·    Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Fellowship                                                                             Sept 2022-Aug 2024

Purdue University, IN, USA

·      Research Associateship (RA)                                                                                Apr 2019-Apr 2022

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

·      Best poster Award                                                                                               22-25 Nov, 2015

Annual Conference of Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI),

New Horizons in Biotechnology, Trivandrum, India.)

·      Centre for International Mobility (CIMO) fellowship                                              Oct 2014-Apr 2015

VVT Technical Research Centre, Espoo Finland &

University of Helsinki, Finland.

·      UGC-JRF (AIR-66)                                                                                                                   Mar 2013

University Grant Commission Fellowship for Junior Research Fellow

B.Tech Course:

- CB102: Environmental Science (with Dr. Susmita Sharma)

1.     Rwivoo Baruah, P. Pramod Kumar, Surabhi Gangani, K.V. Harish Prashanth, Prakash. M. Halami. (2023) Structural characteristics and functional properties of a fucose containing prebiotic exopolysaccharide from Bifidobacterium breve NCIM 5671. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 134(11), lxad262. https://doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxad262 (JIF:4.0)    

2.     Rwivoo Baruah, Mousumi Ray and Prakash M Halami. Preventive and Therapeutic aspects of Fermented Foods (2022). Journal of Applied Microbiology 132(5), 3476-3489. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.15444 (JIF:3.7)   

3.     Aruna Rani, Rwivoo Baruah and Arun Goyal (2019). Prebiotic chondroitin sulphate disaccharide isolated from chicken keel bone exhibiting anticancer potential against human colon cancer cells. Nutrition and Cancer 71(5), 825-839. (JIF 2.3). 

4.     Rwivoo Baruah, Barsha Deka, Niharika Kashyap, and Arun Goyal. (2018)"Dextran Utilization during its synthesis by Weissella cibaria RBA12 can be overcome by Fed-Batch fermentation in a bioreactor." Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 184, 1-11. (JIF 1.7)    

5.     Rwivoo Baruah, Barsha Deka and Arun Goyal* (2017) Purification and characterization of dextransucrase from Weissella cibaria RBA12 and its application in in vitro synthesis of prebiotic oligosaccharides in mango and pineapple juices. LWT Food Science and Technology. 84, 449–456. (JIF 3.1)

6.     Aruna Rani, Rwivoo Baruah and Arun Goyal (2017) Physicochemical, antioxidant and biocompatible properties of chondroitin sulphate isolated from chicken keel bone for potential biomedical applications. Carbohydrate Polymers 159, 11-19.  (JIF 5.1)

7.     Rwivoo Baruah, Ndegwa H. Maina, Kati Katina, Riikka Juvonen and Arun Goyal (2017) Functional food applications of dextran from Weissella cibaria RBA12 from Pummelo (Citrus maxima). International Journal of Food Microbiology. 242, 124-131 (JIF 3.4)

8.     Rwivoo Baruah, Deeplina Das and *Arun Goyal (2016) Heteropolysaccharides from Lactic acid bacteria: Current trends and applications. Journal of Probiotics and Health, 4(2), 141. (JIF 1.7).

9.     Shraddha Shukla, Anil Verma, Ilkka Kajala, Antti Nyyssolä, Rwivoo Baruah, Kati Katina, Riikka Juvonen, Maija Tenkanen and *Arun Goyal (2016) Structure modelling and functional analysis of recombinant dextransucrase from Weissella confusa Cab3 expressed in Lactococcus lactis. Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 46, 822-832. (JIF 1.2)

10.   Rwivoo Baruah and Arun Goyal (2015). Hyper glucansucrase, glucan and oligosaccharide producing novel Weissella cibaria RBA12 isolated from Pummelo (Citrus maxima). Annals of Microbiology. 65, 2301-2310. (JIF 1.0)

11.   Deeplina Das, Rwivoo Baruah and *Arun Goyal (2014). A food additive with prebiotic properties of an ?-D-glucan from Lactobacillus plantarum DM5. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 69: 20-26. (JIF 3.1)

12.   Damini Kothari, Rwivoo Baruah and *Arun Goyal (2012) Immobilization of glucansucrase for the production of gluco-oligosaccharides from Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-1426. Biotechnology Letters, 34: 2101-2106. (JIF 1.8)

13.   Kiran B*, Rwivoo Baruah, Rakshit Ojha, Lalitha V and Raveesha K A (2011).  Antibacterial and antioxidant activity of Coffea benghalensis Roxb.ex Schult. fruit against human bacteria. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences. 2(3), 856-865.

Book Chapters

1. Rwivoo Baruah, Kumari Rajshree and Prakash M Halami (2022), Exopolysaccharide producing microorganisms for functional food industry. In book Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering (pp. 337-354). Elsevier https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823506-5.00016-3
2. Rwivoo Baruah and Prakash M Halami (2021). Microbial gums: Current trends and application. In book: Bioprospecting of microorganism based industrial molecules. Wiley https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119717317.ch3.
3. Rwivoo Baruah and Arun Goyal (2022). Exopolysaccharides from lactic acid bacteria in fermented foods and beverages  In book: LAB in food biotechnology: Innovations and Functional aspects,  (pp. 337-354). Elsevier.
4. Rwivoo Baruah, Anu Appaiah KA and Prakash M Halami.(2020) Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Karnataka. In: Tamang J. (eds) Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of India: Science History and Culture. Springer, Singapore https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1486-9_9
5. Rwivoo Baruah and Arun Goyal. (2019) “Exopolysaccharides from Genus Weissella and their Functional Applications”. In book: Microbial Exopolysaccharides: Current Research and Developments (Edited by: Özlem Ate? Duru). Caister Academic Press, U.K. https://doi.org/10.21775/9781912530267.07
6. Rwivoo Baruah, Krishan Kumar, and Arun Goyal. (2019) "Functional Foods and Their Health Benefits." High Value Fermentation Products: Human Welfare 2: 127-145.
7. Mousumi Ray, Ashwhini Manjunath, Rwivoo Baruah., & Prakash M Halami. (2023). Enzymes from Lactic Acid Bacteria for Nutraceuticals Production. In Microbial Enzymes in Production of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (pp. 25-44). CRC Press.
8. Anurag R Pujari, Rwivoo Baruah & Stephen R Lindemann (2025). Lignocellulosic Waste Streams: A Promising Source for Novel Prebiotics via Enzymatic Conversion. In Advances in Biomass Volarizations Technologies: Insights, Challenges and Prospects. Routledge Press (Taylor & Francis Group) (In press).

General Articles

Rwivoo Baruah, Shweta Singh and Arun Goyal (2016). Microbial diversity in fermented food products in Northeast Himalayan Region. ENVIS Bulletin Himalayan Ecology, Vol 23 pp 92-98.

·      Invited Speaker                                                                                                                       Jan- Feb 2020

27th Indian Convention of Food Scientists and Technologists, Tezpur University,

Tezpur, Assam India.

·     Invited Speaker                                                                                                   May 2024

Midwest Microbiome Symposium,

organised by Purdue Applied Microbiome Sciences (PAMS).