Dr. Nirali M. Raiyani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology with a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Saurashtra University, Rajkot. She possesses over 8 years of research experience and 3 years of teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

She secured the University First Rank and Gold Medal in M.Sc. Microbiology and qualified the ICAR-NET examination. She was also awarded the prestigious DST-INSPIRE Fellowship for her doctoral research. Her research focuses on Environmental Microbiology, Metagenomics, Molecular Biology, Microbial Diversity, and Microbial Biotechnology, particularly the exploration of microbial communities and biocatalytic potential from saline and marine environments.

She has published research papers in reputed national and international journals and has presented her work at numerous scientific conferences, earning several awards for her poster and oral presentations. With expertise in molecular biology techniques, metagenomics, bioinformatics, and microbial biotechnology, she is committed to promoting academic excellence, research aptitude, and scientific curiosity among students while contributing to advancements in biological sciences.

• Raiyani, N. M., Dangar, K. G. and Singh, S. P. (2026). Mining salt pan soil metagenome for functional screening of enzymes. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences.  53 (8), 543-551. e-ISSN (2582-6727). DOI: https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v53i08.27333.
• Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. (2023). Microbial community and predictive functionalities associated with the marine sediment of Coastal Gujarat. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(15), 43245-43266. ISSN (0944-1344). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25196-1 

• Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. (2020). Taxonomic and functional profiling of the microbial communities of Arabian Sea: A Metagenomics approach. ISSN No. Genomics, 112(6), 4361-4369.  ISSN (0888-7543) DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.07.024.

• Raiyani, N. M., Georrge, J. J., Herma, T. H., and Singh, S. P. (2020). Designing and evaluation of metagenomics 16S rRNA gene primers. Proceedings of the National Conference on Innovations in Biological Sciences (NCIBS) 2020, Available at SSRN 3567789. 

• Dangar, K. G., Raiyani, N. M., Pandya, R. D. and Singh, S. P. (2017). Uncultivated Lineages and Host–Microbe Interaction in Saline Environment. In Understanding Host-Microbiome Interactions-An Omics Approach (pp. 13-28). Springer, Singapore. ISBN (9789811050497) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5050-3

• Junnarkar, N., Pandhi, N., Raiyani, N.  M., Bhatt, N., and Raiyani, R. (2015). “Production of LiP by Phanerochaete chrysosporium MTCC 787 through solid state fermentation of wheat straw and assessing its activity against Reactive Black B, International Journal of Advanced Research, 4(1), 812- 819. ISSN (2320-5407).

1. One day workshop on “Research methodology” jointly organized under the promotion of research facilities scheme of the Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat (KCG) and M. G. Science Institute (Ahmedabad) on 3rd January, 2026.
   
2. “National conference on women in science, 28th February, 2020, Department of Physics, Saurashtra University. (Organized by Female science faculties on the occasion of National science day).
3. “First national psychology fair of Gujarat, 27th-28th February, 2020, Saurashtra University, Rajkot. (Organized by Department of psychology) (Awarded gold medal for DST INSPIRE fellowship)
4. Participated in “Metagenomic Data Analysis”, 10th-14th February 2020, Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC), Gandhinagar. (Organized by VNSGU and GBRC).
5. Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. “Construction and analysis of marine sediment metagenomic library to mine biocatalysts” National conference on Innovations in biological Sciences, 10th January, 2020, organized by UGC-CAS Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot. (Poster Presentation) (Awarded 2nd Rank)
6. Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. “Taxonomic and functional analysis of the microbial communities of seawater and sediment using metagenomics” DST-INSPIRE Fellowship Review Meeting. Nirma University, Ahmedabad on 26th July, 2019. (Poster Presentation)
7. Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. “Taxonomic and functional analysis of the microbial communities of Seawater and Sediment using Metagenomics”  National conference on New horizons of biological sciences organized by UGC-CAS Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot on 26th February, 2019. (Poster presentation) (Awarded 3rd Rank)
8. Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. “Taxonomic and functional profile of microbial communities of saline habitats explored by metagenomics” in two days international conference on Present-Day Biology: A Bastion for Social and Sustainable Development organized by the Department of Biochemistry-Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad on 4th-5th January, 2019. (Poster presentation)
9. Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. “Taxonomic and functional profiling of the microbial communities of Seawater by metagenomics approach” in state level paper presentation competition in Science Excellence-2018 at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (India), 20th September, 2018. (Oral presentation) (Awarded 2nd Rank)
   
10. Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. “Taxonomic and functional insight into the microbial communities of Arabian Sea assessed by metagenomics” National conference on synthetic biology approaches in drug discovery and microbial biotechnology organized by Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad on 8th-9th March 2018. (Poster Presentation)
11. Participated in one day workshop on “Patent search using free or paid data bases” organized by Industry Institute Interaction Cell and Dept. of Pharmaceutical science, Saurashtra University. Rajkot (Gujarat) on 30th August, 2017.
12. Participated in workshop on "Data Analysis Using SPSS" organized by Department of Statistics, Saurashtra University, Rajkot on 31st July 2017.
13. Participated in State level Workshop on “Computer Aided Drug Discovery” at Christ College, Rajkot, Gujarat, India, 23rd April, 2017.
14. One day workshop on “Anti-Plagiarism Awareness program and Urkund” workshop funded by IQAC on 24th March, 2017 at NFDD Complex, Saurashtra University, Rajkot (Gujarat).
15. Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. “Evaluation of metagenomic DNA extraction and amplification of 16S rRNA genes of Haloalkaliphilic bacteria by metagenomic PCR primers in UGC-CAS National conference on “Biodiversity and Bioresource Utilization” sponsored by IQAC, Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra university, Rajkot on 9th-10th March 2017. (Poster Presentation)
16. MHRD-UGC-GIAN Government of India sponsored short term course on “Metagenomic & Microbiomes” organized by the UGC-CAS Dept. of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India during 20th-25th February, 2017.
17. National workshop on “Computational tools for Genomics & Proteomics Data Analysis” Sponsored by ICAR-Network project on Agricultural Bioinformatics at NBAIM from 14th-17th February, 2017.
18. International symposium on “computational Biology and DNA computing” organized by GSBTM, DST, GoG and DA-IICT at Gandhinagar, Gujarat (India) on 26th November, 2016.
19. “Impact of climate Change on coastal Ecosystem (ICE)” national workshop organized by CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, Gujarat on 9th-10th June, 2016.
20. One Day National Seminar on ‘Advances in Life Sciences research’ (BiYom-2016) organized by School of Life Sciences, CUG, Gujarat on 1st March, 2016. (Oral Presentation)
21. Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. “Optimization of the extraction of metagenomic DNA from sea water of Gujarat coast” in two days international conference held at PDEA’s Annasaheb Magar Mahavidyalaya, Hadapsar, Pune on 9th-10th February, 2016. (Poster presentation) Won Best Poster Award, Awarded Silver Medal
22. GUJCOST Approved Short Term Training Programme on “Role of informatics in modern life science-2015” organized by departments of Biotechnology and Nanotechnology, V. V. P. Engineering College, Rajkot during 14th-18th December, 2015.
23. Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. “Search for novel biocatalysts from the saline habitats through the function based metagenomic approach” in one day seminar of “Science Excellence-2015”at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (India), 26th September, 2015. (Oral presentation)
24. One Day International Workshop on Low Carbon Development on 2nd August, 2015 at Rajkot.
25. Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. “Extraction of the total environmental DNA and construction of the saline soil metagenomic library for the screening of protease and lipase” in UGC-CAS National conference on “Biodiversity and Bioresource Utilization” organized by Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra university, Rajkot on 17th-18th March, 2015. (Oral Presentation)
26. Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. “Extraction of the total environmental DNA and construction of the saline soil metagenomic library for the screening of amylase” In UGC sponsored one day National seminar on “Recent Advances in Biochemical Research” organized by Department of Biochemistry, Saurashtra University, Rajkot on 14th February, 2015. (Poster presentation)
27. Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. “Extraction of the total environmental DNA and construction of the metagenomic library to explore novel protease gene sequence from the salt enriched soil near salt pan” in 4th “Annual Research Seminar” 2014 organized by Department of biosciences, Saurashtra university, Rajkot on 15th-16th April, 2014. (Poster presentation)
28. Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. “Extraction of the total environmental DNA and construction of the metagenomic library to explore novel protease gene sequence from the salt-enriched soil near salt pan”in GSBTM sponsored one day National Seminar on “Microbes and Industrial Biotechnology” at Saurashtra University, Rajkot (India), 29th March, 2014. (Poster presentation)
29. Raiyani, N. M. and Singh, S. P. “Extraction of the total environmental DNA and construction of the metagenomic library to explore novel protease gene sequence from the salt enriched soil near salt pan” in GUJCOST sponsored one day seminar of “Science Excellence-2014” at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (India), 4th January, 2014. (Oral presentation)
30. One day workshop on “HPLC” organized by department of biotechnology, Shree M. & N. Virani Science College, Rajkot on 29th June 2012.
31. 5th National Level Science Symposium 2012 on “Recent Trends in Science and Technology” organized by Christ college, Rajkot on 18th March 2012. (Poster presentation)
32. Science Academies lecture Workshop on “Recent advances in biological sciences” organized by Shree M. & N. Virani Science College, Rajkot on 5th-6th march, 2012.
33. One day workshop on “IPR & Patenting” organized by Department of Biotechnology, Shree M. & N. Virani Science College, Rajkot on 18th January, 2012.
34. UGC sponsored One day National level seminar on “Recent advances in microbial technology” organized by Department of Microbiology, Shree M. & N. Virani Science College, Rajkot on 28th February, 2011. (Poster presentation)
35. One day National conference on “Environment and climate”
    organized by Biology Department of Shree M.V.M Sci. & Home Sci. College, Rajkot on 13th February 2011. (Poster presentation)
36. Crash workshop on biotechnology “To train the students for national competitive examinations” organized by Department of Biotechnology, JAU and GSBTM, Junagadh on 1st January, 2011.