Sagnik Basuray

Group Leader | sagnik.basuray@njit.edu

PROFESSOR

Sagnik Basuray, Ph.D., completed his doctoral studies from the University of Notre Dame in the Department of Chemical and Bio-Molecular Engineering in 2011, where he won the best thesis award. Since 2012, he was working as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri, at the Center for Micro/Nano Systems and Nanotechnology, in the area of materials science, nanotechnology and optics. Prior to his stint at Missouri, he was working as a Research Scientist at 454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company, building the next generation semiconductor-based sequencing platform.

At Notre Dame, he worked extensively in nanofluidics, microfluidics with core competency in biomedical diagnostics to research interfacial electro-kinetic properties like dielectrophoresis. He designed robust, cost-effective Point-of-Care devices with electrochemical sensors as an alternative to real-time PCR and DNA sensing. The sensor work has been licensed and developed by F Cubed LLC. and is now in clinical trials. His research was highlighted during the 2010 Michigan-Notre Dame football game at halftime as an ad to showcase the research activities at the University of Notre Dame. During his postdoctoral stint, he has developed top-down fabrication protocols (soft lithography) to fabricate hierarchical nano-ordered plasmonic/photonic structures which show extra-ordinary electro-magnetic field enhancement. These were used to investigate single biological molecules like DNA, RNA, FRET pairs and to develop multi spatial/temporal techniques (Raman, Fluorescence) from a single platform. Sagnik has always worked closely with groups in biochemistry, biology, biological engineering across many collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects.

Sushma Yadav

Researcher | fnu.sushma@njit.edu

Education:

• Ph.D Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
• M.Sc. Physical Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

Publications & Patents:

• Sushma Yadav, Tanya Sharma, Sagnik Basuray and Priti Malhotra*, Enhanced sonocatalytic degradation of doxycycline in water using a Saccharum officinarum L. fabricated Au/Cu2O nanocomposite, ACS applied Engineering Materials, 2024.
• Sushma Yadav, Arti Jain, and Priti Malhotra*, Nanocatalyst driven synthesis of β-enaminones: A novel step towards developing pharmaceutical precursors, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jics.2023.101119.
• Sushma Yadav, Anjali Shah and Priti Malhotra*, Orange peel derived Cu2O/RGO nanocomposite: Mesoporous binary system for degradation of doxycycline in water, Environmental Development and Sustainability, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02895-2. 
• Sushma Yadav, Tanya Sharma, Ritu Kaushik, and Priti Malhotra*, Peroxidase mimic activity of Saccharum officinarum L. capped gold nanoparticles using o-dianisidine as a substrate, New Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 47, 2372-2382.
• Sushma Yadav, Anjali Shah and Priti Malhotra*, Orange Pomace Facilitated Synthesis of Cu2O/ZnO Nanocomposites for Visual and Optical Sensing of Silver Ions in Water for Environmental Remediation , Chemistry Select, 2023
• Sushma Yadav and Priti Malhotra*, Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Sensors for Environmental Monitoring, Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Catalysts, 2022, DOI: 10.1007/978- 981-16-7959- 9_15.
• Sushma Yadav and Priti Malhotra*, Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as heterogenous catalysis: An overview,  Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Catalysts, 2022, ISBN: 978-981-16- 7959-9.
• Maruf Chauhan, Sushma Yadav and Priti Malhotra*, In-situ biogenically synthesized Cu2O/RGO composite using beetroot peel extract for selective and efficient reduction of cinnamaldehyde in water, Applied Nanoscience (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-022-02699-w. (SCI, IF-4.0)
• Sushma Yadav, Maruf Chauhan, Priti Malhotra* and M Jacob, Distinguished performance of biogenically synthesized reduced graphene oxide based mesoporous Au-Cu2O/RGO ternary nanocomposites for sonocatalytic reduction of nitrophenols in water, New Journal of Chemistry, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2NJ00745B. 
• Maruf Chauhan, Sushma Yadav, Rama Pasricha and Priti Malhotra*, Water Chestnut Peel Facilitated Biogenic Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and their Catalytic Efficacy in the Ring Opening Reaction of Styrene Oxide, Chemistry Select, 2021, doi.org/10.1002/slct.202102031. 
• Sushma Yadav, Arti Jain and Priti Malhotra*, Bioinspired synthesis and green ecological applications of reduced graphene oxide based ternary nanocomposites, Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2021, e00315, ISSN 2214-9937, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2021.e00315. 
• Arti Jain, Sushma Yadav and Priti Malhotra*, Accidental synthesis of a trimer of pyrazolone and comparison of its antioxidant activity: an investigatory report. Journal of Chemical Science, 2021,133, 77, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-021-01943-0 
• Sushma Yadav, Maruf Chauhan, Divya Mathur, Arti Jain and Priti Malhotra*, Sugarcane bagasse-facilitated benign synthesis of Cu2O nanoparticles and its role in photocatalytic degradation of toxic dyes: a trash to treasure approach, Environmental development and sustainability (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00664-7.
• Sushma Yadav, Arti Jain and Priti Malhotra*, A review on the sustainable routes for the sy\nthesis and applications of cuprous oxide nanoparticles and their nanocomposites, Green Chemistry, 2019, 21, 937-955. 
• Divya Mathur, Priti Malhotra, Sushma Yadav and Maruf Chauhan; Biogenic Synthesis of Iron Nanoparticles and their Applications; Conference Proceedings of the National Conference on Innovations in Sciences and Emerging Challenges in Health and Environment, Page 78-85, 2018, ISBN: 9788192981246.

Awards & Scholarship:

• National Level Examination: CSIR-UGC-NET (JRF) – in Chemical Sciences.

Sreerag Kaaliveetil

PhD Student | sk2993@njit.edu

Education

• Integrated M. Sc. Physics, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India (2016-2021)
• Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (Jan 2022-present)

Publications

• Kaaliveetil, Sreerag, Juliana Yang, Saud Alssaidy, Zhenglong Li, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Niranjan Haridas Menon, Charmi Chande, and Sagnik Basuray. "Microfluidic Gas Sensors: Detection Principle and Applications." Micromachines 13, no. 10 (2022): 1716.
• Kaaliveetil, Sreerag, Yun-Yang Lee, Zhenglong Li, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Niranjan Haridas Menon, Saudagar Dongare, Burcu Gurkan, and Sagnik Basuray. "Ionic Liquid-Packed Microfluidic Device with Non-Planar Microelectrode as a Miniaturized Electrochemical Gas Sensor." Journal of The Electrochemical Society 170, no. 8 (2023): 087508.

Conference

• Kaaliveetil, S.; Lee, Y. Y.; Li, Z.; Cheng, Y.-H.; Gurkan, B. E.; Basuray, S. Microfluidic Device with Room Temperature Ionic Liquids for Detecting Low Concentrations of CO 2. 242 nd ECS conference, October 9-13, 2022, Atlanta.
• Kaaliveetil, S.; Lee, Y. Y; Li, Z.; Cheng, Y.-H; Gurkan, B. E.; Basuray, S. Ionic liquid packed microfluidic device for the selective detection of CO2. SciX conference, October 2-7, 2022, Northern Kentucky.

Niranjan Haridas Menon

PhD Student | nh333@njit.edu

Education

• Integrated M. Sc. Physics, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India (2016-2021)
• Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (Sep 2022-present)

Publications

• Haridas Menon, Niranjan, Aleena Sabu, and Ramanujam BTS. "Polyvinylidene fluoride‐poly (vinyl acetate)‐natural graphite blend nanocomposites: Investigations of electroactive phase formation, electrical, thermal, and wetting properties." Polymers for Advanced Technologies.
• Ayyappan, J., et al. "Polyvinylidene fluoride‐natural graphite flexible composite films: Formation of graphite nanosheets, electroactive phase, analysis of electrical and thermal properties." Polymers for Advanced Technologies.

 Awards

• Silver medal in Integrated Master of Science program in Physics, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

Khaja Najamuddin Naveed

PhD Student | nk732@njit.edu

Education

• Bachelor of Science (B. S), Chemical Engineering, Osmania University, India (Aug 2016-Sep 2020)
• Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (Sep 2023-present)

Experiences

• Aurobindo Pharma Pvt Ltd, India: Process Engineer (Graduate Engineer Trainee)- Full time (Dec 2020- Aug 2022)
• Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, India: Process Engineering Scientist- Full time (Sep 2022 - August 2023)

 Awards

• Awarded as the  Best Merit Student for the academic year 2019-2020.

Maryom Rahman

Undergraduate Student | mr266@njit.edu

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Albert Dorman Honors Scholar, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
• Kearny High School - Kearny, NJ - 2021

Awards and Scholarships

• James F. Stevenson Innovation Award Honorable Mention - Summer 2023
• Jacqueline Kane Scholarship in Chemical and Materials Engineering - Spring 2023

Publications

• Zhenglong Li, Maryom Rahman , Sreerag Kaaliveetil, Niranjan Haridas , Yu-Hsuan Cheng,Charmi Chande, Sagnik Basuray; Critical Reviews on Recent States and Challenges in Spectroelectrochemistry with Applications to Microfluidic Systems. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2023,101357,ISSN 2451-9103.
• Z. Li, Y. Cheng, L. Feng, F. De Dios, N. Jacob, P. A. Reis Moura, M. Rahman, J. Yang, S.Azizighannad, S. Mitra, S. Basuray. Electrochemical Impedance Signature of a Non-Planar, Interdigitated, Flow-Through, Porous, Carbon-Based Microelectrode. 2019 J. Electrochem. Soc.166 B1669.