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सीएसआईआर-केंद्रीय काँच एवं सिरामिक अनुसंधान संस्थान

CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute

"Innovation in Ceramics and Glass for the mankind"

Scientist's Profile

Scientists ▸  Dr. Somenath Roy
Dr. Somenath Roy

Dr. Somenath Roy

Senior Principal Scientist

Functional Materials & Devices Division

Contact Information:

E-mail: sroy@cgcri.res.in

Dr. Somenath Roy

Joined CSIR-CGCRI on June 1, 2012

Professional Career

Institution Position Period
CSIR- Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute Senior Principal Scientist Jun 2023- present
CSIR- Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute Principal Scientist Jun 2017- May 2023
CSIR- Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute Senior Scientist Jun 2012- May 2017
Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (A*STAR) , Biopolis, Singapore Research Scientist Jan 2008 – May 2012
Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute (AMERI), Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA Coordinator, Research Programs Jan 2005 – Nov 2007
Swedish Sensor Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden Postdoctoral Research Fellow Apr 2004 – Jan 2005
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India Project Officer Nov 2003 – Apr 2004

Education

Degree Discipline University; Year
Ph.D. Materials Science I.I.T., Kharagpur, 2004

Patents filed / Granted

  1. Title of the invention: “Smartphone-Interfaced Handheld Neurotransmitter Sensor and the Method thereof for Non-Invasive Detection of Target Analytes”, Inventors: Somenath Roy, Ankita Dutta Chowdhury, Indian Patent Application number: 202311028952 dated 20/04/2023
  2. Title: “Device and method for detecting target molecules” Inventors: Jackie Y. Ying, Somenath Roy, Jun Hui Soh, United States Patent No.: US 10,544,458 (granted), Date of Patent: January 28, 2020; European Patent Application No.: EP2406621A4, Date of Application: August 01, 2018; International Patent Application No. WO2016137398A1, Date of Application: September 01, 2016
  3. Title: “Optical biosensors for diagnosis and high-throughput drug screening using unique conformational changes of recominant tagged G protein-coupled receptors for activation” Inventors: Charlotte A. E. Hauser, Somenath Roy, Jun Hui Soh, Jackie Y. Ying International Patent No.: WO/2015/102541 (granted) Date of Patent: July 9, 2015
  4. Title: “A Transistor Arrangement and a Method of Forming a Transistor Arrangement” Inventors: Somenath Roy and Ziqiang Gao United States Patent No.: US8963118 (granted) Date of Patent: February 24, 2015 International Patent (PCT) No.: WO 2011/014129 (granted) Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
  5. Title: “Nanoscale DNA Detection System using Species-Specific and/or Disease- Specific Probes for Rapid Identification” Inventors: Wonbong Choi, Somenath Roy, Kalai Mathee and Viswanath Prasad United States Patent No.: US 8597492 (granted) Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
  6. Title: “Electrical Sensor for Ultrasensitive Nucleic Acid Detection” Inventors: Zhiqiang Gao, Somenath Roy and Xiaojun Chen International Patent No.: WO/2010/104479 (granted) Date of Patent: September 16, 2010 European Patent Application No.: EP2406621A4 Date of Application: August 20, 2014
  7. Title: “A Sensor System for Detecting the Presence of Deoxidizing Gases,” Inventors: S. Basu and S. Roy Indian Patent No.: #194185 (granted) Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
  8. Title: “A System for Carrying out Spray-CVD” Inventors: S. Basu, S. Roy and S. Singh Indian Patent No.: #199419 (granted) Date: of Patent: September 07, 2001

 

Trademark

  1. NeurOnScreenTM (under class 10: Medical apparatus and instruments); Application no.: 6084859, dated 29/08/2023

Research Interest

Micro- and Nano-fabrication, Nanoelectronics, Nanostructured semiconductor gas sensors, Biomedical sensors, Microfluidics etc.

 

Landmark Research Contributions

  1. Design and development of a Smartphone-interfaced, Point-of-care testing (PoCT) device prototype for Neuro-diagnostic applications
  2. First ever experimental demonstration of charge transport through a single DNA molecule using a uniquely designed carbon nanotube based platform
  3. Invention of a lithography-free technique for fabrication of a complete digital logic inverter on a single ZnO nanowire
  4. Design and fabrication of a mass-producible nanogap sensor array, using standard microfabrication technology, for ultra-sensitive (sub femto-molar) detection of DNA and mRNA
  5. Development of a microfluidic-enabled microarray for detection of miRNA, with a single molecule resolution, under optical microscope

Publication Summary

Peer-reviewed International Journal Publications: 42; Average Impact Factor:  5.337 

Total Citations: 2046;    h-index: 24;    i10-index: 42

 
Selected High-Impact Publications (as first author):
1. Somenath Roy and Zhiqiang Gao, “Nanostructure-based Electrical Biosensors”, Nano Today 4 (2009) 318-334 (Impact Factor: 18.962, Citation: 202)
2. Somenath Roy, Xiaojun Chen, Mo-Huang Li, Yanfen Peng, Franklin Anariba, and Zhiqiang Gao, “Mass-Produced Nanogap Sensor Arrays for Ultrasensitive Detection of DNA”, Journal of the American Chemical Society (ACS) 131 (2009) 12211-12217 (Impact Factor: 16.383, Citation: 81)
3. Somenath Roy, Harindra Vedala, Aparna Datta Roy, Do-hyun Kim, Melissa Doud, Kalai Mathee, Hoon-kyu Shin, Nobuo Shimamoto, Viswanath Prasad, and Wonbong Choi, “Direct Electrical Measurements on Single-Molecule Genomic DNA Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”, Nano Letters (ACS) 8 (2008) 26-30. (Impact Factor: 12.262, Citation: 170)
4. Somenath Roy, Jun Hui Soh, Jackie Y Ying, “A microarray platform for detecting disease-specific circulating miRNA in human serum”, Biosensors & Bioelectronics 75 (2016) 238-246. (Impact Factor: 12.545, Citation: 59)
5. Somenath Roy, Jun Hui Soh and Zhiqiang Gao, “A microfluidic-assisted microarray for ultrasensitive detection of miRNA under an optical microscope”, Lab on a Chip (RSC) 11 (2011) 1886-1894. (Impact Factor:  7.517, Citation: 79)
  • Keynote Lecture at the International Workshop entitled “Beyond Boundaries: An International Workshop on Global Policy for Pollutants in Environment including Forever Chemicals” held  on 3rd July, 2024 at the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK 
  • “Distinguished Collaborator”, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Preston, U.K. (June – July 2019) 
  • Featured in “Nanotechnology Thought Leaders Series 2010”
  • Member of the Review Committee, National Science Foundation (NSF), USA
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Swedish Research Council (2004-2005)
  • National Scholarship (1996-1997)
Ph.D. degree awarded :
  1. Dr. Saptarshi Ghosh (2017)
  2. Dr. Deblina Majumder (2019)
  3. Dr. Preetam Guha Ray (2020)
  4. Dr. Madhurima Das (2020)
Ph.D. in progress:
  1. Ankita Dutta Chowdhury (DBT-NET)
  2. Avijit Santra (DST-INSPIRE)
  3. Dona Roy (UGC-NET)

M. Tech. degree awarded:
  1. Chayan Chatterjee – AcSIR (2014)

Project Fellows:
  1. Sidhartha Sankar Bhunia (GAP0353)
  2. Kamalesh Roy (HCP44)
  3. Krishnendu Halder (GAP0182)
M. Sc. students supervised: 
  1. Hasanur SK (2022)
  2. Sanchali Saha (2023)
B. Tech students supervised: 
  1. Rahul Kurdia (2018)

Last Updated on March 24, 2025