About | Bioinformatics Group at Claflin University

Shrikant Pawar, MS, Ph.D.

Department of Computer Science and Biology,

Address: School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics,
James S. Thomas Science Building, Rm. 331,

400 Magnolia St, Orangeburg, SC 29115, United States of America (USA).

Co-founder, ChestAi Office Phone: 803-535-5332; Cell: 404-431-0213.

AOL: pawarshrikant@aol.com; Proton: pawwar@proton.me; Tutanota: pawwar@tutanota.com; Discord id: pawar#7724, shrikant.pawar@yale.edu, Shrikantpawar3@icloud.com; pawarshrikant@zohomail.in; pawarshrikant@kolabnow.com

Pawar is an Assistant Professor (tenure-track faculty) in Department of Computer Science and with a joint appointment in Biology at Claflin University (HBCU/MSI), School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA with a Masters in Computer Science and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA (2014-2019). He's also an co-founder of a Connecticut based AI company, ChestAi ; Georgia Research Consulting (GRC), Research & Training in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Studies, Atlanta, USA, Snorkel AI (independent contractor, https://snorkel.ai/), a member of Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) collaborators, The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA and a research affiliate at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The research in his group is focused on big data (Biomedical imaging, Spectral, Single cell, Next-generation sequencing, Microarrays, X-ray crystallography, et cetera (etc).) analysis with artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning techniques (Neural networks, Support Vector Machines (SVM's), Random forest, Supervised, Un-supervised techniques, Computer vision, Restricted boltzmann machines, Clustering algorithms, etc.). If you share similar interests feel free to contact. You can browse some of the recent machine learning applications on GitHub in projects. The detailed list of credentials can be found at: Linkedin, NCBI Bibliography or Google Scholar (h-index=15; i10-index=26; Google Scholar Citations=2000 [01/13/2023]).

Education

January 1, 2014- May 5, 2019: Doctor of Philosophy (Bioinformatics): Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
January 1, 2016- May 5, 2019: Master of Science (Computer Science): Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
January 1, 2016- May 5, 2019: Master of Science (Biology): Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
August 15, 2009- May 5, 2011: Master of Science (Bioinformatics): Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA.
Continuing Studies Program (January 1, 2023- December 31, 2024): Stanford University, USA.

Doctoral Dissertation (GPA 3.6):
Goal: Identifying newer bioinformatics techniques for studying drug resistance in Human immunodeficiency (HIV) & Staphylococcus aureus. Dissertation published here.
Contributions: Application of machine learning techniques (Restricted Boltzmann Machine) on next generation sequencing, microarray datasets and structure guided drug design studies on HIV-1 protease. Application of algorithms was performed using R and Python functional programming languages while the structure guided drug design was studied using enzyme kinetics and X-ray crystallography. Our new technique of applying Restricted Boltzmann Machine produced highly accurate and robust classification of HIV protease resistance profiles. It was also used to effectively compare resistance profiles of different clinical protease inhibitors.
Pawar, Shrikant, "Bioinformatics Techniques for Studying Drug Resistance In HIV and Staphylococcus Aureus." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/14306337
Master’s Degree (Computer Science) Project (GPA 3.6):
Goal: Computational optimization of defined graph-based sequence structure HIV-1 protease resistance prediction through supervised, unsupervised machine learning techniques.
Contributions: Application of supervised and unsupervised clustering techniques on next generation sequencing datasets for identifying representative HIV-1 protease sequences. Current projects in collaboration with Dr. Eichenbaum, Dr. Aneja, Dr. Charles Derby, & Dr. Chung-Dar Lu, Dr. Harrison and Dr. Weber.
Master’s Degree (Bioinformatics) Project (GPA 3.6):
Goal: Transcriptomic data analysis to determine impact antioxidant supplementation gene expression in brains mice infected with Toxoplasma. gondii. Current projects in collaboration Dr. Claire Rinehart & Dr. Cheryl Davis.
Contributions: Application of linear transformations like data driven Haar-Fisz transformations on microarray datasets for identifying gene expression trends.

Field of Research/Study (Current projects in collaboration with Dr. Liles Smart Home Claflin University seed funding, Dr. Bagasra Coronavirus transcriptomics, Dr. Chowdhary Prostate Biomarkers, Dr. Sahu Machine learning applications (generative adversarial network (GAN)) in cybersecurity, Dr. Tisdale, National Science Foundation South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Research (SC EPSCoR), RII Track-1 Award, NSF Identifier: 000879633, Grant/award/project title: “AI-enabled Devices for the Advancement of Personalized and Transformative Healthcare in South Carolina, ADAPT award" [*2023:9, 2024:16], [**38, 40, 42, 43], [**2024:47, 2025:52, 54, 53], [*2025:10], [**2024:37], Techniques of computer vision for image analysis Dr. Konneman Daniel, Systematics in Coccoloba (Polygonaceae), deep learning for predicting biofilm patterns from surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) with Dr. Tzeng, Dr. Anker, Dr. Rao, & Dr. Bhattacharya, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA, “Comprehensive Approach to Cardio-Renal Health in Lupus: Investigating the Role of Sex, Endothelial Dysfunction, and Social Determinants of Health” with Dr. Jim Oates, at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, USA, Dr. Shahid Mukhtar, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA, “Artificial intelligence & Big data of genomics Learning Experiences to Careers (ABLE2C)”, Dr. Derrick Swinton, Kean University, Union, New Jersey, USA Machine learning for nanoparticle property prediction, Dr. Gao Zhi, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA, Subaward, Clemson University GAIN CRP award [**43, 50], (Grants for Applications in Industry and Networking Collaborative Research Program): AI-Enabled Construction of Aligned Collagen Using Two-Photon Techniques Dr. Theppatorn & Dr. Desowky Scired: Scientific Research & Development at Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA):

Bioinformatics; Biomarker study.
Computational Biology.
Data Science.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) /Machine Learning (ML).
Computer Vision.

Work Experience (Relevant)*:

January 1, 2022-Present: Research affiliate at Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Genetics, New Haven, USA. Current projects in collaboration with Dr. Karina. Liles Smart Home Claflin University seed funding, Dr. Bagasra, "Coronavirus transcriptomics", Dr. Kamal. Chowdhary, "Prostate Biomarkers", Dr. Sahu, "Machine learning applications (generative adversarial network (GAN)) in cybersecurity", Dr. Verlie. Tisdale, National Science Foundation (NSF) South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Research (SC EPSCoR), RII Track-1 Award (August 1, 2023- August 31, 2027), Grant/award/project title: “AI-enabled Devices for the Advancement of Personalized and Transformative Healthcare in South Carolina, ADAPT award, Award Number: 2242812, Award/Fund Agency Code: 4900, Program Element/Reference Code's (PEC/Congressional District): 193Y00, 075Z/7715/8037/9150/SMET/03, Assistance Listing Number: 47.083", Techniques of computer vision for image analysis Dr. Konneman Daniel, "Systematics in Coccoloba (Polygonaceae)", "Deep learning for predicting biofilm patterns from surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)" with Dr. Tzeng, Dr. Anker, Dr. Rao, & Dr. Bhattacharya, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA, “Comprehensive Approach to Cardio-Renal Health in Lupus: Investigating the Role of Sex, Endothelial Dysfunction, and Social Determinants of Health” with Dr. Jim Oates, at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, USA, Dr. Derrick Swinton, Kean University, Union, New Jersey, USA, "Machine learning for nanoparticle property prediction", Dr. Gao Zhi, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA, Subaward, Clemson University GAIN CRP award (Grants for Applications in Industry and Networking Collaborative Research Program): AI-Enabled Construction of Aligned Collagen Using Two-Photon Techniques, Award Number:: 2242812, Award/Fund Agency Code: 4900, Program Element/Reference Code's (PEC/Congressional District): 193Y00, 075Z/7715/8037/9150/SMET/03, Assistance Listing Number: 47.083, Dr. Theppatorn & Dr. Desowky Scired: Scientific Research & Development at Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA. Research currently funded by Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), Georgia State University (May 1, 2018); Create-X, Georgia Institute of Technology (May 1, 2019), Atlanta, USA; Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Rothberg Fund (January 1, 2020); Entrepreneurship Foundation Fund, Connecticut, USA (January 1, 2020); Culinda Technologies, Texas, USA (January 1, 2020); SC Independent Colleges & Universities SCICU Undergraduate Student/Faculty Research Program (February 1, 2022-December 31, 2022); Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub (May 1, 2022); Oracle for Research; Institutional Development Award (IDeA), Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) May 1, 2022- August 31, 2022), Research Education of Teachers SC INRE South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Research South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Research (SC EPSCoR), Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program; Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA, Smart Home, Center of Excellence & Summer Seed Grant (May 1, 2022- August 31, 2022); Google HBCU Career Readiness Capacity Grant (May 1, 2023- August 31, 2023); National Science Foundation South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Research (SC EPSCoR), RII Track-1 Award (August 1, 2023- August 31, 2027): AI-enabled Devices for the Advancement of Personalized and Transformative Healthcare in South Carolina; National Science Foundation South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Research (SC EPSCoR), RII Track-1 Award, NSF Identifier: 000879633, Award Number:: 2242812, Award/Fund Agency Code: 4900, Program Element/Reference Code's (PEC/Congressional District): 193Y00, 075Z/7715/8037/9150/SMET/03 (May 1, 2024- August 31, 2025), GAIN CRP Subaward, Clemson University (Grants for Applications in Industry and Networking Collaborative Research Program; The Department of Defense (DoD), Army Materiel Command (AMC), HBCU/MI Equipment/Instrumentation grant award (May 1, 2024- August 31, 2025). January 2024-Present: Independent Contracter, Snorkel AI. https://snorkel.ai/

January 2023-Present: Georgia Research Consulting (GRC) LLC, Atlanta, USA, Title: Co-founder, Research & Training in STEM Studies, Atlanta: Research and teaching consultant for graduate and undergraduate students.

January 1, 2020-Present: 2020: Yale University, School of Medicine, Department of Genetics, Yale Center for Genome Analysis (YCGA), New Haven, USA. Title: Associate Research Scientist (https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/shrikant_pawar/), current projects in collaboration with Dr. Christian Griñán Ferré, Univesity of Barcelona, Spain, "G9a/GLP transcriptomics"; Dr. Steven. Kleinstein, Yale University, "IMMuno Phenotyping Assessment in a COVID-19 Cohort (IMPACC)", New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Dr. Ruth Montgomery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, "Single Cell analysis, Cytometry by time of flight (cytOF)"; Dr. Uduman, Dana Farber Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA, "ICOS gene transcriptomics"; Dr. George Tegos, Gamma Therapeutics, "Probiotics efficacy"; Dr. Lahiri, Sunway University, Malaysia, "Cancer Biomarkers"; Dr. Allen. Bale, Dr. Hui. Zhang, DNA Diagnostic Lab at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Dr. Insoo. Kang, "T cell Transcriptomics"; Dr. Kei-Hoi Chung, Linkedimm; and Dr. Leying Guan, "Supervised bayesian factor analysis", “Expression analysis of inducible T cell costimulator gene in CCR6 T cells”, “Antimicrobial light-based technologies for managing the COVID-19 infection”, “Whole genome, exome sequencing analysis of cancer samples”, “Global gene expression analysis for CD4 & CD8+ T cell subsets in aging subjects, Linkedimm”, “Multifactorial analysis and single cell sequencing standards” at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

January 1, 2020-Present: ChestAi, New Haven, USA. Title: Co-Founder (https://www.chestai.org/) ChestAi was started with computer scientists and geneticists at Yale university, New Haven, USA with a comm on motivation of providing a free and open source artificial intelligence (AI) platform for rapid and robust diagnosis of human pathologies identified by radiological examinations. (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/chestai https://www.f6s.com/company/chestai https://tracxn.com/d/companies/chestai/__MB57iTXFVTO2fhlmUZpozcbLBTim3zBYEfD1xFox4mI https://theorg.com/org/chestai https://www.startupranking.com/chestai https://www.sideprojectors.com/project/41226/chestai https://startupbuffer.com/compare-atlantica-vs-chestai https://www.saashub.com/chestai-alternatives). 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

January 1, 2019- January 1, 2020: Karyosoft, no-code genomics software and data science augmented innovations, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Title: Genomics Data Scientist, worked on angular, nodejs, flask, AWS, MongoDB, Rabbit-mq, Nginx webserver, Jbrowse techniques for data mining and software visualization.

January 1, 2019-May 1, 2019: Synergy (Plus+) LLC.P.O. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Title: Data Scientist, worked on web development, statistical and data mining techniques for platform optimization.

January 1, 2018-May 31, 2018: Georgia State University, Department of Biology, Atlanta, USA. Title: Instructor of Record Next generation sequencing (NGS) analysis in R, BIOL6930 (Introduction to R, Microarrays: gene expression analysis, algorithms, databases, data visualization: heat maps, pie-charts, Venn diagrams.), Introduction to operating server and High Performance Computing cluster. (STAT341, STAT401, CSCI/HNTH391/392, BTEC620, BIOL560, STAT451, CSCI225, BIOL441, BTEC599), BIOL114, 121, 1103 (General biology, lab, experimental aspects of cellular organization and processes, metabolism, DNA structure and replication, and mendelian and population genetics).

January 1, 2018-May 31, 2018: Georgia State University, Department of Computer Science & Biology, Atlanta, USA. Title: Ahmed T. Abdelal Fellow in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Current projects in collaboration with Dr. Zehava. Eichenbaum, "Biofilm transcriptomics", Dr. Nathan J. Bowen, The Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development (CCRTD) at Clark Atlanta University, Georgia, Dr. Ritu. Aneja, "Ovarian Biomarkers", Dr. Charles Derby, "Chemosensory transcriptomics", & Dr. Chung-Dar Lu, "Spermine transcriptomics", Dr. Robert. Harrison, "Machine Learning for studying drug resistance in Human immunodeficiency (HIV) virus" and Dr. Irene. Weber, "X-ray crystallography in HIV".

January 1, 2013-July 31, 2013: Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Title: Center for International Collaborative (CIC) Research Fellow Current projects in collaboration with Dr. Claire Rinehart & Dr. Cheryl Davis Toxoplasma gondi transcriptomics. "Transcriptomic analysis of Nitrogen Metabolism", Dr.Claus-Peter Witte.

January 1, 2009/2012-August 31, 2011/2012: University of Iowa, Department of Biology, Iowa City, USA. Title: Visiting Research Fellow. Western Kentucky University, Teaching Assistant & Bioinformatics Lab student worker. BIOL114, 121, 1103 (General biology, lab, experimental aspects of cellular organization and processes, metabolism, DNA structure and replication, and mendelian and population genetics).

Developing and implementing experimental protocols (Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Western Blots, Immunofluroscence studies), including study design, sample collection, and data analysis. Maintaining detailed records of experimental procedures and results, and preparing reports and presentations.

Award (Start date- End date).

Membership/Fellow (Selected)*[Affiliated from ****Western Kentucky University, Department of Biology, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA; ***Georgia State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Computer Science and Biology, Atlanta, USA; **Yale University, School of Medicine, Department of Genetics, Yale Center for Genome Analysis (YCGA), Connecticut, New Haven, USA; *Claflin University, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Computer Science and Biology, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA.]:

1. TiE Global International Entrepreneurship: https://tie.org/***

2. Georgia State Biology Graduate Student Association, Atlanta, USA (GSU-BGSA): http://sites.gsu.edu/bgsa/about/#.X6GBM1NKj7E****

3. Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)-Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, USA: https://atdc.org/****

4. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA, Biograd Association****

5. Western Kentucky University Student Government Association (WKU SGA), Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA: https://www.wku.edu/sga/****

6. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA, Graduate Council: https://www.wku.edu/graduatecouncil/****

7. Biophysical Society: https://www.biophysics.org/***

8. American Chemical Society: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en.html**

9. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp**

10. Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society: https://www.sigmaxi.org/home***

11. HackerSpace-Free Side, Atlanta, Georgia, USA: https://www.freesideatlanta.org/***

12. Kentucky Academy of Science, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA: https://kyscience.org/****

13. Academic Society for Functional Foods and Bioactive Compounds. (ASFFBC): https://www.functionalfoodscenter.net/****

14. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR): https://www.aacr.org/***

15. American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS): https://www.aaas.org/***

16. Boston Children Hospital and Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital, Boston, MA, USA: Precision Vaccine Program**

17. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): https://www.acm.org/**

18. Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS): https://midasnetwork.us/**

19. Australian Academy of Science: https://www.science.org.au/*

20. Healthcare Information For All: https://www.hifa.org/*

21. Community Mentor, Clarivate Web of Science: https://webofscienceacademy.clarivate.com/learn

22. South Carolina Bio: https://www.scbio.org/profiles/shrikant-pawar*

23. The American Philosophical Association: https://www.apaonline.org/*

24. HBCU C2: https://www.hbcuc2.org/*

25. Advancing Indigenous People in STEM (AISES): https://aises.site-ym.com/Login.aspx*

26. International Advanced Computing Conference: https://computingconf.com/*

27. International Journal of Intelligent Information System*

28. Biomedical Research and Clinical Reviews*

29. Bioinformatics and Proteomics*

30. Global Translational Medicine*

31. International Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Reviews*

32. PriMera Engineering & Scientific Surgical Research and Practice (ISSN: 2836-0028)*

33. Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations & Opportunities with Differential Equations (SIMIODE): https://www.simiode.org/*Certificate.

34. Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS): https://www.scrs.in/*

35. Observational Health Data Sciences & Informatics (OHDSI): https://www.ohdsi.org/*

36. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease: https://www.j-alz.com/*

37. AWSAcademy Machine Learning University (MLU ), Community of Practice Amazon Web Services (AWS), Machine Learning Professional Development Intensive Bootcamp Part I for Teachers (1, 2, 3) 2023-2024, The Coding School: Data Visualization, Machine Learning Models, Ethics Responsible Artificial Intelligence.*September-October 11, 2024, Certificate of Completion.

38. Guidepoint Network (advisor & consultant)*

39. Yale CBIT Healthcare, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Hackathon committee member**

39. Yale Center for Engineering, Innovation, and Design, New Haven, Connecticut, USA member**

40. Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD), The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA.**

41. Genomic Data Science Community Network (GDSCN) Fellow: https://www.gdscn.org/*

Extramural Funding & Internal Awards/Grants (Selected academic and non-academic)*:

1. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), Hardware Grant (May 1, 2018), Grant/award/project title: “Sustainable Solutions for Overcoming Transportation and Pollution Problems in Smart Cities”, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA: https://cetl.gsu.edu/programs-grants-awards/grant-funded-projects/ Poster Link, [*2021:4]

2. Create-X, Startup Launch Grant (May 1, 2019), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA: Grant/award/project title: “Utilization of convolutional neural networks for security against password cracking”: https://create-x.gatech.edu/about

3. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Rothberg Fund (January 1, 2020), USA: Grant/award/project title: “CHEST-AI: AI tool for detection of lung diseases from chest X- ray data”: https://medium.com/tsai-city/kickstarting-healthcare-innovation-with-the-rothberg-catalyzer-prototype-fund-6f5a1f37c5c2 Poster Link, [*2023:1, 4, 9; 2021: 17, 23], [**21, 23, 29, 30], Github, Product. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12.,13.,14.15.16

4. Entrepreneurship Foundation Fund (January 1, 2020), Connecticut, USA: Grant/award/project title: “CHEST-AI: AI tool for detection of lung diseases from chest X- ray data”: https://www.entrepreneurshipfoundation.org/ [*2023:1, 4, 9; 2021: 17, 23], [**21, 23, 29, 30], Github. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12.,13.,14.15.16

5. Culinda Technologies (January 1, 2020), Texas, USA (https://www.culinda.io/): Grant/award/project title: “Machine learning solutions for medical devices that provide deep insight into IoT and IoMT applications", [*2023:1, 4, 9; 2021: 17, 23], [**21, 23, 29, 30] , Github.

,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12.,13.,14.15.16

6. SC Independent Colleges & Universities SCICU Undergraduate Student/Faculty Research Program (February 1, 2022-December 31, 2022): Grant/award/project title: “Utilizing Natural Language Processing (NLP), to increase the effectiveness of finding career opportunities". Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA Student **Joshua Kiprono+π †(Thesis Advisor), presently software engineer at Atlassian, $7,169 (Direct costs, Effort=100%). App Deploy: https://joshuakiplimo-resparse-resumematch-6a8pxp.streamlit.app/ Poster Link video presentation, [**30],[**39], GitHub.

7. Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub Azure Credits (May 1, 2022) $25,000 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups): Grant/award/project title: “CHEST-AI:AI toolfordetectionoflungdiseases from chest X-data”. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12.,13.,14.15,16.

8. Oracle for Research Award: https://www.oracle.com/research/ 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12.,13.,14.15.16

9. Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), Research Education of Teachers SC INRE South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Research South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Research (SC EPSCoR), Research Experience for Teachers (RET) ,program (May 1, 2022- August 31, 2022): https://www.furman.edu/integrative-research/education-outreach/research-experience-for-teachers-program/ (******Ms. Etha, Bamberg Ehrhardt High School). Award utilized for configuring computing infrastructure (Lenovo ThinkSystem SR250 rack servers) in the Department of Computer Science for machine learning applications. (Direct costs, Effort=100%), Github, Github

10. Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA, Smart Home, Center of Excellence Seed Grant (May 1, 2022- August 31, 2022): Grant/award/project title: “Collection and processing of health-care data for African-American subjects from wrist wearable devices": $19,919.88 (Direct costs, Effort=100%, Pilot funding).

11. Google HBCU Career Readiness Capacity Grant (May 1, 2023- August 31, 2023): $20,000 (Direct costs, Effort=100%)

12. SC Independent Colleges & Universities SCICU Undergraduate Student/Faculty Research Program (February 1, 2023-December 31, 2023): Grant/award/project title: “A prospective, community-based observational study for creating a comprehensible electronic health record (EHR), database using wearable devices in African American cohort". $7,000 (Direct costs, Effort=100%). Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA students-**Priscilla Fatokun+π† (Presently Quality Engineer, Apple, Texas, USA,), and **Oluwamayowa Owolabi+π† Github, Poster video presentation, Poster, [**30],[**39].

13. National Science Foundation South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Research (SC EPSCoR), RII Track-1 Award: Grant/award/project title: “AI-enabled Devices for the Advancement of Personalized and Transformative Healthcare in South Carolina ADAPT" (August 1, 2023- August 31, 2027): Total Award (Direct and indirect costs), Role: PI (Principal Investigator), NSF Identifier: 000879633, Award Number: 2242812, Award/Fund Agency Code: 4900, Program Element/Reference Code's (PEC/Congressional District): 193Y00, 075Z/7715/8037/9150/SMET/03, Assistance Listing Number: 47.083, Effort=100%, 1.50 person per month release, $20,000,000.00, Claflin Sub-award $414,000.00. A multi-institutional grant collaboration between Clemson University in partnership with Benedict College, The Citadel, Claflin University, College of Charleston, Francis Marion University, Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina Research Authority, South Carolina State University, Tri-County Technical College, University of South Carolina, and Winthrop University. [*2024:16;2023: 9], [**38, 40, 42, 43, **2025:52, 53, 5 4 ], [*2025:10], [**2024:37], Poster Funding supports Claflin University students **Caliese J. Beckford+π †(Thesis Advisor), **Mr. Oluwademiladeayo Ashade+π (Thesis Advisor), and **Mr. Sabb, Dinari+π (Thesis Advisor) Presentation Video PPT. **Mr. Subash Neupane+π (Thesis Advisor), Undergraduate student: Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA. (Fall 2026). **Mr. Amrinder Singh+π (Thesis Advisor), Undergraduate student: Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA. (Fall 2026). Neural networks on Computed tomography angiography (CTA) in peripheral arterial diseases (PAD), Thrust II: Techniques of computer vision for image analysis, Education and Workforce Development, Project Implementation Team. Presentation video, PPT, PPT.14. Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA, Summer Seed Research Grant (May 1, 2023- August 31, 2023): Grant/award/project title: “Utilization of Machine Learning Techniques for Aiding Detection of Ischemic Stroke

$70,000.00 [**43, 50], Poster, Funding supports Claflin University students **Caliese J. Beckford+π †(Thesis Advisor) and **Mr. Sabb, Dinari+π (Thesis Advisor). Role: Co-PI, NSF Identifier: 000879633, Award Number: 2242812,

Award/Fund Agency Code: 4900, Program Element/Reference Code's (PEC/Congressional District): 193Y00,

075Z/7715/8037/9150/SMET/03, Assistance Listing Number: 47.083 (Direct costs, Effort=100%, 1.50 person per month release.).

16. Title III and Special Initiative Office SEED Funding, Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA: Biomarker Grant/award/project title: “Identification for the Diagnosis of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)" (May 1, 2024-

August 31, 2024): Total Award (Direct and indirect costs) $8,840.00 Github, Students involved **Lierra Rivera+π (Thesis Advisor), Presently doctoral student at Clemson University, Bioengineering Program, **Germari Cull+π, **Mr. Adrian Lockwood+π† Presentation Video PPT, (National Institute of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) mentor), and ***Kalyn Wesby+π. Presentation Video PPT, Role: PI, (Direct costs, Effort=100%). GitHub.

17. The Department of Defense (DoD), Army Materiel Command (AMC), Grant/award/project title: “HBCU/MI Equipment/Instrumentation grant award" (May 1, 2024- August 31, 2025), Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA. Project officer: William A Creech. Total Award (Direct and indirect costs), Role: PI, Effort=100%, 1.35 person per month release, $410,596. Funding award number (FOA): W911NF23S0014,

Grant Program (CFDA) 12.630: Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering: Intel Xeon NVIDIA GPU Server for Enhancing Computational Capabilities at Claflin University.

[Role-Investigator: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8; Co-PI/PI: 6,9,10,11,12,13, 14, 15, 16, 17]. [*Published articles from publications; **Presentations from conferences].

Travel Awards (Selected)*:

1. Georgia State University, Biology Graduate Student Association (BGSA), Atlanta, USA, September 1, 2013. Github, [*2019: 13], [**12].

2. Western Kentucky University, Department of Biology, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA, November 21, 2011. Github, [*2011: 4], [**15].

3. New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) conference, November 21, 2018: https://necsi.edu/

4. Institute for Data Engineering and Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, November 21, 2019: http://dsf.ideas.gatech.edu/events/mlse

5. Cascadia R Conf, November 21, 2021 Workshop Scholarship.

6. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston , Texas, USA All of Us Evenings with Genetics (AoUEwG), Research Program’s Underrepresented Biomedical Faculty Summit (UBRFS).

7. Biology Graduate Student Association (BGSA), Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) conference, November 21, 2019. Github, [*2019: 8], [**8].8. Guest Lecturer, Issued by Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune. India. December 1, 2018. University: http://bvuniversity.edu.in/Topic: Artificial Intelligence, Fuzzy logic and its applications in Homeopathic Repertories. PPT: https://github.com/spawar2/Shrodinger-Equation/blob/main/Presentation_Tejas_Webinar.pptx. Git: https://github.com/spawar2/Shrodinger-Equation

9. Guest Lecturer, Managing research effectively, May 21, 2023, online summer school by Narayanan A, Lahiri C & Pawar S, Center for Research, Innovation & Translation, Department of Biotechnology, Atmiya University, India.
University: https://atmiyauni.ac.in/. Topic: https://www.claflin-computation.com/_files/ugd/81dd80_c9592316356c4638915e40a5a42c6bdf.pdf

10. Honored Listee, Marquis Who's Who, https://marquiswhoswho.com/

11. AWS Machine Learning University Bootcamp for Educators, Introduction to Machine Learning. https://the-cs.org/train-aws-pd , Machine Learning Intensive Bootcamp (Introduction to Machine Learning Part 2)(1, 2, 3),

Amazon Web Services (AWS), September-October 11, 2024, Certificate of Completion, Machine Learning Professional Development Intensive Bootcamp Part I for Teachers

2023-2024, The Coding School: Data Visualization, Machine Learning Models, Ethics Responsible Artificial Intelligence. Machine Learning for College Educators Parts 1 & 2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

12. Keynote Speaker, 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems (ICAIIS May 1, 2021). Artificial intelligence and cancer biomarker discovery, Chongqing, China by Shrikant Pawar, Keynote speaker, http://icaiis.org/Keynote-Speekers.html. Topic: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3469213.3469214 Github, [*2021: 13], [**3].

13. Keynote Speaker, 4th International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Simulation, May 1, 2021. Machine learning application in genomics, Guangzhou, China by Shrikant Pawar, Keynote speaker and general chair, http://www.4th-amms.org/com.html

14. Artificial Intelligence in Genomics, Bridging Molecular Diagnostics from Bench to Computer. June 1, 2024 National Hands-on Advanced Genomics Workshop, Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM), and Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat, Atmiya University. PPT, Github, Presentation video, Certificate. https://campuspress.yale.edu/shrikantpawar/files/2024/08/4-300x300.jpeg https://campuspress.yale.edu/shrikantpawar/files/2024/08/6-225x300.jpeg https://campuspress.yale.edu/shrikantpawar/files/2024/08/7-e1722602337825-225x300.jpeg

15. US Sciencegateways, SGX3's HackHPC, “Adapting High-Performance Computing (HPC) tools in Data Science courses at Claflin University”, October 7-11, 2024, Bozeman, Montana, USA.^^ GitHub, Poster.

16. Genomic Data Science Community Network (GDSCN) symposium, October 16, 2024, University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla (UPRA), USA with Dr. Chowdhury, Department of Biology, Claflin University, South Carolina, USA. Profile.

17. January 1, 2018-May 31, 2018: Georgia State University, Department of Computer Science & Biology, Atlanta, USA. Title: Ahmed T. Abdelal Fellow in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Current projects in collaboration with Dr. Eichenbaum Biofilm transcriptomics, Dr. Nathan J. Bowen, The Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development (CCRTD) at Clark Atlanta University, Georgia, Dr. Aneja Ovarian Biomarkers, Dr. Charles Derby Chemosensory transcriptomics, & Dr. Chung-Dar Lu Spermine transcriptomics, Dr. Harrison, Machine Learning for studying drug resistance in Human immunodeficiency (HIV) virus and Dr. Weber, X-ray crystallography in HIV***.

18. January 1, 2013-July 31, 2013: Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Title: Center for International Collaborative (CIC) Research Fellow. Transcriptomic analysis of Nitrogen Metabolism, Dr.Claus-Peter Witte: https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/brazil/media/csf_stellen/alt/Witte_OpenPosition_2015.pdf

Editorial Board Member and Reviewer/Synergistic Activities (Selected)*[Affiliated from ****Western Kentucky University, Department of Biology, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA; ***Georgia State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Computer Science and Biology, Atlanta, USA; **Yale University, School of Medicine, Department of Genetics, Yale Center for Genome Analysis (YCGA), Connecticut, New Haven, USA; *Claflin University, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Computer Science and Biology, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA.], †: The Alice Carson Tisdale Honors College/Center at Claflin University. π: Classes taught: CSCI/HNTH391/392. **Bioinformatics Major, Honors Computer Science Engineering, Mathematics, Management Information Science (MIS), Cyber Security, Biotechnology.

1. PeerJ: The Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences (https://peerj.com/ShrikantPawar/), IF=3.06*

2. Journal of Geology and Mining Research, ISSN: 2006-9766.***

3. African Journal of Agricultural Research, ISSN: 1991-637X.***

4. Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Research.***

5. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, ISSN: 0975-2366.***

6. International Journal of Case Reports and Therapeutic Studies, ISSN:2689-310X.***

7. Journal of Bacteriology Research Metabolites, Molecules, Stats, Genes.***

8. International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, ISSN: 2141-6656.***

9. AS Medical Sciences, ISSN: 2582-0931.*

10. International Journal of Science and Technology Education Research ISSN: 2141-655911. MDPI: Microorganisms, Biology, Prosthesis (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/prosthesis/submission_reviewers), International Journal of Molecular Sciences Topical Advisory Panel (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7013823/), Pathogens, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Healthcare, Sensors, Cancers, Electronics, Chemistry, Plants, Toxins, Viruses, Cells, Antibiotics, Diagnostics, Advances in Engineering, Processes, Plants,

(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genes/submission_reviewers), Polymer, Biosensors, Coatings (Topical Advisory Panel Member & Topic Editor: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/coatings/topic_editors), Computation, Applied Sciences, Veterinary Sciences, Symmetry, Entropy, Biomedicines, AI, Forecasting (https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/3/1628/htm), Mathematics, BioTech, Sustainability, Journal of Molecular Pathology.**

12. Journal of Advances in Biology, ISSN: 2347-6893.*

13. Current Genomics, Certificate, ISSN:1875-5488.*

14. Educational Research and Review, IF=10.207*

15. Current Cancer Therapy Reviews, ISSN: 1875-6301.

Bioinformatics and Proteomics (https://medwinpublishers.com/BPOJ/editorial-board.php).*

16. Immunology Research and Therapy Journal.*

17. The Open Biotechnology Journal, ISSN: 1874-0707.*

18.International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, ISSN: 2141-2456.*

19. Journal of Oral Health and Craniofacial Science, ISSN: 2573-6191.*

20. Computer Science and Programming.*

21. Epidemiology International Journal (EIJ), ISSN :2639-2038.*

22. Journal of Entomology and Nematology, ISSN: 2006-9855.*

23. ES Journal of Oncology.*

24. Dove Medical Press: Clinical Epidemiology, ISSN: 1179-1349.*

25. Marine Biology and Environmental Science.*

26. Asian Science Bulletin, ISSN: 1813-0070.*

27. Journal of Systematic Bioscience and Engineering (SBE). (http://ojs.wiserpub.com/index.php/SBE/about/editorialTeam).*

28. Journal of Nanotechnology and Nano Science Research.*

29. Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences, ISSN: 2632-279X.*

30. Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics (NHIB). IF=2.05*

31. Elsevier: Gene Reports, Certificate IF=1.5 Materials Today Communications, Certificate IF=3.4 Infection, IF=4.3 Genetics and Evolution, Certificate.*

32. Future Science OA, IF=2.93***

33. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, Impact Factor (IF)=3.5*

34. Frontiers in Genetics: Associate/Handling Editor, IF=4.9*

35. Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening, ISSN: 1386-2073.*

36. Frontiers in Bioinformatics, section Drug Discovery in Bioinformatics*

37. Elsevier: Health Policy and Technology, IF=4.6, Certificate.*

38. Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, ISSN: 1570-1808.*

39. International Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Reviews (https://ijcimr.org/editorial-board/).*

40. Biomedical Research and Clinical Reviews (https://www.auctoresonline.org/journals/biomedical-research-and-clinical-reviews-/editorial-board), ISSN: 2692-9406.*

41. Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening (CCHTS).*

42. Cancer Plus: https://cancer.whioce.com/index.php/cancer/about/editorialTeam*

43. 4th International Conference on Human Systems Engineering and Design: Future Trends and Applications (IHSED, February 24-26, 2021), University of Dubrovnik, Croatia.: http://ihsed.org/*

44. Sixth International Conference on Biological Information and Biomedical Engineering (February 24-26, BIBE2022), Qingdao, China: http://www.icbibe.org/*

45. Current Pediatric Reviews, ISSN: 1573-3963.*

46. Frontiers in Neurology, IF=4.6*

47. Frontiers in Oncology: Associate/Handling Editor, IF=4.5*

48. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, ISSN: 1389-2010.*

49. Elsevier: Healthcare Analytics, Certificate.*

50. Global Translational Medicine, ISSN: 2811-0021. https://accscience.com/journal/GTM/about/editorial_board*

Organoid Research, ISSN: 2811-0021. https://accscience.com/journal/OR/about/editorial_board*

51. Model of Infectious Agent Disease Study (MIDAS), Bethesda, Maryland, USA, February 24-26, 2022 Reviewer Committee: https://midasnetwork.us/midas-network-annual-meeting-midas-2022/*

52. 8th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies, Nice, France. (IHIET, February 24-26, 2022): http://ihiet.org/*

53. 2022 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Scientists, Anaheim, California, USA. (ABRCMS): https://abrcms.org/ Certificate.*

54. February 24-26, FEBM2022-The Seventh International Conference on Economic and Business Management, Nanjing, China.*

55. Primera Scientific Publications, (ISSN:2834-2550): https://primerascientific.com/psen/editorialboard*

56. Taylor and Francis: Cybernetics and Systems, IF=1.8*

57. Ad hoc reviewer, Emerging Imaging Technology and Applications (EITA) Panel. Imaging, Surgery, and Bioengineering (ISB) Integrated Review Group (IRG), National Institutes of Health: https://public.csr.nih.gov/StudySections/DTCS/ISB*

58. SciencePG: International Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, https://membership.sciencepublishinggroup.com/spawar*

59. Journal of Medinformatics (MEDIN), Certificate.*

60. 6th International Conference on Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI, February 24-26, 2023), Sapienza Universita' di Roma, Italy.*

61. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, ISSN: 1389-2010.*

62. Elsevier: Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, IF=7.8 Certificate.*

63. Elsevier: Image and Vision Computing. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/image-and-vision-computing, IF=3.8*

64. Elsevier: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/artificial-intelligence-in-medicine IF=7.0*

65. Cell & Cellular Life Sciences Journal (CCLSJ), ISSN: 2578-4811.*

66. Innovative Medicines & Omics, Certificate.*

67. Trends in Genetics and Evolution (TGE), ISSN:2578-1707.*

68. Frontiers in Endocrinology, IF=6.3*

69. Frontiers in Epidemiology.*

70. Frontiers in Microbiology, IF=6.0*

71. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (BBRC), IF=3.1, Certificate.*

72. Cureus journal of medical sciences, IF=1.2, Certificate.*

73. PLoS ONE Public Library of Science, IF=3.75*

74. Springer European Journal of Medical Research, IF=1.4, Certificate.*

75. 2023 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. (ABRCMS), Certificate.*

76. Nature Publishing Group NPG Scientific Reports, IF=4.6, https://www.nature.com/srep/highlights/our-reviewers*

77. BioMed Central BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, IF=2.1, Certificate.*

78. Springer Molecular Diversity, IF=3.8.*

79. BioMed Central BMC Women's Health, IF=2.5, Certificate.*

113. BioMed Central BMC Gastroenterology, IF=3.0*

80. Springer Discover Oncology, IF=2.29, Certificate.*

81. BioMed Central BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, IF=2.3, Certificate.*

82. American Chemical Society NANO, IF=17.1*

83. BioMed Central BMC Genomics, IF=3.5, Certificate.*

84. BioMed Central BMC Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, IF=1.9, Certificate.*

85. BioMed Central BMC Journal of Ovarian Research, IF=4.0*

86. 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Vision and Computing (ICIVC, February 24-26, 2023), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), Technical program and advisory committee member.*

87. International Journal of Clinical Case Reports and Reviews (https://auctoresonline.org/journals/international-journal-of-clinical-case-reports-and-reviews/editorial-board), ISSN:2690-4861.*

88. Elsevier Advances in Cancer Biology - Metastasis, Certificate.*

89. BioMed Central BMC Infectious Diseases, IF=3.7*

90. Cancer Insight, ISSN: 2972-3388, Certificate.*

91. Springer Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, IF=3.6*

92. Medicon (MC) Engineering Themes (ISSN: 2834-7218): https://themedicon.com/engineeringthemes-reviewer-board*

93. Springer Biochemical Genetics, IF=2.4*

94. BioMed Central BMC Medical Genomics, IF=2.7, Certificate.*

95. BioMed Central BMC Cancer, IF=3.8, Certificate.*

96. BioMed Central BMC Bioinformatics, IF=3.0, Certificate.*

97. BioMed Central BMC Cancer Cell International, IF=6.4*

98. International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research (IJECER) , ISSN: 2791-6677.*

99. Springer Functional & Integrative Genomics, IF=3.3, Certificate.*

100. Springer Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, IF=3.6*

101. Springer Clinical Epigenetics, IF=5.7*

102. Springer Respiratory Research, IF=5.6*

103. Medicon Agriculture & Environmental Sciences (ISSN: 2972-2691): https://themedicon.com/agricultureenvironmental-reviewer-board*

104. Springer Theory in Biosciences, IF=2.0*

105. Springer Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, IF=3.1*

106. Current Cancer Drug Targets, ISSN: 1568-0096.*

107. BioMed Central BMC Nephrology, IF=2.5*

108. BioMed Central BMC Cardio-Oncology, IF=3.3*

109. Springer Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, IF=3.8*

110. Taylor and francis Lung Cancer Management, IF=2.8, ISSN: 1758-1974.*

111. Springer Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, IF=6.1*

112. 7th International Conference on Intelligent Human Systems Integration: Integrating People and Intelligent Systems, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy. (February 24-26, IHSI 2024): https://www.ihsint.org/*

114. Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 2nd International Conference on Power Engineering and Intelligent Systems (February 24-26, PEIS2024): https://www.scrs.in/conference/peis2024 Certificate*

115. Springer In Silico Pharmacology, IF=4.3*

116. BioMed Central BMC Infectious Agents and Cancer, Trusted reviewer community. IF=3.8* Certificate.

117. Reviewer for National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institute of Health Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Institutionally-Focused Research Education Applications (UE5), for institutions to support educational activities for postdoctoral scholars that will help them develop professional skills and networks to transition to independent research careers; Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT R25s), to develop and implement courses focused on skills development or mentoring activities; and R13 grants.*

118. Trends in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 2024 (TAIML, February 24-26, 2024), organizing committee member.*

119. Current Drug Discovery Technologies, ISSN: 1875-6220.*

120. Springer Cellular Oncology, IF=6.6*

121. Acta Scientific Computer Science, ISSN: 2581-4893, Certificate.*

122. Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets, ISSN: 2212-3989.*

123. 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Intelligent Systems, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. (ICTIS), February 24-26, 2024, Technical Program Committee.*

124. BioMed Central BMC Arthritis Research & Therapy, IF=5*

125. Springer Clinical and Experimental Medicine, IF=4*

126. Technical Session Chair - ICICT, February 24-26, 2024 - 9th International Congress on Information and Communication Technology, London, United Kingdom.*

127. Technical Program Committee (TPC) member, The 5th Int'l Conference on Bioinformatics and Intelligent Computing, Kunming, China. (BIC, February 24-26, 2024).*

128. BioMed Central BMC Clinical Proteomics, IF=4.0*

129. Springer Interdisciplinary Sciences - Computational Life Sciences, IF=4.8*

130. BioMed Central BMC Lipids in Health and Disease, IF=4.5*

131.Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), International Conference on Business Intelligence and Data Analytics (BIDA, February 24-26, 2024): https://scrs.in/conference/bida2024 Certificate.*

132. Current Medicinal Chemistry, ISSN: 0929-8673.*

133. Cancer Research and Cellular Therapeutics, ISSN: 2640-1053*

134. Elsevier Cancer Epidemiology, IF= 2.6, Certificate.*

135. Taylor & Francis, The Aging, IF=2.7*

136. Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 4th International Conference on Paradigms of Communication, Computing and Data Analytics (PCCDA, February 24-26, 2024), Certificate.*

137. 4th International Conference on Computer Vision and Robotics (February 24-26, CVR 2024), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS): https://www.scrs.in/conference/cvr2024*

138. World Congress on Smart Computing (February 24-26, WCSC2024), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS): Certificate, https://www.scrs.in/conference/wcsc2024*

139. Transformative Medicine (T-Med): https://scholarcommons.towerhealth.org/t-med/*

140. 3rd 2024 IEEE World Conference on Applied Intelligence and Computing (February 24-26, AIC2024) track AICconf2024, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS): Technical Program Committee member, https://campuspress.yale.edu/shrikantpawar/files/2024/08/AIC-2024-Reviewer-Certificate-174-300x232.jpg https://scrs.in/conference/aic2024*

141. Elsevier Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, IF=14.5, Certificate.*

142. Qeios: https://www.qeios.com/read/JXO74D*

143. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, IF=8.5, https://publichealth.jmir.org/*

144. 5th International Conference on Data Science and Applications (ICDSA) track February 24-26, ICDSA2024, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), Technical Program Committe (TPC). https://campuspress.yale.edu/shrikantpawar/files/2024/08/ICDSA-2024-Reviewer-Certificate-192-300x232.jpg: https://scrs.in/conference/icdsa2024*

145. Elsevier Pattern Recognition, IF=8 Certificate*

146. February 24-26, 2025 American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, https://meetings.aaas.org/, https://meetings.aaas.org/reviewers/*

147. 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Theory and Applications (AITA, February 24-26, 2024), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS): https://scrs.in/conference/aita2024 Certificate*

148. 5th Congress on Intelligent Systems (CIS, February 24-26, 2024), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and reviewer: Certificate https://scrs.in/conference/cis2024*

149. 2th International Conference on Human Interaction & Emerging Technologies (IHIET, February 24-26, 2024), IUAV University of Venice, Italy: https://ihiet.org/*

150. BioMed Central BMC Infectious Agents and Cancer, Certificate, IF=3.1, https://infectagentscancer.biomedcentral.com/

Nature Masterclasses: Focus on Peer Review*

151. 14th International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet, February 24-26, 2024), Matsue, Japan: https://www.cecnetconf.org/*

152. International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Intelligent Systems (SCIS, February 24-26, 2024), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS): https://www.scrs.in/conference/scis2024*

153. 3rd International Conference on Advances in Data-driven Computing and Intelligent Systems (ADCIS, February 24-26, 2024), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer: Certificate https://www.scrs.in/conference/adcis2024*

154. Elsevier Computers in Biology and Medicine, IF=7.0*

155. American Journal of Information Science and Technology (AJIST), International Standard Serial Number (ISSN): 2640-0588, http://www.ajist.org/reviewers*

156. February 24-26, 2024 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET), Sydney, Australia, Session chair B-IV: https://www.icecet.com/*

157. International Conference on Information Technology and Intelligence, track February 24-26, ITI2024, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and reviewer: Certificate, https://www.scrs.in/conference/iti2024*

158. 2nd International Conference on Infectious Diseases, February 24-26, 2024, Rome, Italy, Organizing Committee Member.

159. February 24-26, 2024 Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE) International Conference, Applications for interservice and industry, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.*

160. Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 4th International Conference on Intelligent Vision and Computing (ICIVC, February 24-26, 2024).* Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer. Certificate.

161. Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 3rd Congress on Smart Computing Technologies (CSCT, February 24-26, 2024).*Certificate.

162. Electronic Research Archive, ISSN 2688-1594.*

163. February 24-26, 2024 Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) Network Annual Meeting: https://midasnetwork.us/*

164. Multidisciplinary Journal of Engineering and Technology, ISSN: 3007-6900. http://www.upubscience.com* Certificate.

165. February 24-26, 2025 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS), Pittsburg, Philadelphia, USA: https://www.abrcms.org/program/* Certificate.

166. Elsevier Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, IF=6.0*.

167. 3rd European Congress on Biomedical Science and Engineering (BIOMED), February 24-26, 2025, Vienna, Austria, Committee member*.

168. Elsevier Lung Cancer, IF=4.5*.

169. International Journal of Case Reports and Case Research, ISSN: http://doi.org/04.2024/1.1000.*

170. Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and reviewer, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 2nd International Conference on Business Intelligence and Data Analytics (BIDA), February 24-26, 2025* Certificate: https://scrs.in/conference/bida2025

171. 5th International Conference on Paradigms of Communication, Computing and Data Analytics (February 24-26, PCCDA2025), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS)*: https://scrs.in/conference/pccda2025

172. Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer, International Conference on Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence (February 24-26, ITAI2025), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS)*: Certificate, https://www.scrs.in/conference/itai2025

173. 3rd Congress on Control, Robotics, and Mechatronics (February 24-26, CRM2025)*: https://www.icmcr.org/

174. Elsevier Journal of Biomedical Informatics, IF=8.9*.

175. Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 7th International Conference on Communication and Computational Technologies (ICCCT, February 24-26,2025)*. Ceritificate.

176. Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 2nd World Congress on Smart Computing (WCSC, February 24-26, 2025): Certificate. https://scrs.in/conference/wcsc2025*

177. Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer, International Conference on AI and Robotics, track February 24-26, AIR2025, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS)* Certificate: https://scrs.in/conference/air2025

178. Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 3rd International Conference on Power Engineering and Intelligent Systems, track February 24-26, PEIS2025*: Certificate https://www.scrs.in/conference/peis2025

179. 8th International Conference on Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI 2025), February 24-26, 2025, Sapienza Universita' di Roma, Italy*.

180. Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 2nd International Conference on Computing and Machine Learning, (track February 24-26, 2024, CML2025)*: Certificate https://www.scrs.in/conference/cml2024

181. Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 5th International Conference on Computer Vision and Robotics, Certificate, track February 24-26, 2024, CVR2025.*: https://www.scrs.in/conference/cvr2025

182. Elsevier: Data in Brief, IF=3.1*

183. Elsevier Signal Processing: Image Communication, IF=8.4*

184. Elsevier Biotechnology Notes, IF=1.7*

185. Lippincott Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, IF=2.6*

186. Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), The 5th International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies, Paris, France (ICECET, July 3-6, 2025)*

187. Elsevier Intelligent Medicine, IF=4.4*

188. Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 4th 2025 IEEE World Conference on Applied Intelligence and Computing (AIC2025, February 24-26, 2024): https://scrs.in/conference/aic2025*

189. Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 6th World Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Advances and Applications (track WCAIAA2025, February 24-26, 2025): Certificate, https://www.scrs.in/conference/wcaiaa2025*

190. Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 5th International Conference on Intelligent Vision and Computing, (track ICIVC2025, February 24-26, 2024): https://www.scrs.in/conference/icivc2025*

191. Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 6th International Conference on Data Science and Applications (February 24-26, ICDSA2025): https://scrs.in/conference/icdsa2025*

192. Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) Health Forum, IF=9.6*

193. BioMed Central Global and Public Health, IF=3.5* Certificate.

194. 9th International Joint Conference on Advances in Computational Intelligence (track IJCACI2025), Washington University of Science and Technology (WUST), Alexandria, United States, August 23-24, 2025*

Certifications & Participations:

Machine Learning for Single Cell Analysis, Yale University, School of Medicine, Department of Genetics, Yale Center for Genome Analysis (YCGA) New Haven, USA.**Participation.

WKU ISA: https://www.wku.edu/, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, USA.****Member.

SIMIODE, School challenge using differential equation modeling (SCUDEM): https://www.simiode.org/members/6369**Member.

NIH Review Integrity.*Participation.

NIH Peer Review.*Participation.

Materials Today Communication: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/materials-today-communications*Reviewer.

Healthcare Analytics: https://www.elsevier.com/clinical-solutions/health-analytics*Reviewer.

Gene Reports: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/gene-reports*Reviewer.

Infection-Genetics-Evolution: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/infection-genetics-and-evolution/1567-1348/guide-for-authors*Reviewer.

Health Policy and Technology: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/health-policy-and-technology*

Future Selves Program: https://www.wku.edu/***Reviewer.

AWS-bootcamp: Certificate https://aws.amazon.com/training/awsacademy/ https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/campuspress.yale.edu/dist/7/3679/files/2024/01/Summer-2023-a4bc36a96ad5b076-300×212.jpeg https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/campuspress.yale.edu/dist/7/3679/files/2023/12/Machine-Learning-Intensive-300×232.png https://campuspress.yale.edu/shrikantpawar/files/2024/03/Pawar-March-2024-AWS-Bootcamp-Part-I-Certificate-1c9070db6c2e07ab.pdf*Participation.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Machine Learning Professional Development Intensive Bootcamp Part I for Teachers, September-October 11, 2024, Certificate of Completion. 2023-2024, The Coding School: Data Visualization, Machine Learning Models, Ethics Responsible Artificial Intelligence.*Participation. Machine Learning for College Educators Parts 1 & 2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs), 2023-2024, The Coding School: Data Visualization, Machine Learning Models, Ethics Responsible Artificial Intelligence*

Clinical Global Health Education.*Reviewer.

Bentham, ISSN:1875-5488.*Reviewer.

American Chemical Society (ACS): https://www.acs.org/*Member.Reviewer Certificate.

ABRCMS: https://abrcms.org/*Reviewer.

Medicon (MC) Engineering Themes (ISSN: 2834-7218): https://themedicon.com/engineeringthemes-reviewer-board*Reviewer.

Elsevier: Image and Vision Computing https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/image-and-vision-computing*Reviewer.

Elsevier: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/artificial-intelligence-in-medicine*Reviewer.

Elsevier: Engineering Applications of Artificial.*Reviewer. Intelligence, Certificate, https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/engineering-applications-of-artificial-intelligence

Smart Trends in Systems, Security, and Sustainability Smart trends in systems certificate.*Reviewer.

2023 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS), Phoenix, Arizona, USA certificate Reviewer.

Managing research effectively.*Participation.

International Work Conference in Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (IWBBIO) 2022, Granda, Spain: https://iwbbio.ugr.es/IWBBIO_2022_PROGRAM.pdf*Participation.

IWBBIO 2023, Granada, Spain: https://www.claflin-computation.com/_files/ugd/81dd80_835055b64e3f46368368ac076cc68dd1.pdf*Participation.

Advances in Cancer Biology – Metastasis.*Reviewer.

Elsevier.*Reviewer.

LetPub: https://www.letpub.com/*Reviewer.

Cancer Insight ISSN: 2972-3388*Reviewer.

Certificate of Completion https://www.letpub.com/*Reviewer.

Infectious Disorders – Drug Targets, ISSN: 2212-3989.*Reviewer.

Biochemical Biophysical Research Communications (BBRC).***Reviewer.

Springer Functional & Integrative Genomics.*Reviewer.

BioMed Central BMC Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research.*Reviewer.

Springer European Journal of Medical Research.*Reviewer.

Springer Discover Oncology.*Reviewer.

BioMed Central BMC Bioinformatics.*Reviewer.

BioMed Central BMC Cancer.*Reviewer.

BioMed Central BMC Cardiovascular Disorders.*Reviewer.

BioMed Central BMC Women’s Health.*Reviewer.

BioMed Central BMC Medical Genomics.*Reviewer.

BioMed Central BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.*Reviewer.

BioMed Central BMC Genomics.*Reviewer.

Elsevier Cancer Epidemiology.*Reviewer.

Engineering applications of Artificial Intelligence.*Reviewer.

Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), International Conference on Business Intelligence and Data Analytics (BIDA 2024).*Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer.

Elsevier Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B.*Reviewer.

International Conference on Paradigms of Communication, Computing and Data Analytics (PCCDA 2024),Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS)*Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer.

4th International Conference on Computer Vision and Robotics (CVR 2024), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS).*Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer.

Acta Scientific Computer Science, ISSN: 2581-4893.*Reviewer.

World Congress on Smart Computing (WCSC2024), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS).*Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer.

Alper-Doger (AD) Scientific Index.*

Elsevier Pattern Recognition.*Reviewer.

7th International Conference on Intelligent Human Systems Integration: Integrating People and Intelligent Systems, University of Palermo, Italy (IHSI 2024).*Reviewer.

Nature Masterclasses: Focus on Peer Review, Trusted reviewer community: https://masterclasses.nature.com/myprofile*Participation, Certificate.

The 4th International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies 2024 (ICECET).*Participation.

Artificial Intelligence in Genomics, Bridging Molecular Diagnostics from Bench to Computer. 2024 National Hands-on Advanced Genomics Workshop, Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM) and Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat, Atmiya University collaboration with Dr. Lahiri, Sunway University, Malaysia.*Participation.

Multidisciplinary Journal of Engineering and Technology, ISSN: 3007-6900.*Reviewer.

5th International Conference on Data Science and Applications (ICDSA), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS)*Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer.

3rd 2024 IEEE World Conference on Applied Intelligence and Computing (AIC2024).*Reviewer.

2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Theory and Applications (AITA 2024), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS).*Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer.

Journal of Medinformatics (MEDIN).*Reviewer.

5th Congress on Intelligent Systems (CIS 2024), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS)*Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer*.

3rd International Conference on Advances in Data-driven Computing and Intelligent Systems (ADCIS 2024), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS)*Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer*.

2025 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS), Pittsburg, Philadelphia, USA*.Reviewer.

International Conference on Information Technology and Intelligence, track ITI2024, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS)*, Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer.

American Chemical Society (ACS)*.

Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 4th International Conference on Intelligent Vision and Computing (ICIVC 2024), Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer.*

Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 3rd Congress on Smart Computing Technologies (CSCT), Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer.*

Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer,, International Conference on Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence (February 24-26, ITAI2025), Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS).*

Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer,, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 7th International Conference on Communication and Computational Technologies.*

Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 2nd World Congress on Smart Computing (WCSC).*

Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 3rd International Conference on Power Engineering and Intelligent Systems, PEIS2025.*

Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 2nd International Conference on Computing and Machine Learning, CML2025*

Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and reviewer, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 2nd International Conference on Business Intelligence and Data Analytics (BIDA)*

Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 5th International Conference on Computer Vision and Robotics (CVR2025)*

2025 Institutional Review Board (IRB) Application Workshop, strategies for navigating the new IRB application, best practices, essential guidelines, and approval processes, Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA^^

Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer, International Conference on AI and Robotics, track February 24-26, AIR2025, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS)*

Technical Program Committee (TPC) member and Reviewer, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), 6th World Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Advances and Applications (track WCAIAA2025, February 24-26, 2025)*

Lesion, Infarct Volumes, and Small-artery Occlusions": $10,000. (Direct costs, Effort=100%, Pilot funding), [**33], [**2024:47], Poster, Github, Springer Intelligent Sustainable Systems. Paper, Presentation video, PPT., GitHub, Poster 1, Poster 2.

15. National Science Foundation South Carolina Established Program for Stem Cooperative Research (SC EPSCoR), RII Track-1 Award, Grant/award/project title: “AI-enabled Devices for the Advancement of Personalized and Transformative Healthcare in South Carolina (ADAPT)", GAIN CRP Subaward, Clemson University (Grants for Applications in Industry and Networking Collaborative Research Program): AI-Enabled Construction of Aligned Collagen Using Two-Photon Techniques (May 1, 2024- August 31, 2025): Total Award (Direct and indirect costs)