Dr. K. Prashanth
About
Research Area
I am Dr. Prashanth K., is involved in Teaching the Post-graduates students for their MSc. degree and my scientific research that focuses on molecular pathogenesis aspects of nosocomial pathogens. My main research area is on studying of PathoGenomics and molecular evolution of resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii. I am a recipient of DST Young scientist award, FEMS-Young scientist award, Melinda-Gate foundation’s INCLEN Young-scientist award and UGC Research Award. Have project funding from different agencies such as DST, UGC, AERB, SERB, and ICMR. I have guided eight PhD students for their completion of doctoral thesis. I have published 56 research articles in reputed journals with the cumulative impact factor 120.7, the h-index of 23, i-10 index of 34 and they have received 1778 citations so far. I have been in reviewer board of reputed Biological science journals such as Nature Communication Biology, Virulence, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, BMC Research Notes, Pathogen and Disease, Multiple Drug Resistance etc.
Notable & Recent Publications
Pal, Anil Kumar, Sudhakar Pagal, Kenchappa Prashanth, Goutam Kumar Chandra, Siva Umapathy, and D. Bharathi Mohan. Ag/ZnO/Au 3D hybrid structured reusable SERS substrate as highly sensitive platform for DNA detection. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 279 : 157-169;(2019), Impact Factor - 8
Sawant, Ajit Ramesh, Sudhakar Pagal, Ashutosh Kumar Amar, Lipsa Panda, P. Shashikala, Reba Kanungo, and K. Prashanth. Coexistence of blaNDM-1, blaOXA-51, blaOXA-23, and armA in conjunction with novel mutations detected in RND efflux pump regulators in tigecycline resistant clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii. Pathogens and Disease 80, No. 1 (2022), Impact Factor - 2.7
Sawant, Ajit Ramesh, Sudhakar Pagal, and K. Prashanth. Role of the NtrC family response regulator in nitrogen metabolism of Acinetobacter baumannii. Gene 924: 148552. (2024), Impact Factor - 2.6
Panda, Lipsa, Krishnapriya Gk, Ajit Ramesh Sawant, Santosh Kumar Singh, Minakshi Gupta, P. Shashikala, and K. Prashanth. Genomic insights into drug resistance and virulence determinants in rare pyomelanin-producing clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases: official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology. 44(3):533-547, (2025), Impact Factor - 3.7
Brindangnanam, Pownraj, Ajit Ramesh Sawant, Krishnan Ashokkumar, Kamaraj Sriraghavan, K. Prashanth, and Mohane Selvaraj Coumar. "Unveiling the potential of a novel drug efflux pump inhibitor to combat multidrug resistance in ESKAPEE pathogens, with a focus on Acinetobacter baumannii." Microbial pathogenesis 203 : 107513; (2025), Impact Factor - 3.3 "
