PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Applied Sciences
 
Department: CHEMISTRY
Phone: 9620250559
 

About Me

Profile Summary:

Srikanta Sahu completed his master degree in Advanced Organic Chemistry from Ravenshaw Autonomous College, in 2002 and his Ph.D. in Bio-Organic chemistry from IIT Delhi in 2012 under the supervision of Prof. V. Haridas. After his Ph.D. in Bio-Organic chemistry from IIT Delhi, he moved for postdoctoral work at National University of Singapore (NUS) in the field of Bio-medical science and chemical biology, under the guidance of Prof. Young Tae Chang. Later, he joined as a core research fellow at A*STAR, Singapore in the same research field for almost three years (2013-2016), under the same guidance, Prof. Young Tae Chang. After that, he joined as assistant manager at Micro Lab Limited (API pharmaceutical industry, R&D unit) from 2016-2019. In September 2019, he joined as a faculty (SoAS, Dept. of Chemistry) at CUTM, BBSR campus.

 

Educational Qualifications:

2002   B.Sc., North Orissa University

2004   M.Sc., Ravenshaw Autonomous College, Ravenshaw

2012   Ph.D., IIT Delhi, Dept. Chemistry, Under Prof. V. Haridas

 

Work Experience:

09/19-Present:  Assistant Professor, CUTM, BBSR campus

2016-2019 :   Assistant Manager, Micro Lab Ltd (API Division), Bangalore

2013 – 2016:   Research Fellow, Singapore Bio-imaging Consortium (SBIC),  A*STAR, Singapore

2012 – 2013:     Postdoctoral Fellow, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore

 
Research Fields

  • Bio-Medical and Chemical Biology: Organic Fluorophore Synthesis
  • Nanohybrids formulation
  • Bio-sensing
  • Bio-imaging
  • Rapid Diagnostics and Therapeutics
  • Industrial Chemistry

Teaching

  • M.Sc. (Chemistry): Advanced Organic Chemistry-I (MSCC1103) M.Phil (Chemistry): Organic Chemistry (MPCH1102) B.Sc. (Chemistry): Organic Chemistry-III (BSCH2402) B.Sc. (Chemistry): Organic Chemistry-V (BSCH3602)

Expertise

  • Organic Chemistry

Interests

  • Bio-Medical and Chemical Biology

 
   

Research Fields

We are interested to study at the interface of chemistry and biology that contribute to human health and disease with specific interest in the areas of cancer, inflammation and bacterial infection. We use the techniques of organic synthesis, genetics, and biochemistry as tools to study and manipulate complex cellular processes. In addition to that, much of our research involves development of organic fluorescent and nanohybrid probe for rapid detection of various diseases and bio-analytes. As our long-standing goal, we want translate each probe into technology for development of diagnostic kits and devices for wellbeing of human health. We are also interested in developing new process for industrial products.