Biography:
Soumya V Menon is currently working as a professor in the chemistry and biochemistry department at Jain University. She earned her master's at Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India, in 2008 and a PhD in biochemistry from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India, in 2015. In the thesis work, she pioneered the first-ever report on the biochemical, nutritional, and histoarchitectural aspects of different varieties of icebox watermelon, yellow-fleshed melon, and non-netted muskmelon. After the completion of her PhD, Soumya worked in different research institutes and academic institutes and handled both undergraduate and postgraduate students. She also guided five MSc. Students for their curriculum-based projects. She successfully published various papers from their work in reputed international journals. She has 90 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 12 books/book chapters to her credit. She has more than 300 citations of the research articles published. Soumya has received the Young Scientist Award in 2013, two Best Poster Awards, and three oral presentation awards in different national/international conferences and symposiums, and supervises various R&D projects as principal investigator. Dr. Soumya also received the first prize in the ideation contest and was the second runner-up in the Lakshya Business Plan event, 2023.