Co-Founder, President
- prajjwalrajbhandari@ribb.org.np
- Sarlahi, Nepal
Introduction
Research Expertise
Professional Experiences:
Mr. Rajbhandari born in Sarlahi, Nepal, received his master’s degree in Biotechnology (2010) on a sandwich program between Kathmandu University, Nepal and Institute of Biomolecule Reconstruction (iBR), Sun Moon University, South Korea. He worked as founding Vice President for six and half years before serving as President from January 2018 at Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology, Nepal. He has received Nepal Vidya Bhushan “Kha” (2011), National Energy Globe Award (2015) and Elsevier Foundation Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge (2018). His research interest includes natural preservatives, secondary metabolites and probiotics.
- Draft Genome Sequence of Nonomuraea sp. Strain C10, a Producer of Brartemicin, Isolated from a Mud Dauber Wasp Nest in Nepal. Journal of Microbial Resource Announcements 2019, Vol. 8, Issue 45
- Extraction and analysis of bioactive secondary metabolite from Marine Streptomyces sp. VN-1. Journal of Biomolecule Reconstruction 2011, Vol.8, No.1, 16~22.
- Improvement in the expression of gacD by co-expression with molecular chaperones GroEL/ES in Escherichia coli. Journal of Biomolecule Reconstruction 2010, Vol.7, No. 1, 62~67
- SAM-dependent methyltransferases from aminoglycoside producers: cloning, expression, characterization. Journal of Biomolecule Reconstruction 2009, Vol.6, No. 1, 41~47.
- President at Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology (RIBB) from January 2018 - Until now
- Vice President at Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology (RIBB) from July 2011 - December 2017