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Dr. Piyush Kumar Gupta

Dr. Piyush Kumar Gupta

Assistant Professor, Life Science

piyush.kumar1@sharda.ac.in

About

Dr. Piyush Kumar Gupta is currently head of the Centre for Development of Biomaterials and Assistant Professor at Department of Life Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. His area of expertise includes Biomaterials, Pharmaceutics, Nanotoxicology, and Tissue Engineering. He has invented many technologies. Six of them are granted, and a total of 9 Indian patents have been published in recent years. He has published 147 SCIE and Scopus-indexed peer-reviewed articles and 16 book chapters in his area of expertise. He has been bestowed with several International or National awards, including the INSA Visiting Scientist Award, the RSC-Nanoscale Horizons Award, Best Researcher Award, the Springer Nature Award, the Young Scientist Award, Prof. S. Rajeswari Award for Biomedical Innovation, European Society for Biomaterials Award, and so many others. He is handling several editorial responsibilities as an editorial board member in Taylor and Francis, Frontiers, Springer Nature, and Elsevier journals. He is also an active peer reviewer of more than 60 international journals. He is a peer reviewer for many International and National funding agencies. He is an annual member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, American Chemical Society, and European Society for Biomaterials. He is also an active life member of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, the Indian Science Congress Association, Materials Research Society of India, Asian Polymer Association, National Environmental Science Academy, Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, Society for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, and Society for Materials Chemistry. He has given more than 50 international and national invited talks.

Experience
  • 5 Years
Qualification
  • Ph.D.
Award & Recognition

Total no. of awards - 14

  • 2025 – Member, Indian National Academy of Engineering, Govt. of India
  • 2024 – Listed in Top 2 % list of World Scientists in Pharmacy and Nanoscience categories
  • 2023 – International Travel Fellowship, DST-SERB, Govt. of India
  • 2022 - 2023 - Best Researcher Award, Sharda University, India
  • 2021 - INSA-Visiting Scientist Award, Indian National Science Academy, Govt. of India

Research

  • Pratibha Pansari, Surajita Sahu, Monalisa Mishra, Piyush Kumar Gupta*, Geeta Durga. (2024). In-vivo Toxicological Study of Cysteamine Modified Carbon Dots Derived from Ruellia simplex on Fruit Fly for Potential Bioimaging. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 61, 103359. (IF – 3.4), Indexed – SCI, Scopus (Q1)
  • Kalpana Balakrishnan, Sreejesh Sreekumar, Karthik Arumugam, Piyush Kumar Gupta*. (2024). Nano Cerium Oxide Loaded Magnetic Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Nanocomposite for Anti-Cancer and Anti-Bacterial Applications. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 57(4), 103114. (IF – 3.4), Indexed – SCI, Scopus (Q1)
  • Shaily Chauhan, Seekha Naik, Rohit Kumar, Janne Ruokolainen, Kavindra Kumar Kesari, Monalisa Mishra, Piyush Kumar Gupta*. (2024). In vivo toxicological analysis of ZnFe2O4@poly(tBGE-alt-PA) Nanocomposite: A study on Fruit Fly. ACS Omega, 9(6), 6549 - 6555. (IF – 3.7), Indexed – SCI, Scopus (Q1) (Highlighted on the Front Page of ACS Omega magazine)
  • Siva Chander Chabattula, Bamadeb Patra, Piyush Kumar Gupta, Kavitha Govarthanan, Suresh Kumar Rayala, Debashis Chakraborty, Rama Shanker Verma. (2024). Anticancer Application of Nat-ZnFe2O4 Nanoparticles on 2D Tumor Models. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 196, 1058 - 1078. (IF – 3.1), Indexed – SCI, Scopus (Q2)
  • Priyanka Thakur, Arivarasan Vishnu Kirthi, Gaurav Kumar, Gaurav Pant, Rohit Kumar, Soumya Pandit, Manu Pant, Anjuvan Singh, Piyush Kumar Gupta*. (2024). Synthesis of pectin and eggshells biowaste mediated nanohydroxyapatite (nHAp), their physicochemical characterizations, and use as an antibacterial material. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 196, 491 - 505. (IF – 3.1), Indexed – SCI, Scopus (Q2)
     

Total no. of Journal Publications – 147

Book Chapters – 16

Granted Patents – 6, Published - 7

Books – 2

  • Completed Sponsored Projects - 3

Area of Interest

  • Biomaterials
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Nanotoxicology