Faculty Profile for Dr. Kavita Kakirde

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Dr. Kavita Kakirde
Senior Lecturer — Biology
SUPP 384
phone: (512) 245-2178

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Kakirde, K. S. (2018). Chloramphenicol Derivatives with Antibacterial Activity Identified by Functional Metagenomics. Journal of Natural Products.
  • McLean, R. J., & Kakirde, K. S. (2013). “Enhancing metagenomics investigations of microbial interactions with biofilm technology.” International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 14(11), 22246–22257.
  • McLean, R. J. C., & Kakirde, K. S. (2013). Enhancing metagenomics investigations of microbial interactions with biofilm technology. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 14(11), 22246–22257. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms141122246
  • Kakirde, K. S., Wild, J., Godiska, R., Mead, D. A., Wiggings, A. G., Goodman, R. M., … Liles, M. R. (2011). “Gram negative shuttle BAC vector for heterologous expression of metagenomic libraries.” Gene, 75(2), 57–62.
  • Kakirde, K. S., Parsley, L. C., & Liles, M. R. (2010). “Size does matter:  Application-driven approaches for soil metagenomics.” Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 42(11), 1911–1923.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor for 2021. January 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor for 2018. January 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor. January 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor. January 2014
  • Award / Honor Recipient: First Place, Poster Presentation, Society for Industrial Microbiology Annual Meeting. 2011

Selected Service Activities

Member
Suspension appeals committee
2023-Present
Member
Pre-health advising committee
2023-Present
Member
Biology department – microbiology cluster hire
2023-Present
Member
COSE Undergraduate Scholarship Committee
2020-Present
Member
Texas State University System - Title IX Committee
2020-Present