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Dr. Sangita Roy

Associate Professor (Scientist-E)

Our research focuses on the design and development of multifunctional peptide-based hydrogels as next-generation biomaterials for tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and advanced disease modeling. We develop multicomponent hydrogel systems using short bioactive peptides inspired by key ECM proteins (laminin, collagen, fibronectin, elastin, entactin, cadherin, perlecan, tenascin) and carbohydrate-based polysaccharides (heparan sulfate, cellulose, chondroitin sulfate) to closely mimic the structural, biochemical, and biophysical features of native ECM. Using pathway-dependent self-assembly, we access diverse non-equilibrium hydrogel properties such as tunable stiffness, nanostructure, and surface functionality from a single gelator system by modulating environmental conditions (pH, temperature, metal ion coordination, or enzymatic triggers). These tunable properties allow us to tailor the hydrogels for specific biological applications. We employ 2D, 3D and co-culture in vitro models to evaluate cell–matrix interactions, including cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation. The designed hydrogels are also optimized as bioinks for 3D bioprinting, where we study rheological properties, printability, and post-printing stability to fabricate complex, tissue-like architectures. Furthermore, we are developing organotypic 3D cancer models by incorporating tumor cells, fibroblasts, and endothelial cells within the hydrogel matrices to simulate the tumor microenvironment for realistic drug testing. We also examine the hemostatic properties, immunogenicity, and gene expression profiles of encapsulated cells, providing insights into wound healing and tissue repair mechanisms. Finally, our group is exploring the commercialization potential of these hydrogels by evaluating their scalability, reproducibility, and translational scope, with the long-term goal of creating clinically viable, customizable biomaterials for regenerative and personalized medicine.

Contact Information :

    • Designing ECM-Inspired Minimalist Peptide Hydrogels

    Our research focuses on designing ECM-inspired minimalist peptide hydrogels that mimic the native extracellular matrix in both structure and function. These bioinspired materials are engineered from short bioactive peptides capable of spontaneous self-assembly into nanofibrous networks, providing an ideal microenvironment for cellular adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation.

    • Multi-hierarchical Assembly of Bioactive Peptides with Biopolymers

    We design multicomponent hydrogel systems by integrating peptide-based scaffolds with biopolymers such as heparan sulfate, chondroitin sulfate, and cellulose, emulating the complex biochemical composition of native ECM. This multi-hierarchical assembly enhances biocompatibility, bioactivity, and mechanical strength, creating advanced scaffolds for regenerative and tissue engineering applications.

    • Pathway-Dependent Non-Equilibrium Peptide Self-Assembly

    We employ pathway-dependent self-assembly to achieve non-equilibrium hydrogel states with diverse properties such as tunable nanostructure, stiffness, and surface chemistry from a single molecular system. Environmental stimuli like pH, temperature, ions, or enzymatic triggers direct distinct self-assembly routes, enabling the creation of structurally and functionally diverse biomaterials.

    • Applications in 3D Bioprinting and Organotypic 3D Cancer Models

    Our hydrogels serve as bioinks for 3D bioprinting, exhibiting excellent rheological behavior, printability, and post-printing stability for constructing complex, cell-laden tissue architectures. Additionally, we employ these hydrogels to create organotypic 3D cancer models, integrating tumor, stromal, and endothelial cells to study tumor-stroma interactions, metastasis, and therapeutic response.

    • Green Energy Applications and Translational Potential

    Beyond biomedical use, our peptide-based nanostructures are explored for green energy applications, including sustainable materials for catalysis and electrochemical energy storage. We also focus on scalability, reproducibility, and commercialization, translating these biomimetic materials into viable technologies for energy and healthcare sectors.

Current Group Members

  • MANSHI

    MANSHI

    Email: manshi.ph24229@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH24229

  • DEEPTI SHARMA

    DEEPTI SHARMA

    Email: deepti.ph24222@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH24222

  • SUPRIYA

    SUPRIYA

    Email: supriya.ph24206@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH24206

  • CHETNA

    CHETNA

    Email: chetna.ph23235@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH23235

  • KARUNA

    KARUNA

    Email: karuna.ph23227@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH23227

  • MR. RANIT BHANDARY

    MR. RANIT BHANDARY

    Email: ranit.ph22215@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH22215

  • MR. RAKESH KUMAR

    MR. RAKESH KUMAR

    Email: rakesh.ph21231@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH21231

  • MS. SWETA MOHANTY

    MS. SWETA MOHANTY

    Email: sweta.ph21250@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH21250

  • MS. SHAMBHAVI

    MS. SHAMBHAVI

    Email: shambhavi.ph20222@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH20222

  • MS. JAPLEEN KAUR

    MS. JAPLEEN KAUR

    Email: japleen.ph20221@inst.ac.in

    Reg. No.: PH20221

Alumni

  • MR. SOURAV SEN

    MR. SOURAV SEN

    Reg. No.: PH18211

    Designation: PhD Scholar

    Present Affiliation: Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Nottingham, UK

    Aug 2018 - May 2024

  • MR. VIJAY KUMAR PAL

    MR. VIJAY KUMAR PAL

    Reg. No.: PH16235

    Designation: PhD Scholar

    Present Affiliation: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Porto, Portugal

    Jan 2017 - Sep 2022

  • MS. POOJA SHARMA

    MS. POOJA SHARMA

    Reg. No.: PH16220

    Designation: PhD Scholar

    Present Affiliation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Aug 2016 - Sep 2022

  • MS. HARSIMRAN KAUR

    MS. HARSIMRAN KAUR

    Reg. No.: PH15208

    Designation: PhD Scholar

    Present Affiliation: Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA

    Aug 2015 - Dec 2021

  • MS. RASHMI JAIN

    MS. RASHMI JAIN

    Reg. No.: PH14203

    Designation: PhD Scholar

    Present Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Oriental College of Pharmacy, Sanpada Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Aug 2014 - Jun 2020

  • 1.

    Designing Pathway-Controlled Multicomponent Ultrashort Peptide Hydrogels with Diverse Functionalities at the Nanoscale for Directing Cellular Behavior , S. Mohanty, S. Sen, P. Sharma, S. Roy , Biomacromolecules , (2024) , 25 , 3271-3287 , https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01410

  • 2.

    Conformation Controlled Hydrogelation of Minimalistic α, γ Hybrid Peptide , S. Dasgupta, S. Sen, R. Sathe, S. Pophali, A. Kadu, R. Jain, S. Bera, S. Roy, R. Misra , Biomacromolecules , (2024) , 25 , 3715-3723 , https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00270

  • 3.

    Exploring a Solvent Dependent Strategy to Control Self-Assembling Behavior and Cellular Interaction in Laminin-Mimetic Short Peptide based Supramolecular Hydrogels , S. Kashyap, V. K. Pal, S. Mohanty, S. Roy , ChemBioChem , (2024) , 25 , e202300835 , https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202300835

  • 4.

    Designing Cardin-Motif Peptide and Heparin-Based Multicomponent Advanced Bioactive Hydrogel Scaffolds to Control Cellular Behavior , S. Sen, P. Sharma, V. K. Pal, S. Roy , Biomacromolecules , (2023) , 24 , 4923–4938 , https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00621

  • 5.

    Facile synthesis of cellulose and fly-ash based sustainable nanohybrids for thermal insulation applications , S. Sen, A. Singh, K. Kailasam, C. Bera, S. Roy , Cellulose , (2023) , 30 , 9127–9145 , https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-023-05395-2

  • 6.

    Exploring Supramolecular Interactions between the Extracellular-Matrix-Derived Minimalist Bioactive Peptide and Nanofibrillar Cellulose for the Development of an Advanced Biomolecular Scaffold , H. Kaur, P. Sharma, V. K. Pal, S. Sen, S. Roy , ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering , (2023) , 9 , 1422-1436 , https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00014

  • 7.

    Cooperative Calcium Phosphate Deposition on Collagen-Inspired Short Peptide Nanofibers for Application in Bone Tissue Engineering , V. K. Pal, S. Roy , Biomacromolecules , (2023) , 24 , 807-824 , https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01262

  • 8.

    Designing ECM-inspired supramolecular scaffolds by utilizing the interactions between a minimalistic neuroactive peptide and heparin , P. Sharma, S. Roy , Nanoscale , (2023) , 15 , 7537-7558 , https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NR06221F

  • 9.

    Cellulose nano-fiber and fly-ash based nanohybrids: a facile and sustainable thermal insulating material: , S. Sen, A. Singh, K. Kailasam, C.Bera, S. Roy , (2022) , Research Square , 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2245372/v1

  • 10.

    Biomass-derived cellulose nanofibers and iron oxide-based nanohybrids for thermal insulation application: , Sourav Sen, Ajit Singh, Kamalakannan Kailasam, Chandan Bera and Sangita Roy , (2022) , 4: 3381-3390. , Nanoscale Advances , https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NA00010E

  • 11.

    Exploring the TEMPO-Oxidized Nanofibrillar Cellulose and Short Ionic-Complementary Peptide Composite Hydrogel as Biofunctional Cellular Scaffolds: , P. Sharma, V. K. Pal, H. Kaur, S. Roy , (2022) , ASAP: ASAP , Biomacromolecules , https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00234

  • 12.

    Recent developments in biomass derived cellulose aerogel materials for thermal insulation application: a review: , S. Sen, A. Singh, C. Bera, S. Roy, K. Kailasam , (2022) , Cellulose , https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-022-04586-7

  • 13.

    Cooperative Metal Ion Coordination to the Short Self-Assembling Peptide Promotes Hydrogelation and Cellular Proliferation: , V.K. Pal, S. Roy , (2022) , 22: 2100462 , Macromol. Biosci , https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202100462

  • 14.

    An overview of latest advances in exploring bioactive peptide hydrogels for neural tissue engineering: , P. Sharma, V. K. Pal, S. Roy , (2021) , , 9: 3911-3938 , Biomater. Sci. , doi.org/10.1039/D0BM02049D

  • 15.

    Elastin-inspired supramolecular hydrogels: a multifaceted extracellular matrix protein in biomedical engineering: , A. Sharma, P. Sharma, S. Roy , (2021) , 17: 3266-3290 , Soft Matter , doi.org/10.1039/D0SM02202K

  • 16.

    Designing Nanofibrillar Cellulose Peptide conjugated polymeric hydrogel scaffold for controlling cellular behaviour: , V.K. Pal, R. Jain, S. Sen, K. Kailasam, S. Roy , (2021) , 28: 10335–10357 , Cellulose , doi.org/10.1007/s10570-021-04176-z

  • 17.

    Enzyme-Induced Supramolecular Order in Pyrene Dipeptide Hydrogels for the Development of an Efficient Energy-Transfer Template: , H. Kaur,S. Roy , (2021) , 22 (6): 2393–2407 , Biomacromolecules , doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00187

  • 18.

    Designing aromatic N-cadherin mimetic short-peptide-based bioactive scaffolds for controlling cellular behaviour: , H. Kaur, S. Roy , (2021) , 9: 5898-5913 , J. Mater. Chem. B , doi.org/10.1039/D1TB00598G

  • 19.

    Pathway-Dependent Preferential Selection and Amplification of Variable Self-Assembled Peptide Nanostructures and Their Biological Activities: , H. kaur, R. Jain, S. Roy , (2020) , 12 (47): 52445–52456 , ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces , doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c16725

  • 20.

    Accessing Highly Tunable Nanostructured Hydrogels in a Short Ionic Complementary Peptide Sequence via pH Trigger: , H. Kaur, P. Sharma, N. Patel, V. K. Pla, S. Roy , (2020) , 36 (41): 12107–12120 , Langmuir , https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01472

  • 21.

    Triggering Supramolecular Hydrogelation Using a Protein–Peptide Coassembly Approach: , R. Jain, V. K. Pal, S. Roy , (2020) , 21 (10): 4180–4193 , Biomacromolecules , doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00984

  • 22.

    Controlling Neuronal Cell Growth through Composite Laminin Supramolecular Hydrogels: , R. Jain, S. Roy , (2020) , 6(5): 2832–2846 , ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. , https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b01998

  • 23.

    Tuning the gelation behavior of short laminin derived peptides via solvent mediated self-assembly: , R. Jain,S Roy , (2020) , 108: 110483. , Mater. Sci. Eng C , 10.1016/j.msec.2019.110483

  • 24.

    Unravelling the Design Rules in Ultrashort Amyloid-Based Peptide Assemblies toward Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles: , R. Jain, G. Khandelwal,S. Roy , (2019) , 35: 5878−5889 , Langmuir , https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b04020

  • 25.

    Tuning supramolecular structure and function of collagen mimetic ionic complementary peptides via electrostatic interactions: , VK Pal, R. Jain, S. Roy , (2019) , 36 (4): 1003-1013 , Langmuir , 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02941

  • 26.

    Inducing Differential Self-Assembling Behavior in Ultrashort Peptide Hydrogelators Using Simple Metal Salts: , P. Sharma, H. Kaur,S.Roy , (2019) , 20 (7): 2610-2624 , Biomacromolecules , 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00416

  • 27.

    Designing bioactive scaffold from coassembled collagen-laminin short peptide hydrogels for controlling cell behaviour,: , R. Jain,S. Roy , (2019) , 9: 38745 – 38759. , RSC Advances , 10.1039/C9RA07454F

  • 28.

    Tunable Supramolecular Gels by Varying Thermal History: , S. Debnath†, Y.M. Abul-Haija, P. Frederix, S. Ramalhete, A. Hirst, N. Javid, N. Hunt. S. Kelly, J. Angulo, Y. Khimyak,R.V. Ulijn , (2019) , Chem. Eur. J , https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201806281

  • 29.

    Designing a Tenascin-C-Inspired Short Bioactive Peptide Scaffold to Direct and Control Cellular Behavior: , P. Sharma, H. Kaur,S. Roy , (2019) , 5 (12): 6497-6510 , ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. , https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b01115

  • 30.

    Pathway-dependent Gold Nanoparticle Formation by Biocatalytic Self-assembly: , J.K. Sahoo, N. Javid, K.L. Duncan, L.A. Aitken, R.V. Ulijn , (2017) , 9: 12330 , Nanoscale , https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR04624C

  • 31.

    Tunable Supramolecular Hydrogels for Selection of Lineage-Guiding Metabolites in Stem Cell Cultures: , E.V. Alakpa, V. Jayawarna, A. Lampel, K.V. Burgess, C.C. West, S.C.J. Bakker, N. Javid, S. Fleming, D.A. Lamprou, J. Yang, A. Miller, A.J. Urquhart, P.W.J.M. Frederix, N.T. Hunt, B.Péault, R.V. Ulijn and M. J. Dalby , (2016) , 1: 298-319. , Chem , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2016.07.001

  • 32.

    Biocatalytically Triggered Co-Assembly of Two-Component Core/Shell Nanofibers,: , Y. M. Abul-Haija, P. W. J. M. Frederix, N. Javid, V. Jayawarna and R.V. Ulijn , (2014) , 10: 973-979 , Small , https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201301668

  • 33.

    Pickering Stabilized Peptide Gel Particles as Tunable Microenvironments for Biocatalysis: , G. Scott, Y. M. Abul-Haija, S. Fleming, S. Bai and R.V. Ulijn , (2013) , 29: 14321-14327. , Langmui , https://doi.org/10.1021/la403448s

  • 34.

    Cooperative Self-Assembly of Peptide Gelators and Proteins: , N. Javid, M. Zelzer, Z. Yang, J. Sefcik and R.V. Ulijn , (2013) , 14: 4368–4376 , Biomacromolecules , https://doi.org/10.1021/bm401319c

  • 35.

    Peptide Nanofibers with Dynamic Instability through Non-Equilibrium Biocatalytic Assembly: , : S. Debnath,R.V. Ulijn, , (2013) , 135: 16789-16792 , J. Am. Chem. Soc. , https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4086353

  • 36.

    Dramatic Specific Ion Effect in Supramolecular Hydrogels: , N. Javid, P. W. J. M. Frederix, D. A. Lamprou, A. J. Urquhart, N. T. Hunt, P. J. Halling,R. V. Ulijn , (2012) , 18: 11723-11731 , Chem. Eur. J. , https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201201217

  • 37.

    Salt-Induced Control of Supramolecular Order in BiocatalyticHydrogelation: , N. Javid, J. Sefcik, P. J. Halling,R. V. Ulijn , (2012) , 28: 16664–16670 , Langmuir

  • 38.

    Exploiting CH-π Interactions in Supramolecular Hydrogels of Aromatic Carbohydrate Amphiphiles,: , L. S. Birchall, V. Jayawarna, M. Hughes, E. Irvine, G. T. Okorogheye, N. Saudi, E. De Santis, T. Tuttle, A. A. Edwards and R. V. Ulijn , (2011) , 2: 1349-1355 , Chem. Sci , https://doi.org/10.1039/C0SC00621A

  • 39.

    Supramolecular Structures of Enzyme Clusters: , N. Javid, K. Vogtt, A. R. Hirst, A. Hoell, I. W. Hamley, R. V. Ulijn and J. Sefcik , (2011) , 2: 1395-1399 , J. Phys. Chem. Lett. , https://doi.org/10.1021/jz200446j

  • 40.

    Biocatalytic Induction of Supramolecular Order, Nature Chemistry: , A. R. Hirst†, M. Arora, A. K. Das, N. Hodson, P. Murray, N. Javid, J. Sefcik, J. Boekhoven, J.H. van Esch, S. Santabarbara, N. T. Hunt and R. V. Ulijn , (2010) , 2: 1089-1094. , Nature Chemistry , https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.861

  • 41.

    Exploiting Biocatalysis in the Synthesis of Supramolecular Polymers, Enzymatic Polymerisations,: , R.V. Ulijn , (2010) , 237: 127-143 , Advances in Polymer Science , https://doi.org/10.1007/12_2010_75

  • 42.

    Surfactant-Stabilized Small Hydrogel Particles in Oil: Hosts for Remarkable Activation of Enzymes in Organic Solvents: , D. Das, S. Debnath, and P. K. Das , (2010) , 16: 4911-4922 , Chem. Eur. J , https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200903205

  • 43.

    Fmoc Hydrogels from Aromatic Carbohydrate Amphiphiles, J. Pharm. Pharmacol: , A. A. Edwards, L. S. Birchall, V. Jayawarna, M. Hughes, T. Tuttle, N. Saudi, G. Okorgheye, R. V. Ulijn , (2010) , 62: 1331-1332 , The UK-PharmSci Conference, The Science of Medicine , https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2042-7158.2010.01178.x

  • 44.

    Antimicrobial Activity of Amino Acids and Dipeptide-based Amphiphiles, J. Biotech. 2008, 136, S28–S29 (Biotechnology for the Sustainability of Human Society: , N. Kayal, R. N. Mitra, P. K. Das , (2008) , 136: , International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition IBS

  • 45.

    Antibacterial Hydrogels of Amino Acid-Based Cationic Amphiphiles.: , P. K. Das , (2008) , 100: 756-764 , Biotech. Bioeng , https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.21803

  • 46.

    Alkyl Chain Length Dependent Hydrogelation of L-Tryptophan Based Amphiphile.: , A. Dasgupta, and P. K. Das , (2007) , 23: 11769-11776 , Langmuir , https://doi.org/10.1021/la701558m

  • 47.

    Structure and Properties of Low Molecular Weight Amphiphilic Peptide Hydrogelators: , R. N. Mitra, D. Das, and P. K. Das , (2007) , 111: 14107-14113 , J. Phys. Chem. B , https://doi.org/10.1021/jp076495x

  • 48.

    Nonionic Surfactants: A Key to Enhance the Enzyme Activity at Cationic Reverse Micellar Interface.: , A. Shome, and P. K. Das. , (2007) , 23: 4130-4136 , Langmuir , https://doi.org/10.1021/la062804j

  • 49.

    Tailoring of Horseradish Peroxidase Activity in Cationic Water-in-Oil Microemulsions: , A. Dasgupta, and P. K. Das , (2006) , 22: 4567-4573. , Langmuir , https://doi.org/10.1021/la0602867

  • 50.

    A Control Over Accessibility of Immobilized Enzymes through Porous Coating Layer: , K. Mohanta, A. J. Pal, and P. K. Das , (2006) , 304: 329-334 , J. Colloid Interface Sci , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2006.08.065

  • 51.

    Water Gelation of an Amino Acid Based Hydrogelator.: , D. Das, A. Dasgupta, R. N. Mitra, S. Debnath, and P. K. Das , (2006) , 12: 5068-5074. , Chem. Eur. J. , http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.200501638

  • 52.

    Asymmetric Resolution in Ester Reduction by NaBH4 at the Interface of Aqueous Aggregates of Amino Acid, Peptide, and Chiral Counter-ion based Cationic Surfactants.: , A. Dasgupta, R. N. Mitra, and P. K. Das , (2006) , 1: 780-788. , Chem. Asian. J , https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.200600206

  • 53.

    Physicochemical Studies on Cetylammonium Bromide and its Modified (mono-, di- and trihydroxyethylated) Head Group Analogues. Their Micellization Characteristics in Wwater and Thermodynamic an: , D. Mitra, I. Chakraborty, S. C. Bhattacharya, S. P. Moulik, D. Das, and P. K. Das , (2006) , 110: 11314-11326 , J. Phys. Chem. B , https://doi.org/10.1021/jp055720c

  • 54.

    Head Group Size or Hydrophilicity of Surfactant: the Major Regulator of Lipase Activity in Cationic w/o Microemulsions.: , D. Das, R. N. Mitra, A. Dasgupta and P. K. Das , (2005) , 11: 4881-4889 , Chem. Eur. J. , https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200500244

  • 55.

    Geometric Constraints at the Surfactant Head Group: Effect on Lipase Activity in Cationic Reverse Micelles.: , R. N. Mitra, A. Dasgupta, D. Das, S. Debnath, and P. K. Das , (2005) , 21: 12115-12123 , Langmuir , https://doi.org/10.1021/la052226r

  • 56.

    Amino Acid Based Cationic Surfactants in Aqueous Solutions: Physicochemical Study and Application of Supramolecular Chirality in Ketone Reduction: , D. Das, A. Dasgupta, R. N. Mitra, and P. K. Das , (2005) , 21: 10398-10404 , Langmuir , https://doi.org/10.1021/la051548s

  • 57.

    Efficient and Simple NaBH4 Reduction of Esters at Cationic Micellar Surface: , D. Das, and P. K. Das , (2004) , 6: 4133-4136. , Org. Lett , 10.1021/ol0481176

  • 1.

    .Exploiting Biocatalysis in the Synthesis of Supramolecular Polymers, Enzymatic Polymerisations: , R.V. Ulijn , (2010) , 237: 127-143 , Advances in Polymer Science

  • 1.

    8th Chandigarh Science Congress (Chascon-2014), Panjab University: , Chandigarh Science Congress , (2014)

  • 2.

    International Conference on Interdisciplinary areas with Chemical Sciences (ICIACS 2013), Panjab University: , Chemical Sciences , (2013)

  • 3.

    Self-assembled Peptide Nanostructures: A Microscopic Insight, AFM Users Meeting: , V. Jayawarna, R. V. Ulijn , (2012)

  • 4.

    Peptide Hydrogels via Non-equilibrium Biocatalytic Self-assembly, RAMS Meeting, University of Strathclyde: , R. V. Ulijn , (2012)

  • 5.

    Highly Tunable Gels via Non-equilibrium Biocatalytic Self-assembly, UK-India Symposium on Molecular Materials Chemistry, University of Strathclyde: , R. V. Ulijn , (2012)

  • 6.

    Biocatalytic Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Polymers, 10th International Conference in Materials Chemistry: , R. V. Ulijn , (2011)

  • Project Associate:ChemBiotek Research International Pvt. Ltd.,, Kolkata, India (April 2002 to May 2003 )

  • PhD Research Fellow: Department of Biological Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science,, Kolkata, India (April 2004 to May 2009 )

  • Consultant:BioGelx, Glasgow,, UK (February 2013 to June 2013 )

  • Post Doctoral Research Fellow: Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde,, Glasgow, UK (April 2009 to April 2013 )

  • Visiting Scientist at Institute of Nano Science and Technology,, Mohali (July 2013 to January 2014 )

  • Scientist C at Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali (February 2014 to December 2018 )

  • Scientist D (Assistant Professor) at Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali (January 2019 to December 2021 )

  • Scientist E (Associate Professor) at Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali (January 2022 to Present till date )

  • Awards of PI:

    S.No

    Name of Award

    Awarding Agency

    Year

     1.

    SERB-Power Grant Award

    (SPG/2020/000748)

     Science and Engineering Research Board, India

     2021

    2.

    CSIR-ASPIRE

    (01WS(021)/2023-24/EMR-II/ASPIRE)

    Council of Scientific and Industrial research

    2024

     

    Recognition of Research Achievements in National and International Conferences (Student Recognition):

     

    • Ms Sweta Mohanty received best oral presentation award at International Conference for Materials in Translational Research (MiTR-2025)", IIT Ropar, 22nd-24th May, 2025.

     

    • Ms Shambhavi Kashyap received best poster presentation award at International Conference for Materials in Translational Research (MiTR-2025)", IIT Ropar, 22nd-24th May, 2025.

     

    • Ms Sweta Mohanty received best poster presentation award at Current Advances in Chemical Science (CACS), Ashoka University, Sonipat, 7th -8th March 2025.

     

    • Ms Sweta Mohanty received best poster presentation award at 4th International Conference on Nanomaterials in Biology (ICNB 2025), University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, held during 3rd -6th February, 2025.

     

    • Sourav Sen received best oral presentation award at International Conference on Smart Materials for Sustainable Technology (SMST-2024) organized by the Institute of Nano Science and Technology Mohali, Punjab Engineering College (PEC) Chandigarh, and the Society for Interdisciplinary Research in Materials and Biology (SIRMB), at INST, Mohali during 24th - 27th October, 2024.

     

    • Shambhavi Kashyap has received the first prize for the oral presentation at 72nd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress at Nagpur, held during 20th-22nd January, 2023.

     

    • Harsimran Kaur received best poster presentation award in 15th International conference on materials chemistry (MC15) during 12th-15th July, 2021.

     

    • Vijay Kumar Pal received best oral presentation award International Conference on Chemistry for Next-Gen Applications 2021 (ICCNA’21) organized by Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar (SSN) College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai, 24th - 26th September, 2021.

     

    • Sourav Sen received best poster presentation award in International Conference on Chemistry for Next-Gen Applications 2021 (ICCNA’21) organized by Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar (SSN) College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai, 24th - 26th September, 2021.

     

    • Pooja Sharma received best poster presentation award in NCRTCS 2020:Virtual National Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences, held during 26th -27th November, 2020.

     

    • Harsimran Kaur received best oral presentation award in NCRTCS 2020:Virtual National Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences, held during 26th -27th November, 2020.

     

    • Archita Sharma received best poster presentation award in 14th Chandigarh Science Congress (CHASCON) held during 17th-19th December 2020, jointly organized by Panjab University and Chandigarh Region Innovation and Knowledge Cluster.

     

    • Best Poster Award was received by Pooja Sharma at Fifth international conference on nanotechnology for better living (NBL-2019), jointly organized by National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur; held during 7th – 11th April, 2019 at SKUAST, Shalimar Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

     

    • ACS travel award for best oral presentation was received by Harsimran Kaur at International conference on Smart materials for sustainable technology (SMST 2020) organized by Society for Interdisciplinary Research on Materials and Biology, supported by ACS, held during 22nd -25th February, 2020 in Goa.

     

    • ACS travel award for best oral presentation was received by Pooja Sharma at International conference on Smart materials for sustainable technology (SMST 2020) organized by Society for Interdisciplinary Research on Materials and Biology, supported by ACS, held during 22nd -25th February 2020 in Goa.

     

    • Best Poster Award received by Vijay Kumar Pal at International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT 2020), organized by S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, under the aegis of DST Nanomission, and held during 5th -7th March, 2020 in Kolkata.
    • Best Poster Award was received by Harsimran Kaur at 10th Bengaluru India Nano, 5th-7th December, 2018.

     

    • Best Poster Award received by Harsimran Kaur at The International Symposium on Functional Materials (ISFM-2018): Energy and Biomedical Applications during 13th -15th April 2018.

     

    • Best Poster Award received was by Harsimran Kaur at ‘3rd CRIKC Nanoscience Day’, CSIR-CSIO Chandigarh, India on 29th August, 2017.

     

    • Best Poster Award was received by Harsimran Kaur at ‘HarGobind Khorana Memorial Symposium on Genes, Genomes & Membrane Biology’, 3rd -5th December 2017.

     

    • Best Poster Award received by Pooja Sharma at ‘HarGobind Khorana Memorial Symposium on Genes, Genomes & Membrane Biology’, 3rd -5th December 2017.

     

    • Best Poster Award received by Rashmi Jain at 2nd In-house Symposium of INST Mohali during 11th-12th December, 2017.

     

    • Best Poster Award received by Nidhi Patel 22nd CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, 2nd-4th February, 2018.

     

    • Best Poster Award received by Pooja Sharma at 42nd Annual Meeting of the Indian Biophysical Society at IISER Pune during 9th -11th March 2018.

     

    • Best Poster Award received by Harsimran Kaur in the international conference on ‘Advances in Biological Systems and Materials Science in NanoWorld’ during 19th – 23rd February, 2017, at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, UP.

     

    • Best Poster Award received by Harsimran Kaur at the 1stIn-house symposium of INST, held on 5th November, 2016.

     

    • Best Poster Award received by Rashmi Jain at the One day conclave on NanoBiotechnology” IISER Mohali, 22nd December, 2014