
  • Gulati, R., Saxena, R. K. & Gupta, R. (2000) Fermentation and downstream processing of lipase from Aspergillus terreus. Process Biochemistry 36(1-2), 149-155. http://doi.org/10.1016/S0032-9592(00)00201-6
  • Gulati, R., Saxena, R. K., Gupta, R., Yadav, R. P. & Davidson, W. S. (1999). Parametric optimisation for Aspergillus terreus lipase production and its potential in ester synthesis. Process Biochemistry 35(5), 459-464. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0032-9592(99)00090-4
  • Gulati, R., Saxena, R. K. & Gupta, R. (1999) Fermentation waste of Aspergillus terreus: a promising copper bio-indicator. Current Science 77(10), 1359-1360. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24104438
  • Saxena, R. K., Ghosh, P. K., Gupta, R., Davidson, W. S., Bradoo, S. and Gulati, R. (1999) Microbial lipases; potential biocatalysts for the future industry. Current Science 77(1), 101-115. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24102918
  • Gulati, R., Saxena, R. K. & Gupta, R. (1997). A rapid plate assay for screening L-asparaginase producing microorganisms. Letters in Applied Microbiology 24, 23-26. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00331.x