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Sharath Chandra Thota is a second-year PhD student at CIIMAR with a strong academic background, holding a Master’s in Biology of Extreme Environments from Italy, a Master’s in Biotechnology from India, and an International Diploma in Astrobiology from India. His research, funded by an AIR Center grant and supervised by Irina Gorodetskaya, Catarina Megalhães, and Markus Frey, explores the microbial diversity of atmospheric rivers over the Antarctic Peninsula—investigating their origins, transport, survival, and impact. Passionate about extreme environments and microbial life, Sharath has extensive fieldwork experience, accumulating over 100 hours across 13 locations, including both the Arctic and Antarctica. His expertise spans diverse microbial groups, including fungi, bacteria, viruses, haptophytes, and diatoms. He has also studied airborne SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic. His previous research covers transgenerational epigenetic inheritance and microbial diversity in Svalbard permafrost. With international research experience in India, Italy, and Germany, Sharath has co-authored key publications in microbiology, contributing to infectious disease and environmental microbiology research.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sharath Chandra Thota

Citation names

  • Sharath Chandra Thota

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8317-0BDC-077F
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7343-0632
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=p9FdG4kAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 937932666 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões. Av. General Norton de Matos S/N, 4450-208, Matosinhos, porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Telugu (Mother tongue)
Hindi Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/02 - 2028/02
Ongoing
 Doctoral Programme in Biodiversity, Genetics & Evolution (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Major in Polar Microbiology
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 PhD
2021/09 - 2023/10
Concluded
 Biology of Extreme Environment (Laurea Magistrale)
Major in Biological resources
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Biblioteca del Dipartimento di Biologia, Italy
"Microbial diversity of Svalbard permafrost" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/08 - 2020/04
Concluded
 Integrated MSc in Biotechnology (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Biotechnology and Microbiology
Kakatiya University Faculty of Science, India
"Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance in Fruit fly" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Bachelor's and master's together
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/09 - 2021/12 Research Assistant (Research) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology CSIR, India
2020/06 - 2020/09 Research Trainee (Research) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology CSIR, India

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/06/15 - Current PhD Student CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research , Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024 - Current MICROANT - Microphysical and microbiological signatures of precipitation in Antarctica: role of atmospheric rivers and local sources in a warmer climate
2023.15890.PEX
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2024/09 - 2025/08 APMAR2025 - Antarctic Peninsula surface Mass and energy balance: the role of Atmospheric Rivers and microworlds - 2025
APMAR-2025
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book review
  1. Sharath Chandra Thota. "Aerobiology of Algae and Cyanobacteria". 3, 1 (2023): 1-12. http://www.serena.unina.it/index.php/bornh/article/view/10003.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Sharath Chandra Thota. "Preliminary results from the ICDP - DIVE project: Hole DT-1b (Ornavasso, Italy)". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2023, 2023.
  2. Sharath Chandra Thota. "Drilling the Ivrea-Verbano zonE project: DT-1b borehole geophysics". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2023, 2023.
Conference poster
  1. Sharath Chandra Thota; Vuckovic, Ksenija; Gorodetskaya, Irina V; Catarina Magalhães. Corresponding author: Sharath Chandra Thota. "Discovery and Comparative Analysis of Ice Nucleation Proteins in Novel Bacterial Species and Metagenomes". Paper presented in XVI Portuguese Conference of Polar Sciences, 2024, 2024.
Journal article
  1. Conor Christopher Glackin; Susann Dupke; Thota Sharath Chandra; David Riedinger; Matthias Labrenz. "Combined TCBS and CHROMagar Analyses Allow for Basic Identification of Vibrio vulnificus within a 48 h Incubation Period in the Coastal Baltic Sea". Microorganisms (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12030614.
    10.3390/microorganisms12030614
  2. Shivranjani Moharir; Sharath Chandra Thota; Arushi Goel; Bhuwaneshwar Thakur; Dixit Tandel; S. Mahesh Reddy; Amareshwar Vodapalli; et al. "Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in the air in Indian hospitals and houses of COVID-19 patients". Journal of Aerosol Science 164 (2022): 106002-106002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2022.106002.
    10.1016/j.jaerosci.2022.106002
  3. Adiga, Rama; Nayak, Varun. "Emergence of Novel SARS-CoV-2 variants in India: second wave". The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 15 11 (2021): 1578-1583. http://dx.doi.org/10.3855/jidc.15484.
    10.3855/jidc.15484
  4. Sharath Chandra Thota. "Effect of music on growth and pigment production of Brevibacterium SP". Int. J. Pharm. Chem. Biol. Sci 8 (2018): 157-160. http://www.ijpcbs.com/files/22-01-18/19.pdf.
    Published
Preprint
  1. Ksenija Vuckovic; Eva Lopes; Leonor Pizarro; Sharath Chandra Thota; Maria de Fátima Magalhães Carvalho; Claudio Hernán Durán Alarcón; Catarina Magalhães; Irina Gorodetskaya. "Bacterial Bioaerosols Involved in Ice Nucleation and Cloud Formation: Connections to Shifting Precipitation Patterns in the Antarctic Peninsula". 2025. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-1061.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu25-1061
  2. Sharath Chandra Thota. "Multigenerational effect of heat stress on the Drosophila melanogaster sperm proteome". 2022. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.20.513068v1.abstract.
  3. Sharath Chandra Thota; Bathini Sreelatha. "Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles and exopolysaccharide using novel Thermophilic strain (Ts-1) of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens". 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.04.134742.
    10.1101/2020.06.04.134742
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/05/05 Preliminary Findings on Microbial Life in Antarctic Precipitation: Insights into Atmospheric River-Associated Microbes AARG-workshop : 3rd Antarctic Atmospheric Rivers' Group workshop
Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Grenoble, FR (Grenoble, France)
2019 Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from the thermophilic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain (Ts-1)' two-day national conference hosted by the Telangana Academy of Sciences in the field of pharmaceutical sciences
Chaitanya deemed to be University (Hanamkonda, India)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/04/27 - 2025/04/30 The 2025 BIODIV Meeting aims to inspire participants to bridge the gap between research and real-world applications. Through captivating case studies, testimonials from leading researchers, and dynamic workshops, attendees will explore how to turn their discoveries into meaningful contributions to society. This year’s program emphasizes practical strategies and actionable insights for amplifying the role of science in addressing the pressing challenges of the 21st century. (2025/04/27 - 2025/04/30)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2025/02/08 - 2025/02/28 As part of my PhD research under Project APMAR2025 — Antarctic Peninsula surface Mass and energy balance: the role of Atmospheric Rivers and microworlds (PI: Irina Gorodetskaya), I been on a 20-day field campaign on King George Island, Antarctica. During this period, we collected snow and rain samples associated with atmospheric river landfalls and local precipitation events. We also gathered snow samples from a glacier snow pit for further analysis. Portuguese Polar Program - PROPOLAR, Portugal

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Korea Polar Research Institute, South Korea
2022/11 - 2022/11 Ivrea-Verbano Zone (Ornavasso, Italian Alps), 5 - 15¿ - Rock - 45,98329° N, 8,39892° E - 100 hours Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
2022 - 2022 Baltic Sea coast (Warnemunde, Germany), 10 - 20¿ - Sea Water - 54,17959° N, 12,08160° E - 5 hours Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde, Germany
2022 - 2022 Cilento national park (Cannalonga, Italy), 15- 25 degree celsius - electrofishing, video traps, and small mammal traps for wildlife - 40,25953° N, 15,29840° E - 24 hours Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
2022 - 2022 Fumeroles (Naples, Italy), 70 - 90 ¿ - Soil - 40,82540° N, 14,14645° E - 1 hour Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
2022 - 2022 Hot spring (Pozzuoli, Italy), 50 ¿ - Water - 40,82545° N, 14,07738° E - 1 hour Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
2022 - 2022 Deep carbonate seep (Mondragone, Italy), 32 ¿ - water, biofilm and sediments - 41,12509° N, 13,89028° E - 1 hour Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
2022 - 2022 Lago del Fusaro(anoxic lake) Italy, 25 ¿ - water and sediments - 40,82337° N, 14,05521° E - 5 hours Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
2021 - 2021 Bus Stations (Hyderabad, India), 25-35¿ - Air - SARS-CoV-2 - 17°24'06.2"N 78°34’06.6"E - 30 hours Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology CSIR, India
2020 - 2020 Sewage of Musi river (Hyderabad, India), 35-40¿ - Sewage water - SARS-CoV-2 - 17°22'43.3"N 78°32’03.3"E - 60 hours Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology CSIR, India
2020 - 2020 COVID-19- Intensive Care Unit- Mahatma Ghandhi hospital, 25-35¿ - Air - SARS-CoV-2 - 17°26'54.1"N 78°26’22.9"E - 30 hours Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology CSIR, India
2017 - 2017 Thermogenic places (Warangal, India), 36-50¿ - Soil - Thermophiles - 17°52'39.4"N 79°35’41.0"E - 10 hours Kakatiya University, India
Distinctions

Award

2023 Erasmus traineeship fellowship
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
2023 Air centre PhD fellowship
Atlantic International Research Centre, Portugal
2021 Merit scholarship 2021-23
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
2019 Summer research fellowship
Indian Academy of Sciences, India
2019 Best poster award
Government of Telangana, India