Dr. Somya Asthana

Assistant Professor

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Dr. Somya is a genuine food toxicologist who has keen interest in mechanistic understanding of the toxicities caused due to food related toxins. She is interested in exploring the food drug interactions as a result of pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamics mechanisms. She is a passionate and hardworking reviewer and researcher who is always ready to learn new skills and techniques.

Phytonutrients, Food and Drug Interactions

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4 Book Chapter Published

Received a course certificate on “Understanding of Cancer Metastasis” by John Hopkins University (In collaboration with Coursera).
Poster Award: First Prize for “Toxicity of Methylenecyclopropyl glycine resulting in Hypoglycemic Encephalopathy: Experimental studies in Wistar rats” presented in “International Conference on Advances in Biosciences and Biotechnology” organized by the “Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Noida” from 31st – 2nd Feb, 2019.
Awarded a certificate of “Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing” in September 2018 by the journal Food Research International for my contribution as a reviewer
Awarded with an award and a certificate for being the 3rd topper of M.Tech Biotechnology (Ist Year) with CGPA of 9.08.
Poster Award: Second prize for “Development and Characterization of Chitosan – Extracellular matrix composite films for their application in Tissue Engineering” presented in “2nd International Conference on Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicines (ICTERM)”, organized by “Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela” from 15-17th November, 2013.
Qualified GATE competitive examination with All India Rank 404 (97.52 percentile) in year 2012, organised and conducted by IIT Kanpur.
Won different awards and certificates for various co-curricular activities, quizzes and dance competitions.