Prakriti Sharma Ghimire

Prakriti obtained her BSc in Biochemistry from Purbanchal University, Nepal and MS by Research in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Kathmandu University, Nepal (as an exchange student with SunMoon University, South Korea). She received her Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, in 2017. During her PhD, she received CSC Fellowship to work on microbial genetics, proteomics and transcriptomic study on cellulose degradation, fungal secretome, cellulase and glycosyl hydrolase. She was awarded with PIFI fellowship for Young Talents to obtain her post-doctoral research in Airborne microbial composition at the State Key Laboratory of Cryosphere Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences. During her postdoctoral research, she worked on microbial community shaping the bioaerosol abundance and distribution over the Tibetan Plateau region and their associated influencing environmental factors. Currently, she is a part of respire project of The HBBE at Northumbria University and will be working on multidisciplinary projects within the research hub which mainly focus on vision to develop biotechnologies to create a new generation of Living Buildings, their natural environment; industrial construction processes; and microbiome to benefit human health and society.