Prof. Priyanka Srivastava

Designation : Assistant Professor (Senior)
School / Centre : Centre for NanoBiotechnology
Department : Biotechnology

Educational Details

IIT Guwahati

Ph.D.
Biosciences and Bioengineering
Graduated in 2010

Post Doctoral Experiences

University of New South Wales, Sydney (July 2016- July 2018)


Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Nano-bio interactions
  • nanotoxicology
  • synthesis and characterization of safe nanoparticles
  • purification
  • isolation and characterization of bioactive secondary metabolites
  • plant tissue culture

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Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Development of alginate-silver nanocomposite embedded with adipose-derived stem cells for the healing of deep burn wounds (Co-PI) DRDO

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
In vivo evaluation of interaction of silk fibroin- and alginate- silver nanocomposites with Balb/c mice blood tissue and organs to determine their efficacy as silver coatings in biomedical implants VIT Vellore
Behaviour of differently coated silver nanoparticles on cellular and acellular blood components: an in vitro and in vivo analysis DBT Indo-Australia Gold Fellowship

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
Formulation and characterization of double emulsion capable of carrying three drug components

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Herbal medicine and biotechnology for the benefit of human health, Editor(s): Ashish S. Verma, Anchal Singh, Animal Biotechnology (Second Edition) Academic Press 2020
Herbal Medicine and Biotechnology for the Benefit of Human Health Academic Press 2014
Bioplastics: Current trends and future prospects Environmental Information System Centre (ENVIS) Newsletter 2011
Biotechnological improvement in neem I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. 2010

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • IAAM Scientist Medal e-citation, April 2023, International Association of Advanced Materials, Sweden
  • 'Best Mentor’ for Fast Track Research Initiative 2019, VIT Vellore
  • Indo-Australian Gold Fellowship, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of. India, 2016-2018
  • International Travel Support grant, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India to present a paper in Plant Biology Congress, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany in July 2012
  • Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2005 organized by Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India

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