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সিএসআইআর-কেন্দ্রীয় কাঁচ ও সেরামিক গবেষণা সংস্থা
सीएसआईआर-केंद्रीय काँच एवं सिरामिक अनुसंधान संस्थान
CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute
Dr. Somenath Roy
Principal Scientist
Dr. Somenath Roy
Joined CSIR-CGCRI on June 1, 2012Professional Career
Institution | Position | Period |
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CSIR- Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute | Principal Scientist | Jun 2017- present |
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 |
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Ph.D. | Materials Science | I.I.T., Kharagpur, 2004 |
Patents filed / Granted
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Research Interest
Micro- and Nano-fabrication, Nanoelectronics, Nanostructured semiconductor gas sensors, Biomedical sensors, Microfluidics etc.
Landmark Research Contributions
- First ever experimental demonstration of charge transport through a single DNA molecule using a uniquely designed carbon nanotube based platform
- Invention of a lithography-free technique for fabrication of a complete digital logic inverter on a single ZnO nanowire
- 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
- 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)
- “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)
Students mentored – Summary:
Ph.D. students : 4 (PhD degree awarded)
M. Tech student: 1 (AcSIR)
B. Tech student : 1 (Project)
Last Updated on February 22, 2023