Dr. Arvind Kumar graduated (M.Sc.) in Organic Chemistry from Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He joined Chemistry Division for JRF/SRF fellowship at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India and continued his Ph.D. program with H.N.B. Garhwal (A Central) University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand. During his research he moved to Colombia for one year as a Visiting Scientist fellowship. After confirming the Ph.D. degree in 2014, he joined the Lovely Professional University, Punjab as an Assistant Professor where he stayed till 2017. After that, Dr. Kumar, got a Postdoctoral Fellowship with the research group of Prof. (Dr.) Elena Stashenko, Director General, Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Centre, CROM-MASS, CENIVAM, Industrial University of Santander, Colombia. Presently, Dr. Kumar is a Senior Scientist at Chemical Sciences Division of the Centre for Aromatic Plants (CAP), Selaqui, Dehradun. His research focus to developing the best chromatographic methods for isolate the novel biomolecules from the plant matrix and optimize its quantitative parameters, and characterized the compounds using with high-resolution chromatographic and spectrometry techniques, and screened bioactivities of isolated biomolecules. He has more than 15 years’ experience of academia and research, he has published 24 national/international research articles in journals, also an active editorial board member and reviewer of several repute journals.
Centre for Aromatic Plants
Dehra Dūn, India
Chemical Sciences