Dr. Sumit Kumar has obtained his Master and Ph. D. degree in Zoology from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. The doctorate degree in the field of nematode taxonomy in 2021 under the supervision of Prof. Wasim Ahmad. During the tenure of his research, he described several new and known species of Belondiroidea, an important group of soil inhabiting nematodes, usually found in tropical rain forests. He has several peer-reviewed research papers published in reputed International Journals and attended several National and International conferences. He joined Jaypee University Anoopshahr as Assistant Professor in October, 2022. I have been awarded National Fellowship (RGNF, UGC) in 2017 for a tenure of five years.

Expertise: Zoology: Animal biodiversity, Taxonomy & Ecology.

Format of Publications:

Ahmad, W., Mushtaq, P., Shahnaz & Kumar, S. (2019). Two new species of the genus Coomansinema Ahmad and Jairajpuri, 1989 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) with a key to its species. Helminthologia 56, 42-52. https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2018-0044 

2. Kumar, S. & Ahmad, W. (2021). Two new and two known species of the genus Paraoxydirus Jairajpuri and Ahmad, 1978 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) from Western Ghats of India. Helminthologia 58, 292-314. https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2021-0028
3. Kumar, S. & Ahmad, W. (2022). Qudsialemellus keralaensis gen. et sp. nov. (Nematoda: Dorylaimida: Belondiridae) from Western Ghats of India. Annales Zoologici 72, 195-201. https://doi.org/10.3161/0003454ANZ2022.72.2.003
4. Kumar, S. & Ahmad, W. (2023). Six new and four known species of the genus Axonchium Cobb, 1920 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida: Belondiroidea) from Western Ghats of India. European Journal of Taxonomy 857, 1-56. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.857.2039
5. Kumar, S. & Ahmad, W. (2023). Timmiella goaense gen. n., sp. n. (Nematoda: Dorylaimida: Belondiroidea) from Western Ghats of India. Biologia 78, 1059–1065 – Springer

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01314-9   

6. Kumar, S. & Ahmad, W. (2023). Two new and seven known species of the genus Belondira Thorne, 1939 (Dorylaimida: Belondiroidea) from Western Ghats of India. Biologia 78, 3487–3522 Springer https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01488-2
7. Kumar, S. & Ahmad, W. (2024). Description of five new and four known species of Dorylaimellus Cobb, 1913 with perioral disc (Nematoda: Belondiroidea) from Western Ghats of India. European Journal of Taxonomy 925, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.925.2435

Sequences submitted to NCBI Gene Bank

Kumar, S., Chauhan, K., Kumar, P., Somvanshi, V.S. and Ahmad, W. 2017. Kunjudorylaimus kunjui isolate AMU small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1, complete sequence; and 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence

Accession No. MG280841

Conference & Workshop

1. Participated in district level poster presentation competition on “WHAT CAN I DO TO SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT” (2011) organized by NREC College Khurja.
2. Presented paper in the National Conference on “NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ZOONOTIC DISEASE AND THEIR PREVENTIVE MAJORS” 16-18 March 2017, Department of Zoology, CCS University Meerut.
3. Attended a workshop on “WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATIVE TAXONOMY” 14-23rd November 2017 held in Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi.
4. Been a volunteer and presented paper in the, International conference on “ADVANCE IN ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCH (ICZAR) 2019” March 9-10, 2019 held in the Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
5. Presented paper in the National Conference, “NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” November 2, 2019, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
6. Participate in “NATIONAL WEBINAR ON SOIL FAUNA OF INDIA-EXPLORING THE UNEXPLORED” on 11th November, 2020 organized by Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.
7. Participated in (BIOSPARK 2018) “ALL INDIA LIFE SCIENCE FEST” on 30th November, 2017, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (2017).