ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 09.2009-07.2012 Ph.D. in Food Biotechnology from College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. 09.2008-07.2009 Diploma in Chinese language from Beijing Language and Cultural Uniࣺᯬ

07.2018-present Associate Professor in College of Food Science, South west university, Chongqing, China 09.2013-06.2018 Associate Professor in College of Food & Biological Engineering, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar, China 03.2002-08.2008 Senior Research Associate in Protein Chemistry Lab, USV Ltd.,Mumbai,India

Isolation and production of novel glycosyl hydrolase enzymes like α-galactosidase, β-galactosidase, mannanase, chitinase, amylase, xylanase, pullulanase and others from different micro-organisms especially food-grade and thermophilic bacteria and fungi. 2.Development of robust and efficient purification methods and biochemical characterization of purified enzymes with a view of obtaining industrially relevant enzymes of desirable physicochemical properties. 3.Elucidation of the structure-function relationship of novel microbial enzymes will in order to understand their mechanism of action. 4.Use of recombinant DNA technology for cloning novel genes encoding the enzymes and high-level expression in heterologous hosts. 5.Investigation of potential applications of purified enzymes in food industry for removal of non-digestible oligosaccharides from legumes, production of low-lactose milk and for conversion of whey waste/lignocellulosic waste into value-added products (For e.g. galacto/chito/manno-oligosaccharides). 6.Improvement of enzyme properties by immobilization on suitable matrices and directed evolution

Priti Katrolia, Xiaolan Liu*, Guanlong Li, Narasimha Kumar Kopparapu. Enhanced properties and lactose hydrolysis efficiencies of food-grade β-galactosidases immobilized on various supports: a comparative approach. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, November 2018, 1–14. 2.Yongping Deng, Xiaolan Liu, Priti Katrolia, Narasimha Kumar Kopparapu, Xiqun Zheng*. A dual-function chymotrypsin-like serine protease with plasminogen activation and fibrinolytic activities from the GRAS fungus, Neurospora sitophila. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 109 (1st April 2018) 1338-1343. 3.Xiaolan Liu, Narasimha Kumar Kopparapu, Hongchen Zheng, Priti Katrolia, Yongping Deng, Xiqun Zheng*. Purification and characterization of a fibrinolytic enzyme from the food-grade fungus, Neurospora sitophila. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 134 part A (December 2016) 98-104. 4.Priti Katrolia, E. Rajashekara, Qiaojuan Yan, Zhengqiang Jiang*. Biotechnological potential of microbial α-galactosidases. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology (2014), 34(4), 307-317. 5.Priti Katrolia, Qiaojuan Yan, Pan Zhang, Peng Zhou, Shaoqing Yang, Zhengqiang Jiang*. Gene cloning and enzymatic characterization of an alkalitolerant β-mannanase from Rhizomucor miehei. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2013), 61, 394-401. 6.Priti Katrolia, Huiyong Jia, Qiaojuan Yan, Shuang Song, Zhengqiang Jiang*, Haibo Xu. Characterization of a protease-resistant α-galactosidase from the thermophilic fungus Rhizomucor miehei and its application in removal of raffinose family oligosaccharides. Bioresource Technology (2012), 110, 578-586. 7.Priti Katrolia, Peng Zhou, Pan Zhang, Qiaojuan Yan, Yinan Li, Zhengqiang Jiang*, Haibo Xu. High level expression of a novel β-mannanase from Chaetomium sp. exhibiting efficient mannan hydrolysis. Carbohydrate Polymers (2012), 87, 480-490. 8.Priti Katrolia, Min Zhang, Qiaojuan Yan, Zhengqiang Jiang*, Chunlei Song, Lite Li. Characterization of a thermostable family 42 β-galactosidase (BgalC) family from Thermotoga maritima showing efficient lactose hydrolysis. Food Chemistry (2011), 125, 614-62. 9.Priti Katrolia, Qiaojuan Yan, Huiyong Jia, Yinan Li, Zhengqiang Jiang*, Chunlei Song. Molecular cloning and high-level expression of a β-galactosidase gene from Paecilomyces aerugineus in Pichia pastoris. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic (2011), 69, 112-119. 10.Guangsen Fan, Priti Katrolia, Huiyong Jia, Shaoqing Yang, Zhengqiang Jiang*. High-level expression of a xylanase gene from the thermophilic fungus Paecilomyces thermophila in Pichia pastoris. Biotechnology Letters (2012), 34(11), 2043-2048. 11.Peng Zhou, Huifang Zhu, Qiaojuan Yan, Priti Katrolia, Zhengqiang Jiang*. Purification and properties of a psychrotrophic Trichoderma sp. xylanase and its gene sequence. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2011), 164(6), 944-56. 12.Chengwei Hua, Qiaojuan Yan, Zhengqiang Jiang*, Yinan Li, Priti Katrolia. Highlevel expression of a specific β-1, 3-1, 4-glucanase from the thermophilic fungus Paecilomyces thermophila in Pichia pastoris. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2010), 88, 509-518. 13.Min Zhang, Zhengqiang Jiang*, Lite Li, Priti Katrolia. Biochemical characterization of a recombinant thermostable β-mannosidase from Thermotoga maritima with transglycosidase activity. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic (2009), 60, 119-124.