Dr. Somya Sinha, has 7 years of teaching and research experience in the field of Biotechnology. Her research area
focusses on synthesis of nanomaterial of the herbal compound and assessing its wound healing activity against P.
aerugiunosa. She has published 45 research publications in the international and national journals with high impact
factor like Nanofabrication(IF-2.9), American Chemical Society (Molecular Pharmaceutics (IF: 5.36), Applied
Nanomaterials (IF: 5.9), MDPI journals (Journal of Composite Sciences) and Tech Science Journals (Journal of
Renewable Materials (IF: 2.115) Elsevier Journals (Computational Toxicology (IF: 2.4), Food Chemistry Advances,
Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology (IF: 5.062) Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (IF: 6.0) She has
filed 5 patents in the field of nanomaterial. She has guided 10 students of undergraduate program.
Research Area
- Nanomaterial Synthesis
- Wound Dressings
- In-silico Drug Designing
- Reverse Vaccinology
- Plant-Based Nanoformulations
Awards
- Received first prize in oral presentation at the National Conference on “Recent Advances in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Biotechnology” (Theme: Plant Nanobiotechnology), organized by Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun (10–12 November 2025)
- Received second prize in oral presentation at the National Conference on “Recent Trends & Challenges in Green Chemistry, Pollution Control and Climate Change (GPCC-2023)” held at CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow (14–16 December 2023)
- Received Research Excellence Award (2024) for outstanding research in Nanosciences by Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun
- Received Young Scientist Award (2020–2022) at the 15th Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Congress under Medical Sciences (including Pharmaceutical Sciences)
- Received Young Researcher Award (2021) in Nanotechnology and Bioinformatics from Environment and Social Development Association, Delhi
- Received Best Oral Presentation Award at Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Congress on the topic “Interaction studies of AChE protein with aphids and beetles”
- Presented a poster on “Synthesis, Characterization and Remedial Action of p-Ag Nanoparticles” at the International Virtual Conference on Biomaterial-Based Therapeutics, Engineering and Medicine (17–20 December 2021)
- Received Research Excellence Award (2021) by Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun for outstanding research in Nanotechnology
- Presented a poster on “Synthesis, Characterization and Antiproliferative Activity of St-r-GO Composites on 2-D Tumor Model” at the 2nd Indian Analytical Congress, organized with CSIR–Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
- Presented a research paper on “Molecular Modelling and Docking Simulation for Unravelling Medicinal Properties of Soor and Pakhoi” at the 22nd FAI–International Conference on Mathematical, Computational Intelligence and Engineering Approaches (2020)
Professional Membership
- Association of Pharmaceutical Science
- International Association of Neurosciences
- Microbiologists Society of India
Research Detail
- Pramanik, B., Sar, P., Bharti, R., Gupta, R. K., Purkayastha, S., Sinha, S., & Mitra, D. (2023).
Multifactorial role of nanoparticles in alleviating environmental stresses for sustainable crop production and
protection. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 201, 107831.
- Mishra, A., Kumar, R., Sinha, S., Dutta, K., Ahlawat, P., Kumar, A., & Nayak, S. (2023). Strategies
facilitating the permeation of nanoparticles through blood-brain barrier: An insight towards the development of
brain-targeted drug delivery system. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 86, 104694.
- Mitra, D., Mitra, D., Bensaad, M. S., Sinha, S., Pant, K., & Pant (2022). Evolution of bioinformatics and
its impact on modern bioscience in the twenty-first century: Special attention to pharmacology, plant science
and drug discovery. Computational Toxicology, 24, 100248.
- Joshi, N. C., Sinha, S., Bhatnagar, P., Nath, Y., Negi, B., Kumar, V., & Gururani, P. (2024). A concise
review on waste biomass valorization through thermochemical conversion. Current Research in Microbial
Sciences, 6, 100237.
- Sinha, S., Kumar, R., Anand, J., Gupta, R., Gupta, A., Pant, K., & Gupta, P. K. (2023). Nanotechnology-based
solutions for antibiofouling applications: An overview. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6(14), 12828–12848.
- Khoshru, B., Nosratabad, A. F., Mitra, D., Chaithra, M., Danesh, Y. R., & Sinha, S. (2023). Rock phosphate
solubilizing potential of soil microorganisms: Advances in sustainable crop production. Bacteria, 2(2),
98–115.
- Chowdhary, S., Deka, R., Panda, K., Kumar, R., Solomon, A. D., Sinha, S., & Gupta, P. K. (2023). Recent
updates on viral oncogenesis: Available preventive and therapeutic entities. Molecular Pharmaceutics,
20(8), 3698–3740.
- Ray, A., Kundu, S., Mohapatra, S. S., Sinha, S., Khoshru, B., Keswani, C., & Mitra, D. (2024). An insight
into the role of phenolics in abiotic stress tolerance in plants: Current perspective for sustainable
environment. Journal of Pure & Applied Microbiology, 18(1).
- Gupta, P. K., Palanisamy, S., Gopal, T., Rajamani, R., Pandit, S., Sinha, S., & Thakur, V. K. (2021).
Synthesis and characterization of novel Fe3O4/PVA/eggshell hybrid nanocomposite for
photodegradation and antibacterial activity. Journal of Composites Science, 5(10), 267.
- Sinha, S., Pant, K., Mishra, A., & Anand, J. (2025). Curative potential of EGCG-based nanoforms in wound
infection and wound healing. International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials,
74(12), 1092–1109.
Total Number of Publications : 45