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Nandita Dasgupta

Assistant Professor
Department of Biotechnology, IET, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Assistant Professor | Science Nerd | Micro/Nano Technologist | Bio Technologist | Editor | Author | Researcher

Biography

Dr. Nandita Dasgupta has vast working experience in Micro/Nanoscience and is currently working as Assistant Professor at Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow, India. Earlier at LV Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, India she has worked on Mesenchymal stem cell derived exosomes for the treatment of uveitis. She has exposure of working at university, research institutes and industries including VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India; CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India,; and Uttar Pradesh Drugs and Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Lucknow, India and Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), Thanjavur, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India. At IIFPT, Thanjavur, she was involved in a project funded by a leading pharmaceutical company, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and have successfully engineered micro-vehicles for model drug molecules. Her areas of interest include Micro/Nanomaterial fabrication and its applications in various fields – medicine, food, environment, agriculture biomedical.
She has published six edited books and one authored book in Springer, Switzerland and two with CRC Press, USA. She has finished a contract for three book volumes in Elsevier, one volume with Wiley, two book volumes in CRC Press and one volume in RSC (UK). She has authored many chapters and also published many scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals. She has received the Certificate for “Outstanding Contribution” in Reviewing from Elsevier, Netherlands. She has also been nominated for advisory panel for Elsevier Inc., Netherlands. She is the associate editor of Environmental Chemistry Letters – a Springer journal of 3.2 impact factor – and also serving as editorial board member and referee for reputed international peer-reviewed journals. She has received several awards and recognitions from different national and international organizations.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=u4p3mNkAAAAJ

Education

    Ph.D. in Biotechnology
    B.Tech. in Biotechnology

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

    Nandita's Area of Interest is but not limited to:

    - Food Micro/Nanotechnology
    - Micro/Nano-Nutraceuticals and Bioavailability
    - Micro/Nano-Therapeutics and Micro/Nanobiotechnology
    - Agricultural Micro/Nanotechnology
    - Micro/Nanomedicine and Nanopharmaceutics
    - Micro/Nanotechnology in Drug and Nutraceutical Delivery
    - Micro/Nanotoxicology and Risk Assessment
    - Polymer Micro/Nanotechnology
    - Micro/Nanotechnology for Clean Water

Personal Interests

    Tech Talk | Book Worm | Science Nerd | Cooking | Interior Decoration

Books

Featured Title
 Featured Title - Nanotoxicology: Toxicity Evaluation, Risk Assessment & Mgmt - 1st Edition book cover

Articles

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Titanium dioxide nanoparticle-protein interaction explained by docking approach


Published: Mar 05, 2018 by International Journal of Nanomedicine
Authors: Shivendu Ranjan, Nandita Dasgupta, Sudandiradoss Chinnappan, Chidambaram Ramalingam, Ashutosh Kumar
Subjects: Life Science, Nanoscience & Technology

Titanium dioxide has been proven for toxicity by in vitro and in vivo approaches, however, further studies are needed in nano-toxicological research using in silico analysis. In this study, Autodock 4.0.5 was used in an attempt to evaluate the interaction of titanium dioxide with proteins.