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Naresh Kumar is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily falls within the broad discipline of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, encompassing 114 publications.

Their work spans several focused subfields, including Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Microbiology, and Biomedical Engineering. This multidisciplinary approach supports diverse investigations across chemical synthesis, biological activity, and material applications.

Kumar's main research topics include:

  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Synthesis and biological activity
  • Antimicrobial agents and applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Several recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their work:

  • A New Era of Antibiotics: The Clinical Potential of Antimicrobial Peptides, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Effective PFAS degradation by electrochemical oxidation methods-recent progress and requirement, 2023, Chemosphere
  • Mechanism of Action of Surface Immobilized Antimicrobial Peptides Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Anticancer therapeutic effect of cerium-based nanoparticles: known and unknown molecular mechanisms, 2022, Biomaterials Science
  • Hierarchical assembly of tryptophan zipper peptides into stress-relaxing bioactive hydrogels, 2023, Nature Communications

Kumar collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • David StC. Black
  • Mark Willcox
  • Rajesh Kuppusamy
  • Tsz Tin Yu
  • Mohan Bhadbhade

Their publications often appear in specific venues known for structural and chemical research such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Antibiotics, SSRN Electronic Journal, Molecules, and ARKIVOC.

In addition to journal articles, Kumar has contributed to a book published by the World Bank policy research working paper series. One such title focuses on intimate partner violence measurement in rural Liberia and Malawi, published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Attenuation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence by quorum sensing inhibitors

    Morten Hentzer;Hong Wu;Jens Bo Andersen;Kathrin Riedel

  • Biomedical Importance of Indoles

    Nagendra Kumar Kaushik;Neha Kaushik;Pankaj Attri;Naresh Kumar

  • Satellite remote sensing of particulate matter and air quality assessment over global cities

    Pawan Gupta;Sundar A. Christopher;Jun Wang;Robert Gehrig

  • Quorum-sensing cross talk: isolation and chemical characterization of cyclic dipeptides from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other gram-negative bacteria.

    Matthew T.G. Holden;Siri Ram Chhabra;Rocky De Nys;Paul Stead

  • Antidiabetic actions of a non-agonist PPARγ ligand blocking Cdk5-mediated phosphorylation

    Jang Hyun Choi;Alexander S. Banks;Theodore M. Kamenecka;Scott A. Busby

  • Natural products – antifungal agents derived from plants

    Tasleem Arif;J.D. Bhosale;Naresh Kumar;T.K. Mandal

  • Kuppuswamy's socioeconomic status scale-updating for 2007.

    N Kumar;C Shekhar;P Kumar;A S Kundu

  • A novel and sensitive method for the quantification of N-3-oxoacyl homoserine lactones using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: application to a model bacterial biofilm.

    Timothy S. Charlton;Rocky de Nys;Andrew G Netting;Naresh B. Kumar

  • A New Era of Antibiotics: The Clinical Potential of Antimicrobial Peptides.

    Katrina Browne;Sudip Chakraborty;Renxun Chen;Mark Dp Willcox

  • Gaming in Air Pollution Data? Lessons from China

    Yuyu Chen;Ginger Zhe Jin;Naresh Kumar;Guang Shi

  • An empirical relationship between PM2.5 and aerosol optical depth in Delhi Metropolitan

    Naresh Kumar;Allen Chu;Andrew Foster

  • The Benzenesulfoamide T0901317 [N-(2,2,2-Trifluoroethyl)-N-[4-[2,2,2-trifluoro-1-hydroxy-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]phenyl]-benzenesulfonamide] Is a Novel Retinoic Acid Receptor-Related Orphan Receptor-α/γ Inverse Agonist

    Naresh Kumar;Laura A. Solt;Juliana J. Conkright;Yongjun Wang

  • Impact assessment of climate change on the hydrological response of a snow and glacier melt runoff dominated Himalayan river

    Pratap Singh;Naresh Kumar

  • Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Novel Iron Chelators: Structure−Activity Relationships of the 2-Benzoylpyridine Thiosemicarbazone Series and Their 3-Nitrobenzoyl Analogues as Potent Antitumor Agents

    Danuta S Kalinowski;Yu Yu;Philip C Sharpe;Mohammad Islam

  • Molecular Insights into the Interaction of RONS and Thieno[3,2-c]pyran Analogs with SIRT6/COX-2: A Molecular Dynamics Study.

    Dharmendra K. Yadav;Surendra Kumar;Saloni;Sanjeev Misra

  • The Promise of Beijing: Evaluating the Impact of the 2008 Olympic Games on Air Quality

    Yuyu Chen;Ginger Zhe Jin;Naresh Kumar;Guang Shi

  • Anthropometry of the Singaporean and Indonesian populations

    Tan Kay Chuan;Markus Hartono;Naresh Kumar

  • Effect of orography on precipitation in the western Himalayan region

    Pratap Singh;Naresh Kumar

  • A novel cationic‐peptide coating for the prevention of microbial colonization on contact lenses

    M.D.P. Willcox;M.D.P. Willcox;E.B.H. Hume;Y. Aliwarga;N. Kumar

  • Lead-selective membrane electrodes based on dithiophenediazacrown ether derivatives

    Xinhao Yang;Naresh Kumar;Hua Chi;D. Brynn Hibbert

  • Furanones as potential anti-bacterial coatings on biomaterials.

    J.K Baveja;M.D.P Willcox;E.B.H Hume;N Kumar

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick R. Griffin
Patrick R. Griffin Scripps Research Institute
Mark D. P. Willcox
Mark D. P. Willcox University of New South Wales
Michael D. Cameron
Michael D. Cameron Scripps Research Institute
Thomas P. Burris
Thomas P. Burris Washington University in St. Louis
Scott A. Rice
Scott A. Rice Nanyang Technological University
William R. Roush
William R. Roush Scripps Research Institute
Pratap Singh
Pratap Singh Hydro Tasmania
Michael C. Bowyer
Michael C. Bowyer University of Newcastle Australia
Staffan Kjelleberg
Staffan Kjelleberg Nanyang Technological University
Annemie Bogaerts
Annemie Bogaerts University of Antwerp

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