National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Biophysical Sciences
Areas of Interest
  • Protein conformational dynamics (folding/misfolding) Protein-protein/nanoparticle/metal ion interactions Nanoscale biophysics

Suman Jha Associate Professor

Life Science

jhas@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2687

44

PUBLICATIONS

6

SPONSORED PROJECTS

12

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Suman Jha

Associate Professor

Life Science

Room Number: MN-344

Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2009

Ph.D.
Biophysical Sciences
Technical University of Dortmund / Max-Planck Institute For Molecular Physiology

2005

M.Sc
Protein Biophysics / Biotechnology
Jawaharlal Nehru University

2002

B.Sc
Chemistry
Kirrori Mal College / Delhi University

Teaching Experience
  • Biophysics / Biophysical Tools for research in biological sciences,  National Institute of Technology Rourkela,   05 Sep 2011 - to date
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Protein Biophysics / Protein Folding,  University of Connecticut,   21 Mar 2010 - 30 Aug 2011

Optimizing znonp-insulin interaction interface in order to optimize insulin formulation. ICMR
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Evaluation of alpha-synuclein aggregation propensity on interaction with varying zinc oxide nanoparticles interfaces. DST,ODISHA
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Nanoparticle based approach to enhance the AMP efficacy against AMP resistant bacteria DBT
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Nanoparticle: A boon or bane for human IAPP/ pro IAPP INSPIRE,DST,GOI
  • Principal Investigator
  • 60
  • Completed   Sponsored
Deciphering role of cancer stem cells to therapy resistance in oral cancer SERB
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Conformational Amyloidogenic & Cytotoxic propensity of Human Proiapp DBT
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored

Total Publications: 44

K. K. Yadav, M. Ojha, R. Pariary, M. Arakha, A. Bhunia, and S. Jha,"Zinc oxide nanoparticle interface moderation with tyrosine and tryptophan reverses the pro-amyloidogenic property of the particle", Biochimie, vol.193, pp.64-77, Elsevier, February 2022, 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.10.011       Article

S. Asthana, D. Bhattacharyya, S. Kumari, P. S. Nayak, M. Saleem, A. Bhunia, and S. Jha,"Interaction with zinc oxide nanoparticle kinetically traps a-synuclein fibrillation into off-pathway non-toxic intermediates", International journal of biological macromolecules, vol.150, pp.68-79, Elsevier, May 2022, 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.01.269       Article

S. Asthana, H. Z, P. S. Nayak, J. Roy, A. N. Jha, B. Mallick, and S. Jha,"Insulin adsorption onto zinc oxide nanoparticle mediates conformational rearrangement into amyloid-like structure with an enhanced cytotoxic propensity", B.B.A. General Subjects, vol.1863, pp.153-166, Elsevier, January 2019       Article

P. S. Nayak, S. M. Borah, H. Gogoi, S. Asthana, R. Bhatnagar, A. N. Jha, and S. Jha,"Lactoferrin adsorption onto silver nanoparticle interface: implications of corona on protein conformation, nanoparticle cytotoxicity and the formulation adjuvanticity", Chemical Engineering Journal, vol.361, pp.470-484, Elsevier 2019, 10.1016/j.cej.2018.12.084       Article

M. Arakha, . Pal, D. Samantarrai, T. Panigrahi, B. Mallick, K. Pramanik, B. Mallick, and S. Jha,"Antimicrobial activity of iron oxide nanoparticle upon modulation of nanoparticle-bacteria interface", Scientific Reports, vol.5, pp.14813, Nature publishing, October 2015, 10.1038/srep14813       Article

  • LS100 : Biology {Theory}
  • LS1001 : Biology {Theory}
  • LS201 : Basic Biochemistry {Theory}
  • LS201 : Biochemistry {Theory}
  • LS304 : Bioinstrumentation {Theory}
  • LS307 : Biophysics {Theory}
  • LS3302 : Bioinstrumentation {Theory}
  • LS3303 : Biophysics {Theory}
  • LS411 : Biophysics {Theory}
  • LS423 : Advanced Techniques {Theory}
  • LS427 : Advanced Techniques {Theory}
  • LS4301 : Bioanalytical Techniques {Theory}
  • LS440 : Physical Sciences and Instrumentation {Theory}
  • LS504 : Bioanalytical Techniques {Theory}
  • LS582 : Molecular Biophysics {Theory}
  • LS6009 : Molecular Biophysics {Theory}
  • LS609 : Molecular Biophysics {Theory}
  • LS271 : Biochemistry Laboratory {Practical}
  • LS3094 : Life Science Laboratory- IV {Practical}
  • LS372 : Bioinstrumentation Laboratory {Practical}
  • LS4391 : Bioanalytical Techniques Laboratory {Practical}
  • LS473 : Biotechnology Laboratory {Practical}
  • LS478 : Computational Nucleic acids and Proteins Laboratory {Practical}
  • LS571 : Advanced Techniques Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [12]
The Effects of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Interface on Conformational Dynamics of Protein Models from Different Structural Hierarchies
Shreyasi Asthana
Enrolled: Oct 2013
Graduated :  Dec 2018
Supervisor
Effects of Photocatalytic Nanoparticle Interfaces on Biological Membranes and Biomacromolecules
Manoranjan Arakha
Enrolled: Oct 2012
Graduated :  Feb 2017
Supervisor
Nanoparticle Functionalization: Implications in Corona-modulated Biological Applications
Parth Sarathi Nayak
Enrolled: Jul 2013
Graduated :  Feb 2019
Supervisor
Modulation of different proteins' conformational dynamics in the presence of ZnO nanoparticles with varying surface properties
Kanti Kusum Yadav
Enrolled: Aug 2012
Graduated :  Jan 2020
Supervisor
Perturbations of Cellular Model Membranes Induced by Membrane-Interacting Model Peptide, Protein and Proteoliposome
Ashutosh Prince
Enrolled: Jul 2014
Graduated :  Jun 2020
Co-Supervisor
Study on Membrane Parameters Involved in ZnONP Penetration and Amyloid Beta Interaction in Neurodegeneration
Anuj Satish Tiwari
Enrolled: Jul 2015
Graduated :  Mar 2022
Co-Supervisor
Biological implications of biofabricated nanoparticles.
Kumari Subham
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
protein biology.
Sonali Mohanty
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
protein biology
Monalisha Ojha
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
Biological implications of biofabricated nanoparticles.
Sonali Jena
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
Structural biology, nanotechnology, cancer biology
Harshit Kalra
Enrolled: Oct 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
Screening of plant and microbe based compounds with potential to moderate amyloidogenic propensity of Insulin and alpha-Synuclein
Mohita Karmi
Enrolled: Jul 2023
Continuing
Supervisor