Saroj Sah
Research Associate Biology, Chair's Office, Biology Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Biology Department
Bldg. 463, Room B-108
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-2221
(631) 344-7746
ssah@bnl.gov
Dr. Saroj Sah is a Research Associate in the Biology Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where he conducts research in Dr. John Shanklin’s laboratory. His work focuses on plant lipid metabolism and synthetic biology, with the goal of enhancing triacylglycerol (TAG) and total fatty acid (TFA) accumulation in plants.
Dr. Sah applies molecular genetics, multi-gene pathway engineering, and integrated multi-omics approaches—including metabolomics, proteomics, and transcriptomics—to dissect and optimize metabolic networks that control carbon partitioning. His research targets plastidial metabolic shunts, intracellular transport processes, and lipid assembly pathways to improve oil production in Arabidopsis, Camelina, and other oilseed crops. Through these efforts, he aims to advance sustainable bioenergy and bioproduct development.
Education
Ph.D (Molecular Biology), Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, USA
Selected Publications
- Sah SK, Zhai Z, Shi H, et al (2025) Expression of a Bacterial Trehalose 6-Phosphate Synthase Gene otsA in Camelina sativa Seeds Promotes the Channelling of Carbon Towards Oil Accumulation. Plant Biotechnology Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.70506
- Liu H, Blanford J, Shi H, et al (2025) Trehalose 6-phosphate activates Target of Rapamycin in plants. https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.11.693803
- Fan J, Sah SK, Lemes Jorge G, et al (2024) Arabidopsis trigalactosyldiacylglycerol1 mutants reveal a critical role for phosphtidylcholine remodeling in lipid homeostasis. The Plant Journal 120:788–798. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.17020
- Sah SK, Fan J, Blanford J, et al (2023) Physiological Functions of Phospholipid:Diacylglycerol Acyltransferases. Plant And Cell Physiology 65:863–871. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcad106
- Yu L, Shen W, Fan J, et al (2023) A chloroplast diacylglycerol lipase modulates glycerolipid pathway balance in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal 115:335–350. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16228
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Biology Department
Bldg. 463, Room B-108
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-2221
(631) 344-7746
ssah@bnl.gov
