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:
Publications:

Mahtha SK, Venkadesan SK, Mohanty D. Comparative evaluation of the prediction accuracy of AlphaFold and ESMFold for monomeric and dimeric proteins. NAR Genom Bioinform. 2026;8(1).

Mahtha SK, Kumari K, Gaur V, Yadav G. Cavity architecture based modulation of ligand binding tunnels in plant START domains. Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2023;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;12:737194. doi:10.3389/fgene.2021.737194.

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.

Sharma M, Jamsheer KM, Shukla BN, Sharma M, Awasthi P, Mahtha SK, et al. Arabidopsis target of rapamycin coordinates with transcriptional and epigenetic machinery to regulate thermotolerance. Front Plant Sci. 2021;12:741965. doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.741965.

Smita S, Katiyar A, Lenka SK, Dalal M, Kumar A, Mahtha SK, et al. Gene network modules associated with abiotic stress response in tolerant rice genotypes identified by transcriptome meta-analysis. Funct Integr Genomics. 2020;20(1):29-49. doi:10.1007/s10142-019-00697-w.

Mahtha SK, Prasad A, Yadav G. Complex networks reveal biological functions of START domains in rice: insights from computational systems biology. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications. Cham: Springer; 2021. p. 641-651.

Jadhav SS, Kumari R, Mahtha SK, Purama RK, Lamba V, Yadav G. Metabolomics and molecular physiology perspective for drought and salinity stress tolerance. In: Response of field crops to abiotic stress: current status and future prospects. 2022. p. 153.

Achievements & Scholarships
>MK Bhan-Young Researcher Fellowship (MKB-YRF) 2024
>Senior Research Fellow under STRF scheme of NIPGR (2019-2022)
>Ph.D. Research Fellowship awarded by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of
India (2014-2019)
>Qualified DBT-BET JRF 2014 conducted by Department of Biotechnology.
>Qualified National eligibility test “CSIR/UGC-NET 2014”
>Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) LIFE Science 2014
>Qualified Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) JRF (B) 2014