Senior Technical Officer

• Dec 2022 - Present

Assistant Professor

• Jul 2022 - Nov 2022

Ph.D. Research Scholar

• Aug 2015 - Jan 2022

-Successfully reported facile and rapid non-enzymatic lactate, LA, and PLA sensor for food analysis (Indian Patent filed with Application No. 202111001063).-Colorimetric lactic acid sensor analysis performed using p-nitrophenol added with CuNPs.-PLA sensor established by the binding of NaOH treated hafnium oxide nanoparticles system (HfO2@NaOH).This L-Lactate, LA, and PLA detection mechanism can be upgraded to direct smartphone device development and can be linked with online downloaded the app (colorassist/Color Picker/Colormeter). Show less

Senior Research Fellow

• Apr 2019 - Dec 2021

-Novel enzyme free optical sensor developed for L-lactate, lactic acid and polylactic acid.-Indian Patent has been filed with application number 202111001063 for the developed sensor technology through TIFAC, DST, dated: 9th Jan, 2021.-Commercial samples tested for L-lactate content in food matrix such as; Milk (Amul), curd, baby milk powder (Lactogen), tomato ketchups (Cremica), fermented food, cheese (Britania), wine (Shutter Home, California), probiotics milk drink (Yakult), Yogurt (Motherdairy), etc. Show less

Junior Research Fellow

• Apr 2017 - Mar 2019

Working with nanomaterials/ composites/ functional materials (Au, Cu, ZnO, TiO2, Fe3O4, CeO2, HfO2): synthesis & characterization studies (XRD, SEM, UV-VIS spectroscopy, Tauc-plot, FTIR, Zeta potential, DLS) for label-free optical sensor development for food safety & quality analysis.