RSC Applied Interfaces publishes interdisciplinary work with an applied focus, which can be read for free here. To celebrate the excellent articles that have been published so far in our journal, we asked some of our authors to discuss their work in more detail.
In this post, we hear from Monalisa Mukherjee, Radhika Chaurasia and Omnarayan Agrawal at Amity University, India, as they discuss their recently published article entitled Propene-bridged cyanurate tetramers decorated on carbon nanosheets with antibacterial activity: insights from molecular modeling and in vitro studies.
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Propene-bridged cyanurate tetramers decorated on carbon nanosheets with antibacterial activity: insights from molecular modeling and in vitro studiesOmnarayan Agrawal, Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Radhika Chaurasia, Gaganjyot Kaur Bakshi, Aakanksha Agarwal, Mousumi Sen, Praveen Mamidala, R. K. Dey, Mukesh Chourasia and Monalisa Mukherjee
RSC Appl. Interfaces, 2024,1, 928-943. DOI: 10.1039/D4LF00120F
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Meet the authors
Omnarayan Agrawal, Monalisa Mukherjee and Radhika Chaurasia
Omnarayan Agrawal
Omnarayan Agrawal B.Sc Chemistry (honours) from University of Delhi, and M.Sc Chemistry from G.L.A University. He has worked as a Junior Research Fellow in UGC-DAE project under the guidance of Prof. Monalisa Mukherjee. He also worked as a Visiting Research Assistant at Medger Evers College CUNY USA in the field of sodium ion batteries. He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies under Prof. Monalisa Mukherjee, where he has synthesized heterogeneous carbon nanomaterial-based nanocomposite hydrogels for biomedical applications like antibacterial and anticancer activity. Moreover, he is exploring the role of nanocomposite hydrogel in drug delivery and regenerative medicine.
Hitesh Kr. Sharma
Dr Hitesh Kr. Sharma, B. Pharm, M. Pharm, Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences. His research focuses on developing novel therapeutic combinations of antibiotics and phytomolecules to combat drug-resistant pathogens using in silico, in vitro, and in vivo methodologies. He possesses extensive expertise in antimicrobial analysis, mechanistic studies, and targeted therapeutics. He is passionate about addressing antimicrobial resistance as a global health challenge, striving to integrate traditional medicine with modern science. His goal is to develop innovative solutions that improve healthcare outcomes and contribute to surmount the global health crisis posed by antimicrobial resistance.
Radhika Chaurasia
Radhika Chaurasia is a Women Scientist in a DST-sponsored project and is pursuing a PhD at Amity Institute of Click Chemistry Research and Studies, Amity University, Noida, India. She completed her M.S. Pharm from the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hajipur, India. Currently, she is working on carbon quantum dots and metal-organic frameworks to evaluate their biomedical applications.
Mukesh Chourasia
Mukesh Chourasia has over 15 years of experience in bioinformatics and in-silico drug discovery. He holds a Master’s in Applied Biochemistry from the Cancer Hospital Research Institute, Gwalior, and received a Ph.D. from CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad in 2010. Currently working as an Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, his research focuses on developing drug-target fingerprint algorithms and databases, Machine Learning and AI based computational tools to design selective small organic molecules, with a particular emphasis on G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and cancer targets. His work aims to establish conceptual frameworks based on quantum and molecular mechanics to get insight into molecular levels of biological mysteries.
Monalisa Mukherjee
Prof. Monalisa Mukherjee completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree at the University of North Bengal, India. She received her Ph. D. from CBME, IIT (Delhi) in 2006. Presently, she is serving as Director at Amity Institute of Click Chemistry Research & Studies and Professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University (Noida), U.P., India. She is also the recipient of the UK-India Distinguished Visiting Scientist Award. During the past 17 years, Dr Mukherjee has made exemplary contributions to the field of Materials Science. Her research is not only reinforced by her remarkable publications and patents but also by its translational potential.