Post Doctoral Fellow (Ongoing)

1. Dr. Lizy Kanungo, Ph.D. (BITS BioCyTiH Founded funded Project) 

Area of Research: Biochips, mycotoxins, food safety and quality, milk & Milk products

PhD (ongoing) as main supervisor 

 2. SAPNA SUDAN,  ID No: 2019PHXP0051G (Institute funded Fellowship)

Area of   research: “Nanomaterials, Biosensors, Antibiotics, AMR”  

3. SHOBHA MULE  ID No: 2020PHXP0048G (SRF, Birla Carbon funded Project)

 Area of research:   “Biosensor, Bio- nanomaterials, remediation”

4. NEELAMMA MK,  ID No: 2021PHXP0011G (SRF, BITS BoCyTiH Foundation funded  Project)

Area     of research: Electro-chemical Biosensors,  Mycotoxin Analysis,  nanotechnology

5. LAKSHMI RAJAN,  ID No:   2021PHXP0007G (SRF, BITS BoCyTiH Foundation funded Project)

Area of   research: Biosensors for AFB1 analysis, nanomaterial, microfluidics

6. RIDA HASHAMI, ID No. 2023PHXF0016G (BITS BoCyTiH Foundation funded Project)

Area of research: Biosensors, urea, enzymes, environment, water

7. Nirmal Kumar, I.D.No.- 2023PHXP0440G (Department of Biotechnology DBT-BUILDER funded Project)

Coursework -ongoing

Area of Research: Biosensor, nanomaterials, food safety, antibiotic residues

PhD (ongoing) as Co-Supervisor under collaborative projects

8. Pritish Raj Shukla, ID No. 2021PHXF0051G (SRF, Birla Carbon Funded Project)

Prime Minister's Research Fellow (PMRF), Research area: Resource recovery, microbial degradation

Supervisor: Prof Utpal Roy (Department of Biological Sciences, Goa Campus)

9. Rishikesh Girish Datar, ID No. 2020PHXF0082G (BITS BioCYTiH Foundation funded project)

Area of Research : Transistors, devices, biosensors, environmental analysis

Supervisor: Prof Gautam Bacher (Dept of EE &I, Goa Campus)

10. Adrija Ghosh. ID No. 2024PHXP0046G (Funded through Center for Research Excellence in Semiconductor Technologies CREST collaborative Project)

Course work (ongoing), Area of Research: Devices, thin films, biosensors

Supervisor: Prof Abhijit Pethe (Dept of EE&I, Goa Campus)

Former Post-Doc     

11. Dr Arnab Dutta (BITS BioCyTiH Founded funded Project) 

PhD (Univ of Calcutta)

Area of Research: Imprinted Polymers, Aflatoxin B1, food analysis

Ph.D. Alumni  (as main supervisor)

 12.  Dr. K. DESHPANDE  (Ph.D. awarded in 2012)

Area of research: “Novel Biosensor Techniques for Environmental Analysis of Pesticides and Heavy Metals”

Currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Goa University.

Thesis Title: “Novel Biosensor Techniques for Environmental Analysis of Pesticides and Heavy Metals”

13. Dr. RUPESH KUMAR MISHRA   (Ph.D. awarded in 2013)

Area of research: “Biosensors, Biochips and Pesticide residue analysis”

PDF in France and UC San Diego, currently working at Discovery Park, Purdue

Thesis Title: “Development of Novel Biosensing Micro Techniques for Analysis of Pesticide Residues and Heavy Metals in Water and Milk”

14. Dr. LIZY KANUNGO (Ph.D. awarded in 2014)

Area of research: “High sensitivity assay, Aflatoxins, Milk and Peanuts, Immunoassays”

Currently working as Post Doctoral Fellow (Research Associate III) within Biosensor Lab.

Thesis Title: “Development of Novel Biosensing Techniques for Analysis of Aflatoxins in Food Products”

15. Dr. GEETESH KUMAR MISHRA (Ph.D. awarded in 2015)

Area of research: “Flow Injection analysis, Enzyme thermistor, Quartz Crystal Microbalance, Urea and Antibiotic residues, Bacterial Sensing”

Post-Doctoral fellow Sabanci University, Turkey,  Sr Scientist in Industry.

Thesis Title: “Novel Biosensor Techniques for Analysis of Food Contaminants and Clinical Analytes”

16. Dr. GAUTAM BACHER, M.Tech., Ph.D. (Ph.D. thesis awarded in 2015)

Area of research: “Micro-devices, Bio-Impedance, Interdigitated Electrodes”

Currently working as Associate  Professor in Department of EE&I, BITS, Pilani-KK Birla Goa Campus.

Thesis Title: “Development of Novel Micro-biosensor Devices for Bioanalysis”

17. Dr. SOUVIK PAL (Ph.D. thesis awarded in 2016) 

Currently working at CDAC Kolkata

Area of research: “Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Biosensors, environmental and clinical analytes”

Thesis Title: “Nanoparticle Based Biosensors for Environmental and Clinical Analysis

18. Dr. ATUL SHARMA (Ph.D. thesis awarded in 2018) 

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Jean-Louis MARTY, University of Perpignan, FRANCE

Area of research: “Antibiotic Residue Analysis, Biosensors”

PDF : Monash University Australia, currently at Tufts University USA

Thesis Title: Development of Novel Aptasensing Techniques for Detection of Mycotoxins and Antibiotic Residues in Food and Beverages

19. Dr. ARUNA CHANDRA SING, Ph.D. thesis awarded (2019) 

Area of research: “Endocrine Disruptors and Xenobiotics, Biosensor”

PDF : Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

Thesis Title: Development of Novel Biosensors for Detection and Analysis of Endocrine Disruptors 17β-Estradiol and Bisphenol A in Water,

20. Dr. ARUN KUMAR PRUSTY  Ph.D. thesis awarded (2020) 

Area of research: “Bioelectronics, Antibiotics, Herbicides”

Thesis Title: Development of Polymer Based Capacitive Sensors for Analysis of Herbicide and Antibiotic Residue in Water and Milk

21. Dr. KRISHNA KUMARI SWAIN Ph.D. thesis awarded (2021) 

Area of research: “Inorganic Chemistry, Bacterial detection, Environmental Chemistry, Bio-analytical Chemistry”

Thesis Title: Development of Miniaturized Enzyme Nanoprobes for Analysis of Heavy Metal Ions in Water and Seafood using Optical Biosensors

Co-Supervisor (Prof AP Koley, Dept of Chemistry Goa Campus)

PDF at IIT Madras

Co-supervised PhD 

22. Dr. REHAN DESJMUKH Ph.D. thesis awarded (Dec 2020)

Supervisor (Prof Utpal Roy, Biological Sciences)

Area of research: “Microbial Biosensing and RTPCR techniques

Thesis Title: Development of Rapid and Sensitive Molecular Methods for the detection and quantification of E. Coli. in water

Currently: Assistant Professor MIT WPU Pune

23. Dr. POONAM SINGH, ID. No.  2014PHXF0402P thesis awarded (2023)

       Research Area: Aptamers, pesticides , electro-chemical biosensors

     Supervisor: Prof SK Verma (Biological Sciences, Pilani Campus)

24. Dr.  SHREYAS DESHPANDE,   ID No:   2017PHXF0422G thesis awarded (2024)

  Title of Thesis :  Development of Micro/Nano Interdigitated Electrodes Devices For   Ultra-sensitive and Reliable Biosensors

Supervisor:   Prof.  Gautam Bacher (EEE&I Goa Campus)

Currently PDF in France

FIRST DEGREE THESIS  SUPERVISION (On Campus/Off Campus) 

1. Malika Chibber " A platform for conducting on-line sleep studies in the wild"  carried out Off Campus Thesis at MIT Media Lab, Boston, USA (2022)

2. Suraj S.M. "Analysis of Trends in New Business Ventures in the domain of Chemistry" carried out off Campus Thesis at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France (2021)

i3. Manav Dhingra "Adsorption and decomposition of chemical contaminants on Zinc oxide surfac" off campus thesis carried out at BARC Mumbai.

4. Vaibhav Bajaj “Fluorescence biosensors” off campus thesis carried out at National Physical Laboratory N Delhi.

5. Bharat BR (biosensors)  on Campus thesis in Biosensor lab.

6. Dharmateja V. (Optical biosensors) On Campus thesis in Biosensor Lab.

7. .Laxmi J. (Nanoaprticle biosensor) On Campus Thesis in Biosensor Lab.

8. .Mukund Thyagrajan (Immunoassay) 2005 on Campus thesis at Dept of Chemistry Pilani Campus

Past Researchers associated with Funded Projects/ Fellowships

1. Mr. Divya Pratap Singh: 2009 - 2010. Project Fellow CSIR project

2. Ms. Deepti C. Parab : 2009 - 2011. Office Assistant (NAIP ICAR Project)

3. Ms. Pranali Naik: 2013 - 2014. (Technical Asst. NAIP ICAR project)

4. Mrs. Ritika M. Patras: 2013. Project Fellow NAIP  ICAR Project

5. Ms Dnyanda Prabhu 2017-19, (SRF NASF ICAR Project)