Profile
Educational Background
B.Sc (Ag), Acharya N.G Ranga Agricultural University, 2016-2020
M.Sc (Ag), Entomology, CSK HPKV, 2020-2022
Research Interests
I am working with insect nudiviruses as a part of PhD program. I am also interested in the ontogeny of insects and the effect of bioelectricity on their ontogeny, programmed cell death and cancer development in insects. Besides this, I am also interested in carcinogenic compounds like TSNAs and their metabolism by living organisms especially insects and Insect tumours
Research Group (Lab)
Turnbull Lab
https://turnbul.wixsite.com/turnbulllab
Courses Taught
BIOL 1050, 1060, 1200
Selected Publications
Battu, J.R., Karthik, S., Yashaswini, G., Thakur, H., Keerthana, A., Kumar, M.S. and Reddy, M.S.S., 2023. LC–MS/MS analysis of carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines in Spodoptera litura using the QuEChERS method. Scientific Reports, 13(1), p.12151.
Battu, J.R., Somala, K., Gummudala, Y., Morthala, S.S.R., Ramappa, K., Gadde, A. and Negi, N., 2023. Insect cell culture vis-à-vis insect pest control. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 33(1), p.80.
Sharma, P.C., Negi, N., Thakur, H., Battu, J.R. and Turnbull, M., 2022. Insect Gap Junctions Could Be a Potential Target for Pest Management. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 115(6), pp.449-460.
Sai Reddy, M.S., Karthik, S., Raju, B.J. and Yashaswini, G., 2022. Multi-omics Multi-omics Approaches in Insect-Plant Interactions. In Molecular advances in insect resistance of field crops: modern and applied approaches (pp. 335-368). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Degree Program
PhD Biological Sciences
