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Department of Chemical & Biological Sciences

Head of Department

Dr. Amit Kumar Paul
Ph.D, IACS, University of Calcutta

E-mail:
hod.cy@nitm.ac.in

Ph.D

Ms. Kakali Baruah Research Scholar

  • B. Sc. Chemistry from Handique Girls’ College, Gauhati University (2017)
  • M. Sc. Chemistry from NIT Meghalaya (2019).

p20ch002@nitm.ac.in
+918638806695
Full Time/Part Time Scholar: Full-Time
Professional Membership : NA

Highest Degree with specialization(Name of Institute)

  • M.Sc Chemistry (NIT Meghalaya)

Academic Honors& Awards:

  • GATE- 2020
  • SLET-2019
  • Best poster award in the 9th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Material Chemistry (ETCS-22) at BARC, Mumbai.
  • Best poster award in the Physical Chemistry Symposium (SoPhyC-2023) at IIT Kanpur.

Research Area:

  • Biocompatible nanoparticles
  • Protein-corona
  • Protein fibrillation
  • Antibacterial and Cell-Cytotoxicity studies

Seminar/Conference Attended:

  1. Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (RTCS), October 12-13, 2017 at NIT Meghalaya.
  2. Innovations in Chemical Sciences-2020 Organized by Division of Chemistry, VIT Chennai, Chennai.
  3. Online workshop on Powder X-Ray Diffraction Techniques and its application, 20th-21th January 2021, IIT Guwahati.
  4. Webinar on "Basics of Gas Adsorption: Physisorption Technique, 29th January 2021.
  5. International conference on recent developments in chemistry, RDC 2021, March 3-5th, NIT Durgapur.
  6. Recent Advances in Chemistry: Theoretical and Computational Aspects (RAC-2022) at NIT Meghalaya.
  7. 9th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Material Chemistry (ETCS-22) at BARC, Mumbai.
  8. National Workshop on Fluorescence and Raman Spectroscopy (FCSXIII) at IISER Thiruvananthapuram.
  9. Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences (ETCS-2023)” at NEHU, Meghalaya.
  10. Structure and Dynamics of Chemical and Biomolecular Systems (SDCBS23)” organized by IIT Kanpur.
  11. Physical Chemistry Symposium (SoPhyC-2023) at IIT Kanpur.

Publications:

  1. K. Baruah, M. Haque, L. Langbang, S. Das, K. Aguan, A. Singha Roy*, Ocimum sanctum mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles: A biophysical study towards lysozyme binding and anti-bacterial activity, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021, 337, 116422,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116422.
  2. K. Baruah, S. Lyndem, I. konthoujam, K. Aguan, A. Singha Roy*, Complexation of turmeric and curcumin mediated silver nanoparticles with human serum albumin: Further investigation into the protein-corona formation, anti-bacterial effects and cell cytotoxicity studies, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2023, 294, 122540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2023.122540.
  3. K. Baruah, A.K. Singh, K. Kumari, K. D.L. Nongbri, A.N. Jha*, A. Singha Roy*, Interactions of Turmeric- and Curcumin-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles with Human Serum Albumin: Exploration of Protein Corona Formation, Binding, Thermodynamics, and Antifibrillation Studies, Langmuir. 2024, 40, 2, 1381–1398.
  4. S. Das, Z. Hazarika, S. Sarmah, K. Baruah, M.A. Rahman, D. Paul, A.N. Jha*, A. singh Roy*, Exploring the interaction of bioactive kaempferol with serum albumin, lysozyme, and hemoglobin: A biophysical investigation using multi-spectroscopic, docking and molecular dynamics simulation studies, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 2020, 205, 111825.

Any other remarkable Experience:

  1. Autumn 2023: Physical Chemistry laboratory classes as TA duty
  2. Autumn 22 to Spring 22: B. Tech Chemistry laboratory as TA duty
  3. A summer internship project by Indian Academy of Science (IASc – INSA) in IITG under the supervision of Prof. S.S.Bag on “ Study of A Photophysical Property of A Designed Fluorescent Probe For Possible Application Toward The Detection of Nitroaromatics”.