Dr. Moumita Sahoo
Dr. Moumita Sahoo
Designation : Research Associate III
Qualification : Ph. D. Food Microbiology, NIT Rourkela
Department/Project : SDDM
Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Email : moumitas@nifindia.org
Dr. Moumita Sahoo is associated with NIF-India at the Bhubaneswar cell since 2018, and currently holds the position of Research Associate-III. She earned her doctorate degree in 2018 from NIT Rourkela, and has authored 12 research articles (7 as first author) in esteemed international journals. She has been actively engaged in scientific writing, while also delivering in her core responsibilities in ongoing projects i.e, monitoring INSPIRE-Manak program in Odisha along with project evaluation. She also streamlines the on-farm trials of farmer-developed plant varieties in Odisha under the aegis of VARD Agriculture. She is also engaged in translating scientific documents for dissemination in addition to conducting sensitization workshops. She also shoulders the added responsibility as an active member of the publication committee within the institute.
Publications
Moumita Sahoo, & Vivek Kumar. (2026). Millets in India: Nutritional significance, health benefits, ecological importance and strategies for revival. In Innovation Frontline, vol-2, No.3 (pp. 13-17).
Nair, R., Madhvacharya, V. V., Adiga, S. K., Moumita, S., Jayabalan, R., & Kalthur, G. (2026). Haploid parthenotes have higher demand for glucose and pyruvate compared to normally fertilized embryos during their in vitro development. Reproductive sciences, 1-16. (IF- 2.8)
Das, B., Ellis, M., & Sahoo, M. (2024). Veterinary diagnostics: growth, trends, and impact. In Evolving Landscape of Molecular Diagnostics(pp. 227-242). Elsevier.
Moumita, S., & Das, B. (2022). Assessment of the prebiotic potential and bioactive components of common edible mushrooms in India and formulation of synbiotic microcapsules. LWT, 113050. (IF-7.1)
Moumita, S., Das, B., Patnaik, A., Balasubramanian, P., & Jayabalan, R. (2019). Genomics and Proteomics Features of Listeria monocytogenes. In Food Molecular Microbiology(pp. 124-139). CRC Press.
Priyadarsini, S., Sahoo, M., Sahu, S., Jayabalan, R., & Mishra, M. (2019). An infection of Enterobacter ludwigii affects development and causes age-dependent neurodegeneration in Drosophila melanogaster. Invertebrate neuroscience, 19(4), 1- 15. (IF-2.3)
Moumita, S., Das, B., Sundaray, A., Satpathi, S., Thangaraj, P., Marimuthu, S., & Jayabalan, R. (2018). Study of soy-fortified green tea curd formulated using potential hypocholesterolemic and hypotensive probiotics isolated from locally made curd. Food chemistry, 268, 558-566. (IF-10.4)
Moumita, S., Das, B., Hasan, U., & Jayabalan, R. (2018). Effect of long-term storage on viability and acceptability of lyophilized and spray-dried synbiotic microcapsules in dry functional food formulations. LWT, 96, 127-132. (IF-7.1)
Indira, D., Das, B., Bhawsar, H., Moumita, S., Johnson, E. M., Balasubramanian, P., & Jayabalan, R. (2018). Investigation on the production of bioethanol from black tea waste biomass in the seawater-based system. Bioresource technology reports, 4, 209-213. (IF-5.0)
Das, B., Moumita, S., Ghosh, S., Khan, M. I., Indira, D., Jayabalan, R., ... & Balasubramanian, P. (2018). Biosynthesis of magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoflakes by using leaf extract of Bauhinia purpurea and evaluation of its antibacterial property against Staphylococcus aureus. Materials science and engineering: C, 91, 436-444. (IF-6.7)
Moumita, S., Goderska, K., Johnson, E. M., Das, B., Indira, D., Yadav, R., ... & Jayabalan, R. (2017). Evaluation of the viability of free and encapsulated lactic acid bacteria using in-vitro gastro intestinal model and survivability studies of synbiotic microcapsules in dry food matrix during storage. LWT, 77, 460-467. (IF-7.1)
Landry, B. K. U., Moumita, S., Jayabalan, R., & Francois, Z. N. (2016). Honey, Probiotics and Prebiotics. Research journal of pharmaceutical biological and chemical sciences, 7(5), 2428- 2438.
Sahoo, M., Das, B., Johnson, E. M., Dash, I., Satpathi, S., Satpathi, P. S., & Jayabalan, R. (2015). In-vitro cholesterol reducing property of human gut bacteria from Rourkela population, Odisha, India. Research journal of pharmaceutical biological and chemical sciences, 6(6).
Moumita, S., Banishree, S., Indira, D., Ajay, D., Eldin, J., Jayabalan, R., ... & Goderska, K. (2015). Changes in content of tea polyphenols in tea curd (functional food) developed by lactic acid bacteria (lab) during refrigerated storage. Research journal of pharmaceutical biological and chemical sciences, 6(3), 406-417.
Indira, D., Jijnasa, B., Arati, N., Moumita, S., Ajay, D., Eldin, J., & Rasu, J. (2015). Comparative studies of ethanol production and cell viability: free cells versus immobilized cells. Research journal of pharmaceutical biological and chemical sciences, 6(2), 1708-1714.
Moumita Sahoo. (2015). Potential probiotics from home-made curds of Odisha, producing Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides by proteolysis of bovine milk. In Conference proceedings at the 2nd International Conference on Frontiers In Biological Sciences (InCoFIBS), NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India. (Awarded best poster)
Moumita Sahoo. (2014). Bioprospecting potential probiotics from homemade curds of Odisha. In Conference proceedings at the International Science Congress, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.