Sai Baba

Background

About Sai Baba

I am an experienced researcher with 6 years of postdoctoral research experience holding a PhD in Animal Biotechnology and with a decade of research in the academic sector. My research has spanned areas such as proteomics metabolomics physiology transcriptomics drug development and biomarkers. Notably my PhD research has been published in journals like Medical Hypotheses Reproductive Biology Drug Discovery and Therapeutics and Gynaecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy. Currently at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem I am working on the characterization of trans-Resveratrol and ε-Viniferin-based engineered grape cell extract (GCE) for treating obesity in a diet-induced obesity (DIO) mouse model. My postdoctoral work has also been featured in journals such as Frontiers in Physiology (with two publications) and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. In total I have published 22 peer-reviewed papers one book chapter a conference proceeding and seven abstracts. My publication record boasts a cumulative impact factor of 80 with 499 citations an H-index of 12 and an i10-index of 12. I have received numerous fellowships including the ARO Postdoctoral Fellowship (Israel) MSCA MaRaThoN Travel Support (Italy) ICMR Senior Research Fellowship (India) DST Project Fellowship (India) and DBT Travel Support (India). My leadership potential is further demonstrated by securing funding for five research projects from organizations such as DBT DST ARO ICMR and HUJI. Additionally I serve as an ad-hoc peer reviewer for several international journals.