Dr Pratibha Pansari
Research Associate-
Dr. Pratibha Pansari completed her PhD from Sharda University, with her research executed at the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, under the INUP-i2i programme (MeitY, Govt. of India). Her academic journey and research interests revolve around developing innovative, future-oriented solutions for real-world healthcare problems by integrating material science, chemistry, and biology. Her career objective is to give the useful output of research work, no matter how tiny it is in the house of researchers. She aspires to inspire the next generation to explore beyond the confines of their minds and imagination. She is enthusiastic about science and technology with the added ingredient of human philosophy and her spare time belongs to literature.
Email: pansaripratibha@gmail.com
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=izy0hisAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Interests
- Material Science
- Nanochemistry
- Fluorescent Materials
Projects & Publications
- Pansari, P.; Sahu, S.; Alam, Anwar; Piyush, Gupta, K.; Mishra, M.; Durga, G*. Rational Design and In-Vivo Toxicity Assessment of Multichannel Fluorescent Carbon Dots Derived from Withania Coagulans in Drosophila Melanogaster. Microchim. Acta 2025 1929 2025, 192 (9), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/S00604-025-07402-8. Impact Factor: 5.3, Q1
- Surana, K.; Pansari, P.; Sharma, R.; Bhattacharya, B., Durga, G*, Controlled Carbon Dots Mixing Boosts Perylene Diimide Dye for Enhanced Absorbance and White Light Emission: Finding Application in Optoelectronic Devices. Opt. Mater. (Amst). 2025, 161 (December 2024), 116789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2025.116789. Impact Factor: 4.2, Q1
- Pansari, P.#; Sahu, S.#; Mishra, M.; Gupta, K.; Durga, G*. In-Vivo Toxicological Study of Cysteamine Modified Carbon Dots Derived from Ruellia Simplex on Fruit Fly for Potential Bioimaging. Biocatalyst Agric. Biotechnol. 2024, 61 (September), 103359. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BCAB.2024.103359. Impact Factor: 3.8, Q1
- Pansari, P.; Durga, G.*; Javed, R. “Cysteamine Modified Ruellia Simplex Carbon Dots: Tuning Photoluminescence and Unraveling the Metal Sensing Mechanism” Chem. Pap. 2024, 78 (10), 5993–6010. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-024-03521-3. Impact Factor: 2.5, Q2
- Pansari, P.; Durga, G.*; Sharma, R. Carbon Nanoprobe Derived from Nyctanthes Arbor-Tristis Flower: Unveiling the Surface Defect-Derived Fluorescence. Spectrochim. Acta Part A Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 2023, 303 (January), 123119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2023.123119. Impact Factor: 4.8, Q1
- Pansari, P.*, Computational Approaches for Drug Discovery from Medicinal Plants in the Era of Data-Driven Research. Indian Drugs, 2021, https://doi.org/10.53879/id.58.08.12930. Impact Factor: N/A
- Pansari, P., Phiri, T. A., Durga, G.* Serendipitous Synthesis of Fractal Pattern-like Polymer Carbon Dots and Carbon Nano Dot via Surface Molecular Engineering. Accepted, Macromolecular Symposia. Impact Factor: 0.7, Q3
- Pansari, P., Phiri, T. A., Durga, G. Shaping the Fluorescent Future of Carbon Dots to Advance Their Role in Biomedical Applications. Accepted, Emergent Materials. Impact Factor: 4.3, Q2
Education
- PhD in Chemistry, Sharda University, India (2021-2025)
- M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry, Raj Rishi Bhartrihari Matsya University, Alwar, India (2016-2018)
- B.Sc. in Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology, Rajasthan University, Jaipur, India (2013-2016)
Research Experience
- Trainee Fellow - National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi (Oct 2019 - Apr 2020)
Awards & Honors
- Invited Attendee, DBT and STARS supported conference "Nanobiotechnology: Beyond the Conventional," at Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, September 27 – 30, 2023. (CeNSE/CDNA/NanoBio/2023-24)
- INUP-i2i Outreach Scholar, PhD research support awarded by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India at Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, August 2023 – December 2023. (CeNSEINUP-02i/PE pratibha/2022-23)
- Research Fellowship by Sharda University, Greater Noida. (Sept 2021 – August 2024). (SU/RES/SBSR/Chemistry/2021212714/515)
- Trainee Fellowship by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi. (Oct 2019 - Apr 2020) (3-115/2019-20/NIPGR/Admn)
- The Gargi Award by the Govt. of Rajasthan for academic excellence (2010)