Shobhit Raj Vimal

Paddy Crop Microbiologist

Philippines

About

Dr. Shobhit Raj Vimal did his Masters and PhD in Environmental Microbiology from BBA (Central) University, Lucknow, India and is presently working as Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow-2021, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad (Central University), Prayagraj, India. Dr. Vimal is working on soil-plant-microbe interactions, stress removal microbes, bioinoculant technology, plant-microbiome diversity and functions in restoration ecology, nature-based solution (NbS), ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), and paddy crop cultivation. He has published research outputs in reputed International journals of Elsevier, Springer, and MDPI as Ecological Indicators (IF 7.0), Microbiological Research (6.1), Pedosphere (5.7), Current Research in Microbial Sciences (4.8) Scientia Horticulturae (3.9), Plant Growth Regulation (3.5), Molecular Biotechnology (2.4), Microbiology Research (2.1), Frontiers in Microbiology (4.0), Anthropocene Science, and Climate Change & Environmental Sustainability. He has edited a book from Elsevier “Microbial Services in Restoration Ecology” and others are in pipe line. He has submitted Metagenome bio-projects and microbial gene sequences to NCBI-USA. He is the review editor for the Frontiers in Plant Science journal. He is the reviewer of Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture (IF 6.6), BMC Plant Biology (5.3), Applied Soil Ecology (4.8), Frontiers in Microbiology (4.0), World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology (4.0), Frontiers in Sustainable Food systems (3.7) etc. He got the Young Scientist Award from Vegetos and Springer Nature. He is serving as an active member of various scientific committees as Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition, Asian PGPR Society of Sustainable Agriculture (USA), Association of Microbiologists in India (AMI) and others. He is an affiliate member of the Microbiology Society, United Kingdom. He is available on [email protected]. Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=905p_scAAAAJ&hl=en

Experience

  • Microbiology Specialist at International Rice Research Institute
    Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

  • Associate Editor at Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Review Editor at Frontiers in Plant Sciences
    Dec 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate at Department of Botany, University of Allahabad
    Dec 2024 - Apr 2025 · 5 mos

  • Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow-2021 at Department of Botany-University of Allahabad
    Dec 2021 - Dec 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Soil-Plant-Microbiome Interactions, PGPRs, Endophytes, Stress Agriculture