Mansi Malik
Scientist
mansi.malik@tigs.res.in
Education
- MBA, Rady School of Management, University of California San Diego, 2019
- PhD Applied Biology, University of Mumbai, 2018
- MSc. Biotechnology, University of Mumbai, 2008-2010
Experience
- Post-doctoral researcher, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, USA, 2018-2020
- Research Officer, Molecular Diagnostics, Panacea Care Diagnostics, 2017
- Senior Research Fellow-ICMR Haffkine Institute for Training, Research and Testing, 2013-2017
- Junior Research Fellow, 2011-2013
- Research Intern, NIRRH, Mumbai, 2009
Expertise
- Public health surveillance
- Parasite biology and evolution
- Mosquito biology and genetics
- Biomanipulation of mosquitoes via microinjections
- Crispr-Cas gene editing
Areas of Interest
- Vector borne infectious disease surveillance and control strategies
- Mosquito immunity to transmissible parasitic/viral infections
- Drug repurposing strategies
- Host and parasite interactions; evolution and development
- Biomanipulation of important insect vectors
Honors and Awards
- Sanford Burnham Prebys Leadership Development Program, San Diego, California, USA 2020-2021
- Entrepreneurship Development Program, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego, USA 2019-2020
- Best Participant Award, EMBO-Malaria Genomics and Public Health Madurai, India 2017
Publications
- Evaluation of Neutralizing Antibody Response and Efficacy of Novel Recombinant Tetravalent Dengue DNA vaccine comprising Envelope Domain III in Mice, March 2017, Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences.