Rate My Professor Ravi Tiwari

Professor Ravi Tiwari is an Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology in the School of Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences, College of Environmental and Life Sciences, at Murdoch University. He serves as the Academic Chair of Genetics and Molecular Biology undergraduate programs. Tiwari holds a Bachelor of Science from Meerut University (1976–1978) and a PhD from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India (1981–1986), with his doctoral thesis titled 'Studies on the molecular regulation of nitrogenase in Azotobacter vinelandii.' He has been a faculty member at Murdoch University since 1990, contributing significantly to the former Centre for Rhizobium Studies and now focusing on molecular microbiology within the current school structure.

A molecular microbiologist, Tiwari's research centers on genome architecture, gene expression, and physiology in microbes of agricultural and environmental significance, including symbiotic nitrogen-fixing rhizobia, haloarchaea, and plant-associated bacteria. His work supports sustainable agriculture through improved legume-rhizobium symbioses and microbial applications in bioindustry. He has co-authored over 85 peer-reviewed publications, with more than 1,800 citations on Google Scholar. Key publications include 'The Mendelian pea pan-plastome: insights into genomic communications during organelle evolution' (2024, Genomics Communications), 'Haloferax and the Haloferacaceae: Potential role in bioindustry' (2025, Journal of Hazardous Materials), 'Complete Genome Sequence of the Ice-Nucleation-Active Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Strain ICE1' (2023, Microbiology Resource Announcements), 'History of rhizobia inoculants use for improving performance of legume crops' (2020, book chapter), and numerous genome sequencing papers such as 'Genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium sp. WSM1253' (2015, Standards in Genomic Sciences) and 'Genome sequence of Ensifer sp. TW10' (2013, Standards in Genomic Sciences). Tiwari has supervised multiple honours and PhD theses on rhizobial genomics and bacterial physiology. In teaching, he coordinates the Molecular Biology unit (BIO282) and has earned recognition for excellence, including the Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence, a 2014 Australian Awards for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, and an Australia-India Senior Visiting Fellowship (2012–2013) for research on signal transduction in symbiotic bacteria.