Faculty Profile for Dr. Manish Kumar

Dr. Manish Kumar
Professor of Instruction — Biology
SUPP 358
phone: (512) 245-8968
Biography Section
Biography and Education
I was born and raised in India and moved to USA after completing PhD in Microbiology from Indian Institute of Toxicology Research.Research Interests
Mechanism of antibiotics action and resistance. Regulation of biofilm formation in bacteria. Clostridium difficile associated diarrheaSelected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Sapkota, M., Marreddy, K., Wu, X., Kumar, M., & Hurdle, J. (2020). The early stage peptidoglycan biosynthesis Mur enzymes are antibacterial and antisporulation drug targets for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection. Anaerobe, 61:, 102129.
- Kumar, M., & Thornhill, S. G. (2018). Biological filters and their use in potable water filtration systems in spaceflight conditions. Life Sciences in Space Research, 17, 40–43. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lssr.2018.03.003
- Pujara, D. S., Kim, S., Nam, J. C., Mayorga, J., Elmore, I., Kumar, M., … Kang, H. G. (2021). Imaging-based resistance assay using enhanced luminescence-tagged Pseudomonas syringae revealed a complex epigenetic network in plant defense signaling pathways. Molecular Plant Microbe Interaction, 34, 990–1000. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-12-20-0351-TA
- Osbon, Y., & Kumar, M. (2019). Biocatalysis and Strategies for Enzyme Improvement. In Biophysical Chemistry -Advance Applications. UK: Intech Open.
- Kumar, M., McLellan, J., Thornhill, S. G., & Shelton, S. (2018). Keratin-Based Biofilms, Hydrogels, and Biofibers. In Keratin as a protein Biopolymer (pp. 187–200). San Marcos, Switzerland: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02901-2_7
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for excellence in teaching, Texas State University. May 2024 - Present
- Award / Honor Recipient: Judge Travel Award, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS). August 9, 2022 - November 12, 2022
- Award / Honor Recipient: (SBRI- USA, Bursaries award, International Symposium on New Frontiers in Tuberculosis Research. 2006
- Award / Honor Recipient: Dr. R.S. RANA memorial award, 44th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI). 2003
Selected Service Activities
Reviewer / Referee
Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
2023-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Frontier in immunology
2023-Present
Reviewer / Referee
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies.
2023-Present
Reviewer / Referee
MDPI Journals Pharmacuticals , Water
2020-Present
Faculty advisor
Student organization: Peers against Pathogens”
April 2020-Present