Ashvini Chauhan
- ashvini.chauhan@famu.edu
- PHONE
- 850-412-5119
- OFFICE
- Environ Equity & Justice Cntr
FS Humphries Science and Research Center, Room #305B
Meetings • By Appointment Only
EVS 5896 Environmental Biotechnology • DATES/TIMES TBA
EVS 5905 Environmental Colloquium and Forum • DATES/TIMES TBA
As a Professor at Florida A&M University for over 25 years, I have led a rigorously funded research program that supports the scientific workforce and students in various fields of environmental biotechnology. My mission is to embrace interdisciplinary settings and excel at building highly networked national and international teams to obtain innovative and transformative research-based solutions for various applications.
I have also been involved in several entrepreneurial ventures that aim to commercialize the products of my research. I have multiple patents, publications, certifications, and awards in my field of expertise.
My research is spread over the following fundamental and applied areas:
- Application of meta-omics techniques to better understand microbially-mediated environmentally-relevant functions. Some examples of ongoing research includes the bioremediation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), heavy metals, and radionuclides;
- Sustainable production of bacterial and/or microalgal-based biofuels and other value-added products;
- Development of environmental diagnostic tools and bioindicators of ecosystem health, resilience and rehabilitation;
- Host-microbiome associations in health and disease(s), using oysters and the human gut habitat as model ecosystems.
- Environmental Biotechnology
- Biofuels
- Bioremediation
- Biosensors
- Host-microbe Interactions
- Gut Microbiome and Human Diseases
- Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39-A, Chandigarh-160039, India • 2001
Ph.D. in Environmental Biotechnology - Panjab University, Sector 14, Chandigarh-160014, India. • 1994
Applied Botany and Microbiology
MS in Botany (Hons)
- Professor • 2017 - Present
FAMU School of the Environment (SOE),
Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL. - Associate Professor • 2012 - 2017
FAMU School of the Environment (SOE),
Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL - Affiliate Faculty • 2017
Center for Water Resources,
Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL - Advisory Council member • 2014
Sustainability Institute,
Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL - Courtesy Professor • 2012
Department of Soil and Water Science,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL - Assistant Professor • 2007 - 2012
Environmental Sciences Institute,
Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL - Research Faculty • 2005 - 2007
Environmental Sciences Institute,
Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL - Post-doctoral Associate • 2001 - 2005
Soil and Water Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL - Research Scientist • 2001 - 2001
Novel Drug Discovery Research, Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, India. - Post-doctoral Fellow • 2000 - 2001
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut - Senior Research Fellow • 1997-2000
Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India - Junior Research Fellow • 1994-1996
Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India
Recent Publications
1. Pathak A, Marquez M, Stothard P, Chukwujindu C, Su JQ, Zhou Y, Zhou XY, Jagoe CH, Chauhan A. A seasonal study on the microbiomes of Diploid vs. Triploid eastern oysters and their denitrification potential. iScience. 2024 Jun 6;27(7):110193. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110193. PMID: 38984199; PMCID: PMC11231605.
2. Prakash O, Dewala SR, Nimonkar Y, Patil SK, Chauhan A, Yadav A, Dhotre DP, Ranade DR. Culture-based and culture-independent approach for the study of the methanogens and obligate anaerobes from different landfill sites. Front Microbiol. 2024 Jan 29;14:1273037. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1273037. PMID: 38348306; PMCID: PMC10860756.
3. Kommu, N.; Stothard, P.; Chukwujindu, C.; Pathak, A.; Chauhan, A. Utilizing a Metagenome Assembled Genome Approach Revealed Further Insights into Microbially Mediated Heavy-Metal Resistance in Soils from a Former Nuclear Materials Production Facility. Appl. Microbiol. 2024, 4, 376-389. https://doi.org/10.3390/applmicrobiol4010026.
4. Chauhan A, Chukwujindu C and Pathak A. Choice of bead-beater instrument can result in significant differences in the outcome of host-associated microbiome studies [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. F1000Research 2023, 12:1088 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.138618.1
5. Christian N. Chukwujindu, Joseph T. Nwabanne and Ashvini Chauhan. 2023. The Effect of Furan Extraction on the Ethanol Fermentability of Canarium schweinfurthii (African Elemi) Seed. UNIZIK Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 21 (1), 890-906
6. Chauhan A, Rathore RS, Agarwal M, Chauhan AJ, Taywade A. Friend or Foe: Draft Genome Sequence of Bradyrhizobium sp. Strain SRS-191. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Nov 17;11(11):e0075322. doi: 10.1128/mra.00753-22. Epub 2022 Oct 10. PMID: 36214692; PMCID: PMC9670997.
7. Osei, G.K., Abazinge, M., Ngatia, L., Chauhan, A., Bolques, A., Jagoe, C., Pathak, A. Characterization of Microbial Communities and Naturally Occurring Radionuclides in Soilless Growth Media Amended with Different Concentrations of Biochar. Appl. Microbiol. 2022, 2, 662-679. https://doi.org/10.3390/applmicrobiol2030051
8. Robinson JM, Redvers N, Camargo A, Bosch CA, Breed MF, Brenner LA, Carney MA, Chauhan A, Dasari M, Dietz LG, Friedman M, Grieneisen L, Hoisington AJ, Horve PF, Hunter A, Jech S, Jorgensen A, Lowry CA, Man I, Mhuireach G, Navarro-Pérez E, Ritchie EG, Stewart JD, Watkins H, Weinstein P, Ishaq SL. Twenty Important Research Questions in Microbial Exposure and Social Equity. mSystems. 2022 Feb 22;7(1):e0124021. doi: 10.1128/msystems.01240-21. Epub 2022 Jan 4. PMID: 35089060; PMCID: PMC8725600.
9. Pathak A, Jaswal R, Xu X, White JR, Edwards B 3rd, Hunt J, Brooks S, Rathore RS, Agarwal M, Chauhan A. Characterization of Bacterial and Fungal Assemblages From Historically Contaminated Metalliferous Soils Using Metagenomics Coupled With Diffusion Chambers and Microbial Traps. Front Microbiol. 2020 Jun 10;11:1024. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01024. PMID: 32655505; PMCID: PMC7325934.
Book Chapters
1. Bobby Edwards III, Rajneesh Jaswal, Ashish Pathak, Ashvini Chauhan. 2022. Chapter 11 - Current trends in algal biotechnology for the generation of sustainable biobased products. Microbial Biodegradation and Bioremediation (Second Edition). Techniques and Case Studies for Environmental Pollution. Pages 213-239; https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85455-9.00031-X
2. Ogram, A., Bae, H.S., and Chauhan, A. 2019. The Ecology of Methanogenic Archaea in a Nutrient-Impacted Wetland. In: The Structure and Function of Aquatic Microbial Communities. Hurst, Christon J. (Ed.). Series title: Advances in Environmental Microb
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FAMU Sustainability Faculty Fellow 2016-2017
Fall Semesters
- EVR1001- Fundamentals in Environmental Science (3 credits)
- EVS6064 - Principles of Ecology (3 credits)
- EVS5896 - Environmental Biotechnology (3 credits)
- EVS 5905- Graduate Environmental Science Forum and Colloquium (1 credit)
Spring Semesters
- EVR1001, Fundamentals in Environmental Science (3 credits)
- EVS5905- Graduate Environmental Science Forum and Colloquium (1 credit)
- EVS5027- Environmental Microbiology (4 credits)
- EVR1001- Fundamentals of Environmental Sciences (3 credits)
Other Courses Taught
- EVR 5068- Marine Microbial Ecology (4 credits)
- EVS6932- Microbial Bioinformatics (3 credits)
- EVR2920 - Undergraduate Environmental Science Forum and Colloquium (1 credit)
- EVS5912- Bioremediation Applications and Techniques (3 credits)
- EVS5028 - Molecular Biology Techniques (3 credits)
- Graduate Environmental Science’s Book Club.
- EVS5930 - Special Topics Course “Theory and Applications of Tools in Microbial Ecology” (3 credits).
