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Dr. Pankaj Gupta

Assistant Professor (DST Inspire)
Department of Chemistry

Ph. D. – Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; Post-doc. – (University of Cincinnati, USA); (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)

pankaj.gupta@curaj.ac.in

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  • Electroanalytical Chemistry,
  • Bioelectrochemistry
  • Neuroelectrochemistry
  • Organic Electrochemistry

Current Position:

Assistant Professor (DST Inspire Faculty, August 2023 - till date),

Department of Chemistry,

Central University of Rajasthan,

Ajmer, Rajasthan, India

Professional Experience: 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (April 2021 – July 2023),

Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Supervisor: Prof. Ann-Sofie Cans

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (December 2018 – March 2021),

Department of Chemistry,

University of Cincinnati, USA

Supervisor: Dr. Noe T. Alvarez

Assistant Manager: Nov. 2016 – Nov. 2018

R&D - Global Innovation Network (GIN),

Siegwerk India Pvt. Ltd., Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, India (German MNC)

PhD: January 2013 – April 2017

Department of Chemistry,

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

Supervisor - Prof. Rajendra Nath Goyal

Trainee/Executive: July 2011 – Dec. 2012

R&D - Global Innovation Network (GIN),

Siegwerk India Pvt. Ltd., Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, India (German MNC)

MSc: July 2009 - June 2011

Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India 

BSc: July 2006 - June 2009

University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India

  1. Sunita Bishnoi, Ashutosh Sharma, Rahul Singhal, Pankaj Gupta, Rajendra N. Goyal, “Electrochemical sensing of chlorpyrifos, a carcinogen responsible for breast cancer, in milk and plasma of lactating mothers”, Electroanalysis, 2022, 34, 1-9.
  2. Connor E Rahm, Pankaj Gupta, Vandna K. Gupta, Artur Huseinov, Ben Griesmer, and Noe T. Alvarez, “Impact of physical and chemical parameters on square wave anodic stripping voltammetry for trace Pb2+ detection in water”, Analyst, RSC, 2022, 147, 3542-3557, DOI: 10.1039/D2AN00724J.
  3. Pankaj Gupta, Vandna K. Gupta, Artur Huseinov, Connor E. Rahm, Kiera Gazica, Noe T. Alvarez, "Highly sensitive non-enzymatic glucose sensor based on carbon nanotube microelectrode set" Sensors and Actuators B, Elsevier, 348 (2021), 130688, DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2021.130688.
  4. Pankaj Gupta, Connor E Rahm, Benjamin Griesmer and Noe T. Alvarez, “Carbon Nanotube Microelectrode Set: Detection of Biomolecules to Heavy Metals”, Analytical Chemistry, ACS, 93, 20, (2021), 7439-7448, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00360.
  5. Pankaj Gupta, Connor E Rahm, Dehua Jiang, Vandna K. Gupta, William R. Heineman, Gusphyl Justin and Noe T. Alvarez, “Parts per trillion detection of heavy metals in as-is tap water using carbon nanotube microelectrodes”, Analytica Chimica Acta, Elsevier, 1155, (2021) 338353, 1-11, DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.338353.
  6. Pankaj Gupta, Kyrus Tsai, Chethani K. Ruhunage, Vandna K. Gupta, Connor E Rahm, Dehua Jiang and Noe T. Alvarez “True Picomolar Neurotransmitter Sensor Based on Open-Ended Carbon Nanotubes”, Analytical Chemistry, ACS, 92, 12, (2020), 8536-8545, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01363.
  7. Connor E Rahm, Fernando Torres-Canas, Pankaj Gupta, Philippe Poulin, Noe Alvarez, “Inkjet Printed Multi‐Walled Carbon Nanotube Sensor for the Detection of Lead in Drinking Water” Electroanalysis, Wiley, 32, 7, (2020), 1533-1545, DOI: 10.1002/elan.202000040.
  8. Pankaj Gupta, Robert A. Lazenby, Connor E. Rahm, William R. Heineman, Elke Buschbeck, Ryan J. White, and Noe T. Alvarez, “Electrochemistry of Controlled Diameter Carbon Nanotube Fibers at the Cross Section and Sidewall”, ACS Applied energy material, ACS, 2, 12, (2019), 8757−8766, DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b01723.
  9. Mamta Raj, Pankaj Gupta, Rajendra N. Goyal, Yoon-Bo Shim, “Graphene/conducting polymer nano-composite loaded screen-printed carbon sensor for simultaneous determination of dopamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine”, Sensors and Actuators B, Elsevier, 239 (2017), 993-1002, DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.08.083.
  10. Mamta Raj, Pankaj Gupta, Neeta Thapliyal, Rajendra N. Goyal, “A novel hybrid nano-composite grafted electrochemically reduced graphene oxide based sensor for sensitive determination of efavirenz”, Electroanalysis, Wiley, 29, 2, (2017), 456-465, DOI: 10.1002/elan.201600397.
  11. Pankaj Gupta, Rajendra N Goyal, “Amino functionalized graphene oxide and polymer nanocomposite based electrochemical platform for sensitive assay of anti-doping drug atenolol in biological fluids”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, ECS, 163, 13, (2016), B601-B608, DOI: 10.1149/2.0281613jes.
  12. Mamta Raj, Pankaj Gupta, Rajendra N. Goyal, “Poly-Melamine film modified sensor for the sensitive and selective determination of propranolol, a β-blocker in biological fluids”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, ECS, 163, 6, (2016), H388-H394, DOI: 10.1149/2.0411606jes.
  13. Pankaj Gupta, Munetaka Oyama, Rajendra N. Goyal, “Electrochemical investigations of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine and its determination at an edge plane pyrolytic graphite electrode”, RSC Advances, RSC, 6 (2016), 1722-1728, DOI:10.1039/C5RA22682A.
  14. Rosy, Pankaj Gupta, Rajendra N. Goyal, “High energy carbon ion beam irradiated sensor for the voltammetric sensing of purine nucleosides of DNA”, Sensors and Actuators B, Elsevier, 223 (2016), 884-892, DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.10.006.
  15. Pankaj Gupta, Rajendra N. Goyal, “Sensitive determination of domperidone in biological fluids using a conductive polymer modified glassy carbon electrode”, Electrochimica Acta, Elsevier, 151 (2015), 1-7, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.11.005.
  16. Pankaj Gupta, Saurabh K. Yadav, Rajendra N. Goyal, “A Sensitive Polymelamine Modified Sensor for the Determination of Lomefloxacin in Biological Fluids”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, ECS, 162, 1, (2015), H86-H92, DOI: 10.1149/2.0101503jes.
  17. Pankaj Gupta, Rajendra N. Goyal, Yoon-Bo Shim, “Simultaneous analysis of dopamine and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid at nanogold modified screen printed carbon electrodes”, Sensors and Actuators B, Elsevier, 213 (2015), 72-81, DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.02.066.
  18. Pankaj Gupta, Rajendra N. Goyal, “Graphene and Co-polymer Composite Based Molecularly Imprinted Sensor for Ultratrace Determination of Melatonin in Human Biological Fluids”, RSC Advances, RSC, 5 (2015), 40444–40454, DOI:10.1039/C5RA04942C.
  19. Pankaj Gupta, Rosy, Rajendra N. Goyal, “A carbon ion beam irradiated MWCNT/AuNPs composite sensor for a sensitive assay of purine- nucleosides of DNA”, RSC Advances, RSC, 5 (2015), 102300-102310, DOI:10.1039/c5ra18970e.
  20. Meruva Purushotham, Pankaj Gupta, Rajendra N. Goyal, “Graphene modified glassy carbon sensor for the determination of aspirin metabolites in human biological samples”, Talanta, Elsevier, 143 (2015), 328-334, DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2015.04.082.
  21. Pankaj Gupta, Saurabh K. Yadav, Bharati Agrawal, Rajendra N. Goyal, “A novel graphene and conductive polymer modified pyrolytic graphite sensor for determination of propranolol in biological fluids”, Sensors and Actuators B, Elsevier, 204 (2014), 791-798, DOI:10.1016/j.snb.2014.08.040.
  22. Pankaj Gupta, Rajendra N. Goyal, “Poly melamine modified edge plane pyrolytic graphite sensor for the electrochemical assay of serotonin”, Talanta, Elsevier, 120 (2014), 17-22, DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2013.11.075.
  23. Pankaj Gupta, Rajendra N Goyal, “A sensitive pyrolytic graphite sensor for determination of omeprazole in human blood plasma and pharmaceuticals”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, ECS, 161, 1, (2014), H255-H259, DOI: 10.1149/2.093404jes.

 

Patent:

  1. Noe T Alvarez, Pankaj Gupta, William R Heineman, Gusphyl Justin, Joshua Smith, Connor Rahm, Kiera Gazica, and Dehua Jiang, “Carbon nanotube microelectrodes for sensors, electrochemistry, and energy storage” 2020, Pub. No. US 2022/0274835A1, Appl. No.: 17 / 631,752. Applicant: University of Cincinnati, USA. (Licensed by A. O. Smith Corporation, USA). A. O. Smith Corporation is the largest manufacturer and marketer of water heaters in North America.
  2. Noe T Alvarez, Pankaj Gupta, “Carbon Nanotube Electrochemical Set as Lab-on-a-Chip” 2021, Pub. No. US WO 2022/165126A1, Appl. No.: PCT/US2022/014236. Applicant: University of Cincinnati, USA.
  3. Noe T Alvarez, Wijendra N. Chaminda, Abdul Hoque, Pankaj Gupta, Chethani Ruhunage, “Techniques for covalent bonding of carbon nanotubes to substrates”, 2021, Pub. No. US WO 2022/103951A1, Appl. No.: PCT/US2021/058965. Applicant: University of Cincinnati, USA.
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Attended

Poster presentation and participation:

  • P. Gupta and R.N. Goyal, Poly-melamine modified edge plane pyrolytic graphite sensor for the electrochemical assay of serotonin, 11th ISEAC International Discussion Meet on Electrochemistry and its Applications, Indian Society of Electroanalytical Chemical (ISEAC), February 20-25, 2014, Amritsar, Punjab.
  • P. Gupta and R.N. Goyal, Electrochemical investigations of omeprazole in human blood plasma and pharmaceuticals, International conference on Recent Advances in Analytical Science (RAAS-2014), March 27-29, 2014, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
  • Participation in “Royal Society of Chemistry Roadshow and Analytical Symposium Series” organized by Royal society of chemistry, November 4, 2014, IIT Delhi.
  • P. Gupta and R.N. Goyal, Simultaneous analysis of dopamine and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid at size-controlled gold nanoparticles modified screen printed carbon electrodes, International conference on Recent Advances in Analytical Science (RAAS-2016), April 7-9, 2016, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
  • P. Gupta and N.T Alvarez et. al., Electrochemistry of carbon nanotube fiber at cross-section and sidewall, Oesper Symposium, November 13, 2019, University of Cincinnati, USA.
  • G. Dangel, P. Gupta and N.T Alvarez, Development of carbon nanotube based nano channel, Oesper Symposium, November 13, 2019, University of Cincinnati, USA.
  • P. Gupta and A.S. Cans, Heat etching creates nanostructure surface roughness at carbon fiber nanotip electrodes that greatly enhances electrochemical sensitivity, Excellent Initiative Nano Community Building Activity, August 22-24, 2022, Varbergs Kusthotell, Sweden.
  • Participated in “Symposium on modern trends in inorganic chemistry-XV (MTIC-XV)”, December 13-16, 2013, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.

Oral presentation:

  • P. Gupta and R.N. Goyal, Determination of Melatonin Using a Sensitive Graphene and Co- polymer Composite Based Molecularly Imprinted Sensor, International Conference on Nanostructured Polymeric Materials and Polymer Nanocomposites (ICNPM 2015), November 13-15, 2015. Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala.
  • SPEAKER at the 3rd seminar series “TERCER CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS INTERNACIONALES SOBRE NANOTECNOLOGÍA Y CIENCIA DE MATERIALES”, organized by the University of Cincinnati for Latin American undergraduate students from Universities in Mexico, Peru and Bolivia from March 22nd to May 3rd of 2023.

Workshop:

  • Attended workshop on “Nano Drug Delivery System (Industry-Academia Interaction)” organized by Centre of Excellence: Nanotechnology, IIT Roorkee, January 2015.
  • Attended workshop on “Checking of Plagiarism in scientific writing using Turnitin Software” organized by Mahatma Gandhi Central Library, IIT Roorkee, April 2015.
  • Attended workshop on “Using Web of Science for Research”, organized by Mahatma Gandhi Central Library, IIT Roorkee, Feb. 2015.
  • Attended workshop on “2D Materials, Electrical: Contacts, Process and Device Applications” at MC2 organized by Chalmers university of technology, Sweden, November 2022.
  • Attended “Community Building Day in Health Engineering” organized by Health Engineering Area of Advance, Chalmers University of technology, Sweden, May 2023.
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