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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"

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Scientists ▸  Dr. Somenath Roy
Dr. Somenath Roy

Dr. Somenath Roy

Senior Principal Scientist

Functional Materials & Devices Division

Contact Information:

E-mail: sroy.cgcri@csir.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: “A biochip, system and method for rapid identification of biomarkers and pathogens.” , Inventors: Somenath Roy, Preetam Guha Ray, Siddhartha Sankar Bhunia, Ankita Dutta Chowdhury, Indian Patent Application No.: 202511034594, Date of Filing: April 8, 2025
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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. NucleiTraceTM      (under class 10: Medical apparatus and instruments);Application no.: 7063713, dated 27/05/2025
  2. 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)
  • Platinum Jubilee Mid-Career Scientist Award, presented by the Hon’ble Minister of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, in recognition of “Pioneering developments on scalable PoC diagnostics through integrating IoT, microfabrication, and bio-interfaces for real-world healthcare” (28-Aug-2025)
  • Keynote Lecture at “Beyond Boundaries: Global Policy for Pollutants in Environment including Forever Chemicals” held at the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Preston, U.K. (03-Jul-2024)
  • Distinguished Collaborator, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Preston, U.K. (June – July 2019)
  • Indian Delegate (DST-Humboldt Foundation) to the Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering Symposium [INDOGFOE 2014] in Potsdam, Germany (22-25 May, 2014)
  • Invited Lecture at RNAi & Single Cell Biology-2011 Summit, Hilton Garden Inn, Waltham, USA (April 4 – 5, 2011).
  • Featured in “Nanotechnology Thought Leaders Series 2010”
  • Session Chair, 2nd International Workshop on ‘Tailor-Made Nanomaterials and Applications for Chemical and Bio-Sensors’, Jordan Fermi, Linköping University, Sweden (22-23 June 2010)
  • (Former) 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) – Post Doctoral Associate at Holon Institute of Technology, Israel 
  2. Dr. Deblina Majumder (2019) – Post Doctoral Associate at Newcastle University, UK
  3. Dr. Preetam Guha Ray (2020) – Postdoctoral Scientist I, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
  4. Dr. Madhurima Das (2020) – Senior Researcher at AGH University of Krakow, Poland

Ph.D. in progress:

  1. Ankita Dutta Chowdhury (DBT-NET)
  2. Avijit Santra (DST-INSPIRE)
  3. Ayesha Rahman (Joint supervision with IIT-ISM, Dhanbad)

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 (2013)

 B. Tech students supervised: 

  1. Rahul Kurdia (2018)

Last Updated on September 15, 2025