Prashant Kumar

Prashant Kumar is the coordinator of the Bioinformatics program at the College. His research involves the discovery of novel antimicrobial compounds in nature. Kumar’s expertise ranges from isolation, purification, and identification of biomolecules to a variety of antimicrobial assays, polymers, and nanoparticles. Driven by his desire to help his community, Kumar now leads an important project connecting unhoused people in need with available shelter beds in real time via an innovative smart phone application.