Position Title
Postdoc
Shahid obtained his Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) with specialization in Genetic Engineering from SRM University and Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Biotechnology from NIMS University. He was awarded various fellowships including the CSIR-NET fellowship (Government of India) to pursue his Ph.D. research, and other national fellowships like GATE, DBT-JRF, IIT-JAM. To pursue his doctoral research, he joined the research group of Prof. Jha lab at the Department of Biological Sciences, BITS-Pilani. He has an active research interest in the area of Microbiology with a major emphasis on Bacterial Pathogenesis and Host-Pathogen Interaction. During his Ph.D., he worked to gain mechanistic insights on various virulent mechanisms in bacteria, with a focus on T6SS (Type VI secretion system), and its role in bacterial Pathogenesis. In Prof. Tan lab, he is interested in designing synthetic cells for therapeutic applications.