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Soumya Gupta concluded her Master of Technology in 2021 from VIT University, India and her Bachelor of Technology in 2019 from Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, India. She has published journal articles, and book chapters, has worked on 5 projects in the area(s) of Engineering and Technology, Biotechnology with emphasis on Bioremediation, Environmental Biotechnology and Microbiology and is well-versed with the instruments and techniques in the related fields. She has participated in national and international conferences, hands-on workshops, online courses and internships. Currently, she is enrolled in a 3rd cycle PhD program in Biochemistry at Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal and PhD program in Chemistry at Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain under a Joint PhD project funded by FCT under UNITA Consortium. She is looking forward to contributing to the scientific community and developing her research and interpersonal skills.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Soumya Gupta
Date of birth
1996/06/27
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Gupta, Soumya

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3313-578D-27BB
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3037-8851
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=k7q-GzAAAAAJ&hl=en

Email addresses

  • soumya.gupta@ubi.pt (Professional)
  • soumya.gupta9559@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 963794909 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Calle Alcalde Burriel numero 4, piso tercero derecha, 50005, zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Bioremediation
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Environmental Biotechnology
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Industrial Biotechnology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Hindi (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/09 - 2026/10
Ongoing
 Doctor of Philosophy (Doutoramento)
Major in Biochemistry
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/12 - 2026
Ongoing
 Doctor of Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Chemistry- Renewable energy
Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
2019/07/23 - 2021/06/15
Concluded
 Master of Technology (Master)
Major in Biotechnology
VIT University, India
"Fabrication of filter for heavy metal elimination from water using Banana fibers" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2020/09 - 2020/12
Concluded
 Certificate Course on Medicinal Plants and Biodiversity Conservation (Outros)
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, India
2020/06 - 2020/08
Concluded
 Summer research training program (online) (Outros)
CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, India
2020 - 2020
Concluded
 Research associated roles in life sciences (Microbiology and fermentation technology) (Outros)
Major in Online internship
Biolim centre for science & technology, India
2019 - 2020
Concluded
 RIO +25 Water Action Decade Program (Outros)
Major in Centre of Excellence for United Nations Global Goals
United Nations, American Samoa
2015/07/07 - 2019/05/30
Concluded
 Bachelor of Technology (Bachelor)
Major in Biotechnology
Graphic Era Deemed to be University, India
"Degradation of phenol using Pseudomonas fluorescens" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/09/01 - 2021/11/30 Tutor (University Teacher) Pandit Prithi Nath College, India
Pandit Prithi Nath College, India
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/12/02 - Current Optimization of biohydrogen generation from agro-food wastewaters by combination of dark fermentation and photofermentation
FCT/1500/16/03/2023/S
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
2022/06 - 2022/10/31 Doctoral Incentive Scholarship Santander-Totta/UBI
6764/2021
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
 Banco Santander Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Fiber Materials and Environmental Technologies
UIDB/00195/2020
10.54499/UIDB/00195/2020
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/07 - 2021/05 Fabrication of filter for heavy metal elimination from water using Banana fibers
None
Master thesis
Chaperon Biotech Pvt Ltd, India

VIT University, India
Concluded
2019 - 2020 Bioaccumulation of metals from electronic waste using Delftia acidovorans
Not available
Researcher
VIT University, India
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2019/07/30 - 2019/11/01 Bioextraction of gold from electronic waste using Chromobacterium violaceum
none
Researcher
VIT University, India
Concluded
2018/12/14 - 2019/02/14 Study of degradation of phenol using Pseudomonas fluorescens
No Grant
Bachelors Major Project
Graphic Era Deemed to be University, India

Chaperon Biotech Pvt Ltd, India
Concluded
2018/06/04 - 2018/07/19 Qualitative and quantitative analysis of Green Tea waste
NA
Research work in Bachelors degree
Graphic Era Deemed to be University, India
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Gupta, Soumya; Kumar, Sanjeet; Joshi, Sreekant Vishnu ; Tripathi, Kaushal; Mishra, Sweta. ANTIVIRAL PLANTS OF INDIA. India: APRF PUBLISHERS. 2024.
  2. Gupta, Soumya; Kumar, Sanjeet. Medicinally important biological controller for water pollution. Bhubaneshwar, India: (APRF Publishers, Bhubaneshwar) Single component retail book (ISBN- 978-81-952750-38). 2021.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Jena N; sanjeet Kumar; Soumya Gupta. "Climbing plants with special reference to their ecological and medicinal importance". India: Zenodo, 2023.
    10.5281/ZENODO.8356010
  2. Devi R; Kumar S; Devi RS; Soumya Gupta. "Plants used against fungal infections: source of future drugs". India: Zenodo, 2023.
    10.5281/ZENODO.8388177
Conference poster
  1. Gupta, Soumya; Jesús Salafranca; Laura Grasa; Annabel Dias Barrocas Fernandes. "Bacterial DNA analysis from Bioreactor Effluent Samples for Hydrogen Production by Dark Fermentation". Paper presented in III Jornada del programa de doctorado Ciencia Analítica en Química, 2024.
  2. Gupta, Soumya; Laura Grasa; Annabel Dias Barrocas Fernandes; Jesús Salafranca. "Analysis of Bacterial DNA from Bioreactor Effluent Samples for Hydrogen Production by Dark Fermentation". Paper presented in The annual I3A Young Researchers Conference XIII edition, 2024.
  3. Gupta, Soumya. "Biodiversity mapping". Paper presented in Access and benefit sharing(ABS), Biodiversity conservation and sustainable growth, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Soumya Gupta; Annabel Fernandes; Ana Lopes; Laura Grasa; Jesús Salafranca. "Microbes and Parameters Influencing Dark Fermentation for Hydrogen Production". Applied Sciences (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/app142310789.
    10.3390/app142310789
  2. Soumya Gupta; Annabel Fernandes; Ana Lopes; Laura Grasa; Jesús Salafranca. "Photo-Fermentative Bacteria Used for Hydrogen Production". Applied Sciences (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/app14031191.
    10.3390/app14031191
  3. Gupta, Soumya. "Analysis of Bacterial DNA from Bioreactor Effluent Samples for Hydrogen Production by Dark Fermentation". XIII Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores e Investigadoras del I3A 12 (2024): https://doi.org/10.26754/jjii3a.202410564.
    Open access • Published
  4. Gupta, Soumya; DHARMENDRA KUMAR PARTE; ARVINDER SINGH; SAURAV BISWAS; B. L. MANJULA; SUGIMANI MARNDI; SANJEET KUMAR. Corresponding author: B. L. MANJULA. "Antibacterial Activity of Alangium salviifolium (L. f.) Wangerin". Annals of Biology 39 2 (2023): 357-361. https://agribiop.com/antibacterial-activity-of-alangium-salviifolium-l-f-wangerin/.
    Open access • Published
  5. Anand, Jigisha; Gupta, Soumya; Teshwar,Sujata; Rai,Nishant; Sahil,Mohammad; Rawat,Sumedha. "Impact of Green Tea Compost on Soil Quality and Growth of Plants". ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION 26 August (2020): http://www.envirobiotechjournals.com/article_abstract.php?aid=10645&iid=306&jid=3.
    Open access • Published
  6. Gupta, Soumya. "A review on wastewater treatment using membrane bioreactor". International Journal of Research and Critical Reviews 7 2 (2020): 620-630. http://doi.one/10.1729/Journal.23638.
    Open access • Published
  7. Gupta, Soumya. "A CASE STUDY ON GENE EDITED MONKEYS CLONED IN CHINA". Journal of critical reviews ( JCR) 7 12 (2020): 2346-2348.
    Open access • Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Fabrication of filter for heavy metal elimination from water using Banana fibers". Master, VIT University, 2021.
  2. "Study of degradation of phenol using Pseudomonas fluorescens". Degree, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, 2019.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020 Bioaccumulation of metals from electronic waste using Delftia acidovorans 20th International Conference on Science, Engineering and Technology (ICSET).
Vellore Institute of Technology (Vellore, India)
2019 Bio-Extraction of gold from electronic waste using Chromobacterium violaceum 19th International Conference on Science, Engineering and Technology (ICSET).
Vellore Institute of Technology (Vellore, India)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/07/04 - 2023/07/04 UNITA My 3-min PhD Thesis”
Symposium
 My 3-min PhD Thesis
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/02 Delivered a talk on "A detailed guide to applying for a Master's and PhD Program in a Foreign University (Breaking down the application Process)
Other
 A detailed guide to apply for a Master's and PhD Program in a Foreign University (
SIAI Research, India
2022/06/27 - 2022/07/01 Advanced hands-on course on fluorescence microscopy and image analysis
Other
 Advanced hands-on course on fluorescence microscopy and image analysis
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022/07 - 2022/07 Advanced course in (Bio)Drug Discovery to Non-Clinical Development
Other
 Hands-on Course from the (Bio)Drug Discovery to Non-Clinical Development
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/07 International Model United Nations
Conference
 International Model United Nations
Australian National Commission for UNESCO, Australia
2020 - 2020 National Web Conference on Plastic and E-waste Management: A Challenge to clean Environment
Conference
 National Web Conference on Plastic and E-waste Management: A Challenge to clean Environment
AKS University, India
2020 - 2020 Workshop on Microbiological Techniques
Workshop
 Microbiological Techniques
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, India
2020 - 2020 Advances and Applications of Bioprocess Engineering Techniques
Seminar
 “Advances and Applications of Bioprocess Engineering Techniques”
National Institute of Technology Warangal, India
2019/09 - 2019/10 Hands-on workshop on Human Cell Culture Techniques
Workshop
 Hands-on workshop on Human Cell Culture Techniques
VIT University, India
2019 - 2019 VIT Biosummit
Seminar
 VIT Biosummit '19
VIT University, India
2019 - 2019 Workshop on protein purification using FPLC
Workshop
 Workshop on protein purification using FPLC organized by Bioincubator lab,SIIC,IIT Kanpur
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2019 - 2019 International Conference on Medicinal, Aromatic and Nutraceutical Plants from Mountainous Areas
Conference
 International Conference on Medicinal, Aromatic and Nutraceutical Plants from Mountainous Areas
American council for medicinally important plants (ACMAP), American Samoa

Graphic Era Deemed to be University, India
2019 - 2019 International Conference on Bacteriophage Research and Antimicrobial Resistance International Conference on Bacteriophage Research and Antimicrobial Resistance
VIT University, India

Society of Bacteriophage Research and Therapy, India
2019 - 2019 International Conference on nano and engineering, science and technology (i-nest)
Conference
 International Conference on nano and engineering, science and technology (i-nest)
VIT University, India
2018 - 2018 Recycling of waste paper
Workshop
 Recycling of waste paper
Graphic Era Deemed to be University, India

Graphic Era Hill University, India
2018 - 2018 Water and plants: An International Environmental Perspective of 21st Century
Seminar
 Water and plants: An International Environmental Perspective of 21st Century
Indian thinkers society, India
2017/03/24 - 2017/03/26 Recent trends in biology,culture, conservation and sustainable utilization of medicinally and floricultural important orchids
Conference
 National Conference-cum-workshop on recent trends in Biology,Culture,Conservation, Commercialization and sustainable utilization of medicinally and floriculturally important Orchids
The Orchid Society of India, India
2017 - 2017 National Institute for entrepreneurship and small business development (NIESBUD) Conducted an event for the marketing and promotion of products developed by underprivileged women.
Exhibition
 Marketing and promotion of products developed by underprivileged women.
National Institute For Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development, India

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Asian Biological research foundation(ABRF) India is a self-supporting, academic and research-associated body. It is a non-profit and Non-Government Organization).
Member
 Asian Biological research foundation, India
2016 - 2018 Member and volunteer( Biopreneur Club) where we Learned about different scientific methodologies, marketing, and volunteering skills and tried to elevate the lower sectors of society.
Member
 Graphic Era Deemed to be University, India
Distinctions

Title

2018 Second position in Conference Poster presentation (National seminar on access and benefit sharing,Biodiversity conservation and sustainable development)
Graphic Era Deemed to be University, India

Uttarakhand State Biodiversity Board, India

Other distinction

2019 Merit based Scholarship
Graphic Era Deemed to be University, India