About
Dr. Nishtha Khansili is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Food Science and Technology, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Khansili has done her PhD at the National Institue of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat focusing on total aflatoxin detection by rapid nano biosenson in food products and cattle feed. Dr. Khansili is a core food technologist with broad interest in food and environment safety, toxicology, sustainable energy, nano sensor, colorimetric detection; specialisation in the synthesis and characterisation of nanoparticles, nano composites, their functionalization with organic molecules and cast on flexible substrate to device a label free approach for optical detection of carcinogens, toxins, chemical residues in the environment and food. Expertise in nanoscale characterisation techniques including Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Fluorescence and Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Her general area of interest include engineered nanostructures, quantum dots; study of their optical, electronic, molecular, morphological properties; development of rapid optical devices for sensing and energy applications.