Profile
Dr. Sanjay Singh completed B.Sc. degree from Ewing Christian College, Allahabad, India and M.Sc. degree from University of Allahabad, India. He completed Ph.D. (Biotechnology/Nanobiotechnology) from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India. Subsequently, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA and at Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, USA. He joined Ahmedabad University and worked as an Assistant Professor (2012 – 2017) and Associate Professor (2017 – 2021). He was also a visiting professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, and University of Twente, Netherlands. Dr. Singh joined NIAB on 31st May 2021.
Current Focus Areas
Development of nanominerals and their targeted delivery for enhanced absorption and bioavailability.
Design of novel hybrid nanozymes mediating self-cascade catalysis for inhibiting the viability of antibiotic resistant bacterial species.
Redox-active nanomaterials incorporated 3D scaffolds for free radical modulation and angiogenesis coupled wound healing.
Development of novel nanozymes exhibiting ROS scavenging ability.
Selected Publications
1. P. C. Naha, J. C. Hsu, J. Kim, S. Shah, M. Bouché, S. Si-Mohamed, D. N. Rosario-Berrios, P. Douek, M. Hajfathalian, P. Yasini, Sanjay Singh, M. A. Rosen, M. A. Morgan, D. P. Cormode, Dextran-coated cerium oxide nanoparticles: a computed tomography contrast agent for imaging the gastrointestinal tract and inflammatory bowel disease, ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 8, 10187-10197.
2. Sanjay Singh, T. Pirmohamed, A. S. Karakoti, A. Kumar, S. Seal, W. T. Self, “A phosphate- dependent shift in redox state of cerium oxide nanoparticles leads to altered catalytic properties” Biomaterials, 2011, 32, 6745-6753.
3. A. Karakoti, Sanjay Singh, A. Kumar, M. Malinska, SVNT. Kuchibhatla, K. Wozniak, W. Self, and S. Seal, “PEGylated Nanoceria as Radical Scavenger with Tunable Redox Chemistry” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 14144-14145.
4. NVS Vallabani, A Vinu, Sanjay Singh, A Karakoti, Tuning the ATP-triggered pro-oxidant activity of iron oxide-based nanozyme towards an efficient antibacterial strategy, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2020, 567, 154-164.
5. V. Jain, S. Bhagat, Sanjay Singh, Bovine serum albumin decorated gold nanoclusters: A fluorescence-based nanoprobe for detection of intracellular hydrogen peroxide, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2021, 327, 128886.