Hemal Makani

Multifaceted Lecturer with 8 years of expertise in adapting presentations to reach students of diverse backgrounds. Supporting students with solid lectures, and hands on practicals, discussions and activities. Trained in attendance, assessment and grading requirements

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet goals.

• Supervised team of 50 staff members and part of the core research team in formulating patent for two novel COVID-19 Products (2019 - 2023)
• BioEra's VLTM (Virus Lytic Transport Medium)
• BioEra's Virus RNA Extraction Kit
• Best in the laboratory Award (2018)
• Trained 5,000+ Participants in workshops and Trainings
• Participated in 'AMI - ASM Workshop on Art of Science Communication' (2014)
• Participated in One day symposium on 'ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A GATEWAY FOR BIOLOGIST' (2013)
• Presented poster on 'Microcosm - Model and Poster Presentation Competition' (2013)

Master’s project student Aug 2013 – May 2014       
International Research Publications

National Centre for Cell Science, Pune 

Advisor – Dr. Yogesh Shouche

Dissertation title: Molecular Characterization and Meta-Analysis of Gut Microbial Communities Illustrate Enrichment of Prevotella and Megasphaera in Indian subjects 

· Worked on constructing a Phylogenetic analysis pipeline to be used as a tool to check and process 16S rRNA sequence samples. 

· Acquired basic knowledge of molecular biology techniques like Genomic DNA Extraction from Bacteria, RNA isolation, Reverse Transcription PCR, Gel Electrophoresis.

· Makani H., Salunke A., & Qori M., (2019).Isolation of MDR Microorganisms from natural Sources, Studying their plasmid profile and evaluation of potency for natural transfer of MDR Property to E.Coli DH5A. International Journal of Novel Research.

· Makani H., Salunke A., Alshekhmohan K., Naser F., Kale S., & Muhammad Q., (2017).Study of Seasonal Variation in Mula-Mutha River of Pune With Respect to Total and Pathogenic Role. International Journal of Novel Research in Life Sciences.

· Makani H., Alshekhmohan K., Naser F., Altaher A., & Muhammad Q., (2017)..Construction of Algal Fuel Cells for Production of Electricity from Scenedesmus Spp., International Journal of Novel Research

· Makani H., Salunke A., Naser F., & Sabah K (2017). Improving Soil Health and Plant Growth with Combination of BGA and Micronutrients. Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

· Makani H., Salunke A., Rasure A., & Hussein W.,(2016). Isolation of Bacteriophages from Wastewater for possible utilization to combat multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas spp. Isolated from Public Water Pool. International Journal of Advanced Research.

· Makani H., Shouche Y.S., Dhotre D., Kumbhare S., Bhute S., Gawali A., & Pande P., (2016). Characterization and Meta-Analysis of Gut Microbial Communities Illustrate Enrichment of Prevotella and Megasphaera in Indian subjects. Frontiers Microbiology 9(7).