Ms.Priyanka Govender | Biology and Life Sciences | Research Excellence Award 

PhD candidate at University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa

Ms. Priyanka Govender is an emerging geneticist and molecular biologist whose research integrates forensic DNA analysis, epigenetics, human microbiome profiling, and biosensor development. She has authored 7 Scopus-indexed publications, receiving 64 citations with an h-index of 3. Her work spans machine learning applications in mitochondrial DNA relatedness, sex-specific DNA methylation, population-specific microbiome diversity, and electrochemical nanocomposite biosensors. She has contributed to high-impact journals including PLOS One, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Gene, and World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. Her research advances molecular forensics, precision diagnostics, and microbial biomarker discovery through innovative assay design, multiplex SNaPshot methodologies, and interdisciplinary analytical frameworks.

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