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Research Experience

  • Over 10 years’ experience of exploring design and development of nanostructures for biosensors, nanomedicine, and drug delivery systems development.

  • Over 10 years’ experience leading research teams, product development, and device integration to develop electrochemical biosensors for personalized health care.

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  • Over 10 years’ experience of electrochemistry to explore electrochemical properties of various nanostructures, using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), and Differential Pulse Voltammetry (DPV), to design and develop efficient biosensors.

  • Over 8 years of experience in nano-enabled electrochemical biosensors

  1. Fabrication, characterization, and optimization of electrochemical biosensor 

  2. Electrochemical characterization and analysis of nanomaterials and biosensors using CV, DPV, EIS techniques

  3. Preparation and characterization of electro-active nanostructured materials

  4. Analysis of biosensors device properties and reliability

  5. Development of miniaturized biosensing device

  6. Exploring POC sensing of biomarkers

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Over 4 years of experience in developing personalized nanomedicine for health care.

  1.  Exploring for personalized heath care

  2. Exploring nanomedicine for CNS diseases

  3. Exploring electro-magnetic nano-carriers for drug delivery

  4. On-demand controlled site-specific drug delivery.

  5. Magnetically guided drug delivery to the brain for the treatment of neuro-HIV.

  6. Exploring tools for HIV incidence

  7. Exploring nanomaterials for clinical application

  8. Exploring effects of nanomaterials in animal (mice and baboon)

 

  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively as a member of multidisciplinary research teams.

  • Establishment of collaborations and managing/performing research at the multi-institutional level.

  • Managing safety protocols such as IBC, IRB, and IACUC to conduct the research under NIH/NSF/Institutional guidelines.

  • Organizational skills with experience in assuming ownership of assigned tasks, successfully completing the tasks, and mentoring/supervising junior-level scientists.

  • Coordination with experts, institutions, and clinics to promote research at clinical level.

  • Managing progress reports and research publication to justify success of project.

  • Exploring new funding opportunities for future research.

Research Interests

  • Research Areas

  • Nano-biotechnology/engineering for diagnostics and therapeutics Applications

  • Nano Carriers for drug delivery

  • Nanomedicine, Personalized Nanomedicine

  • Nano-formulation for therapeutics

  • Electrochemistry, Electrochemical biosensor

  • Fabrication and optimization of electrochemical biosensor

  • Synthesizing and characterizing electrochemically active nonmaterial for electrochemical biosensor

  • Fabrication and characterization of nanostructured materials for Gas sensor

  • Wearable sensor for point-of-care application

  • BioMEMS and Micro/Nano fabrication systems

Education 

Ph. D. (Chemistry), 2010       

Topic: Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanocomposite for Electrochemical Bio-Sensing Application

Department of Chemistry, Jamia Milia Islamia and National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

 

M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry), 2002                   C. C. S. Univ. Meerut (U P),    India

B.Sc. (Phys. Chem. Math.), 2000                   C. S. Univ. Meerut (U P),    India

 

Employment History  

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July 2019-  Till Date            Assistant Professor Chemistry 

Department of Environmental Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

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July 2015- June 2019           Assistant Professor

Center of Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology of College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

Nov. 2013 – July 2015           Post-Doctoral Associate

Center of Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, Department of immunology of College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

Nov. 2011 – Oct. 2013           Post-Doctoral Associate

BioMEMS and Microfabrication Systems Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

Sept. 2011 – Nov. 2011          Post-Doc,

BioMEMS and Microfabrication Systems Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

Dec. 2010 - July 2011             Research Assistant,

National Center of Sensor Research, Biomedical Diagnostic Institute, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

April 2007 – Dec. 2011          Senior Research Fellow,

Biomedical Instrumentation Section, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

June 2004 - April 2007           Project Assistant,

Optical Radiation Standards, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

Professional Membership and Committee assignments

Fellow-Indian Chemical Society

USERN: Universal Scientific Education Research Network

USERN Junior Ambassador in USA

American Institute of Healthcare Compliance, Inc.

Society of Brain Mapping and Therapeutics-SBMT, since 2015-2021

  • Member of the annual meetings organizing committee

  • Member of the program science committee, since 2015

  • Co-chair of Nanoneuroscience/Nanoneurosurgery subcommittee

  • Member of the award committee

Society of Personalized NanoMedicine-SPNM, 2014-2018

  • Member of the organizing committee

  • Member of poster evaluation committee

 

Electrochemical Society (ECS)

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Academy of Scientists for Industrial Research and Education, Secretary - https://asire.org/  

Awards and Achievements â€‹

  • Ajeet Kauhik, Three Florida Poly professors among world’s top 2% of scientists

https://floridapoly.edu/news/articles/2021/12/120721-topscientists.php

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  • My collaborative research on nano-enabled biosensor and nanomedicine to combat COVID-19 pandemic is recognized my WHO and selected for WHO database.

https://search.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/?output=&lang=en&from=&sort=&format=&count=&fb=&page=1&skfp=&index=tw&q=ajeet+kaushik&search_form_submit=

https://floridapoly.edu/news/articles/2021/01/010521-kaushikwho.php?fbclid=IwAR0_JdUVDoidhdev7V1EPIRaAhB1lwAFsb8RAR5MdUMMjVwUflsHC-w-mhw

https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2021/01/13/florida-poly-professors-research.html

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  • Early Career Scientist Award 2020-International Journal of Nanomedicine

  • Charles De Wis Award 2020, Charles Walter Society for Innovation and Research

  • Task Force Member, ICMR Centre for Innovation & Bio-Design (CIBioD), PGIMER, Chandigarh

  • Co-organizing Secretory, International Webinar on Materials Synthesis and Characterization (IWMSC-2020), July 11 to 13, 2020 Department of Physics and Electronics, Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University Ayodhya (U.P.), India & Department of Natural Sciences Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, Florida, USA

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Universal Scientific Education Research Network (USERN) Laurate in the field Biomedical Sciences-2019

Acknowledgement

https://floridapoly.edu/news/2019-florida-poly-look-back/ (Featured in FPU-2019 accomplishments)

https://floridapoly.edu/news/nanotechnology-for-disease-diagnosis-and-treatment-earns-florida-poly-professor-international-award/

https://genesisnanotech.wordpress.com/2019/11/16/nanotechnology-for-disease-diagnosis-and-treatment-earns-florida-poly-professor-international-award/

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/311309-florida-poly-professor-honored-for-work-on-technology-that-could-better-diagnose-zika-attack-brain-tumors

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  • Junior Research Investigator Award in Personalized Nanomedicine by Society for Personalized Nanomedicine-2017

  • Invited Presentation Award by NIAAA-Neuro-HIV and Alcohol Abuse satellite Meeting-2017

  • Excellent Leadership Award by Nano-Florida Foundation.

  • NanoFlorida-2017 Conference Chairman for 10th Annual Nanoscience Nanotechnology Symposium @Florida International University, Miami, USA.

  • Awarded lecture “Pran Nath Bohra Trust Fund Lecture” at Panjab University-July-2017.

  • Expert Lecture at Central Scientific Instrumentations organization (CSIO)-CSIR, India, July 2017.

  • Young Investigator Award by Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT)-2017.

  • Co-chair session on Nano-Neuroscience and Nano-Neurosurgery in SBMT-2017.

  • Early Career Investigator Travel Award by NIAAA-Neuro-HIV and Alcohol Abuse satellite Meeting-2017 -2016.

  • International Agency of Standard and Rating (IASR) recognition among World's 500 Most Influential Nanotechnologist for the Year 2015 on Earth. 

  • Certificate of Excellence Research, by 21st Society of Neuroimmune Pharmacology (SNIP) 2016

  • “NanoScience Award” dedicated to Prof. Joseph Wang by Cognizure-Publishing Division. 2015

  • Senior Research Fellowship awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India 2006

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  • Best presentation award on Science Day held at National Physical Laboratory, India, 2009.

  • Judge of oral/poster session at Graduate Scholar Forum @FIU-2016

  • Judge of various sessions in MCNair Conference-BME-FIU.

  • Judge of various sessions in SNIP Conference

  • Judge of various sessions at NanoFlorida

  • Foreign Researcher at Centre for the Nanobioengineering and Spintronics (nBEST), Chungnam National University, Daejeon-305-764 Korea.

  • Publication in Nature, , 3, 2011, 17.

  • Publication in

  • Research papers cited in

  • Research paper cited inVirtual Journal of Biological Physics Research. 

  • Research paper cited as Nanotechweb (http://nanotechweb.org).

  • Team member of Science Foundation (NSF), Nano-engineering Research Center (ERC-1160483) for

  • Advanced Self-Powered System of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST).

Journal Editor:

 

Editor-in-Chief

(AIR) Air innovative Research: https://asire.org/air/

 

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Journal of Nanotheranostics-MDPI

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jnt/editors

 

Specialty Chief Editor

Biomedical Nanotechnology; Frontiers in Nanotechnology

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nanotechnology/sections/biomedical-nanotechnology

 

Associate Editor-in-Chief

Electronics-MDPI (Bioelectronics Section)

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/sectioneditors/bioelectronics

 

Guest Associate Editors for Frontiers

Neuropharmacology (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/all/sections/neuropharmacology)

Nanodevices (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nanotechnology/sections/nanodevices)

 

Consulting Editor: International Journal of Nanomedicine

https://www.dovepress.com/journal-editor-international-journal-of-nanomedicine-eic5

 

Advisory Board Member: Sci-MDPI; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sci/editors

 

Special Issue Editor

 

  1. Smart biosensing at point-of-care for intelligent health wellness

Biosensors and Bioelectronics-X

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/biosensors-and-bioelectronics-x/call-for-papers/smart-biosensing-at-point-of-care-for-intelligent-health-wellness

Guest Editors.

Jinhong Guo,

University of Electronics Science and technology of China

Ajeet K. Kaushik,

Department of Environmental Engineering, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL, USA

Chenzhong Li,

Center for Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics, Tulane University, School of Medicine

Yogendra Kumar Mishra,

Mads Clausen Institute, SDU NanoSYD, University of Southern Denmark, Alsion 2, 6400 Sønderborg, Denmark

Shalini Parsad

Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Dallas

 

  1. Special Issue "Special Issue in Honor of Professor Bansi D. Malhotra—From Nanosystems to a Biosensing Prototype for an Efficient Diagnostic"

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biosensors/special_issues/honor_prof_BDM_nano_bio_diag

MDPI-Biosensor (Impact Factor 5.5)

 

Guest Editor

Prof. Dr. Ajeet Kaushik

Department of Environmental Engineering, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL, USA

Dr. Pratima Solanki

Special Center for Nano Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Dr. Raju Khan

CSIR-Advanced Materials & Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal, MP, India

Prof. Dr. Yogendra Kumar Mishra

Mads Clausen Institute, SDU NanoSYD, University of Southern Denmark, Alsion 2, 6400 Sønderborg, Denmark

Dr. Sonu Gandhi

DBT-National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad, India

 

  1. Device-on-Chip Application in Biomedical Engineer

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biosensors/special_issues/Chip_Biomedical#editors

MDPI-Biosensor (Impact Factor 5.5)

 

Dr. Wei Lin E-Mail Website SciProfiles

Guest Editor

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5280, USA

 

Prof. Dr. Ajeet Kaushik E-Mail Website SciProfiles

Guest Editor

Department of Natural Sciences Division of Sciences, Arts & Mathematics (SAM) Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL, USA

 

  1. Design of Drug Carriers by Controlled Molecular Assembly of Functional Excipients for Better Drug Delivery

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/20025/design-of-drug-carriers-by-controlled-molecular-assembly-of-functional-excipients-for-better-drug-de

 

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

Jeong-Hwan Kim

Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

Keun Woo Lee

Silla University, Busan, South Korea

Nalinikanth Kotagiri

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, United States

Susan Hua

The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia

Ajeet Kaushik

Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, United States

Andre Kim

Silla University, Busan, South Korea

 

  1. Special Issue on Smart and Intelligent Nanobiosensors: Multidimensional applications

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/materials-letters/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-smart-and-intelligent-nanobiosensors-multid

 

Managing Guest Editor

Ravindra Pratap Singh

Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, India

Email: rpsnpl69@gmail.com

 

Guest Editors

Ajeet K. Kaushik

Florida Polytechnic University, USA

Email: akaushik@floridapoly.edu

Jay Singh

Banaras Hindu University, India

Email: jaysingh.chem@bhu.ac.in

 

  1. Special Issue on Graphene-Based, High-Performance Sensors

http://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/sensors-international/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-graphenebased-highperformance-sensors/

 

Guest Editors:

Dr. Raju Khan,

CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, India.

Email: khan.raju@ampri.res.in

Dr. Ajeet Kaushik,

Florida Polytechnic University, USA.

Email: akaushik@floridapoly.edu

 Dr Arpana Parihar,

CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, India.

Email: arpana_parihar@yahoo.com

Dr Amirmansoor Ashrafi,

Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic.

Email: amirmansoor.ashrafi@gmail.com

 

  1. Frontiers in Nanotechnology [Section: Biomedical Nanotechnology]

Nano-Neurogenesis for CNS diseases and disorder

Editors

Dr. Babak Kateb, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics

Dr. Ajeet Kaushik, Florida Polytechnic University, USA

Dr. Sneham Tiwari, Bostin Children Hospital, USA

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/21209/nano-neurogenesis-for-cns-diseases-and-disorders

 

  1. Sensors International

Special Issue on Smart Sensors for Intelligent Healthcare: Towards Electronic Health to Intelligent Health (E-health to I-health)

Guest Editors:

Dr. Kunal Mondal, Idaho National Laboratory, USA. Email: kunal.mondal@inl.gov

Dr. Ajeet Kaushik, Florida Polytechnic University, USA. Email: akaushik@floridapoly.edu

Dr. Azahar Ali, Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Email: aali2007.azahar70@gmail.com

Dr. Raj Kumar, University of Michigan, USA. Email: rk7410@gmail.com

http://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/sensors-international/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-smart-sensors-for-intelligent-healthcare/

 

  1. Frontiers in Nanotechnology [Section: Biomedical Nanotechnology]

Nanotechnology Solutions to Mitigate COVID-19: Detection, Protection, Medication

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/13838/nanotechnology-solutions-to-mitigate-covid-19-detection-protection-medication

 

  1. Sensors-MDPI: Detection and Diagnostics of the novel coronavirus

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Detection_Diagnosis_New_Coronavirus

 

  1. Journal of Nanotheranostics: Nanotheranostics and Artificial Intelligence to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jnt/special_issues/nanotheranostics_covid19

 

  1. Electronics: Smart Electronics for Intelligent Pandemic Disease Management

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/special_issues/smart_electronics_intelligent_disease_management

 

  1. Frontiers in Nanotechnology [section: Biomedical Nanotechnology]

National Conference on Nano/Bio-Technology 2-19, India

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/15270/national-conference-on-nanobio-technology-2019-india

 

  1. Sensors-MDPI: Point-of-Care Sensing Devices”

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Point_of_Care_Sensing_Devices

 

  1. Micormechines: “Biommecial Applications of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials”

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/micromachines/special_issues/biomedical-applications-nanotechnology-nanomaterials

 

  1. Frontiers in Pharmacology “Nanopharmacology for Neurology and Oncology”

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/7500/nanopharmacology-for-neurology-and-oncology

 

Editorial Board Members

  1. Nature Scientific Reports, NPG

  2. Biosensors and Bioelectronics-X

  3. The Innovations Cell Press

  4. Nanofabrication – De Gruyter press

  5. International Journal of Nanomedicine, Dovepress

  6. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery  

  7. Journal of Nanostructures in Chemistry, Springer-Nature

  8. Biosensor-MDPI,

  9. Sensor-MDPI,

  10. Micromachines-MDPI

  11. Electronics-MDPI

  12. Biomaterials and Polymers Horizon

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