Specialization: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Bachelors’ Degree: B.Sc. Biotechnology, DR. B. R. Ambedkar University Agra, UP. (2009 – 2012)
Masters’ Degree: M.Sc. Biotechnology, Dept. of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry
Doctoral Degree: Ph.D (Life Science/Computational Biology), NIPGR-JNU, New Delhi (2022)

Publications:
> Mahtha, S. K., Kumari, K., Gaur, V., & Yadav, G. (2023). Cavity architecture based modulation of ligand binding tunnels in plant START domains. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 21, 3946-3963.
> Mahtha SK, Purama RK, Yadav G. StAR-Related Lipid Transfer (START) Domains Across the Rice Pangenome Reveal How Ontogeny Recapitulated Selection Pressures During Rice Domestication. Front Genet. 2021 Sep 8;12:737194. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.737194. PMID: 34567086; PMCID: PMC8455945.
> Mahtha SK, Purama RK, Kumari R, Yadav G. Identification and Downstream Analyses of Domains Amplified in Plant Genomes: The Case of StAR-Related Lipid Transfer (START) Domains in Rice. Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2238:325-338. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1068-8_22. PMID: 33471342.
> Mahtha, Sanjeet Kumar, Abhishek Prasad, and Gitanjali Yadav. “Complex Networks Reveal Biological Functions of START Domains in Rice: Insights from Computational Systems Biology.” In International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications, pp. 641-651. Springer, Cham, 2021.
> Sharma M, Jamsheer K M, Shukla BN, Sharma M, Awasthi P, Mahtha SK, Yadav G, Laxmi A. Arabidopsis Target of Rapamycin Coordinates With Transcriptional and Epigenetic Machinery to Regulate Thermotolerance. Front Plant Sci. 2021 Oct 28;12:741965. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.741965. PMID: 34777423; PMCID: PMC8581614.
> Smita S, Katiyar A, Lenka SK, Dalal M, Kumar A, Mahtha SK, Yadav G, Chinnusamy V, Pandey DM, Bansal KC. Gene network modules associated with abiotic stress response in tolerant rice genotypes identified by transcriptome meta-analysis. Funct Integr Genomics. 2020 Jan;20(1):29-49. doi: 10.1007/s10142-019-00697-w. Epub 2019 Jul 8. PMID: 31286320.
> Jadhav, S. S., Kumari, R., Mahtha, S. K., Purama, R. K., Lamba, V., & Yadav, G. (2022). Metabolomics and Molecular Physiology Perspective for Drought and Salinity Stress Tolerance. Response of Field Crops to Abiotic Stress: Current Status and Future Prospects, 153.