Rohan earned a B.S. & M.S. (Dual Degree) in Biotechnology from Amity University, Noida, India in 2018. He is a PhD student in Dr. Samira Musah’s Lab.
Contact Information
- Email Address: rohan.bhattacharya@duke.edu
Research Interests
Stem cells and developmental biology, Kidney disease modeling, Organ-on-a-chip, Biomaterials
Conference Abstracts and Presentations:
Mou, X., Bhattacharya, R., Sun, B., Hsu, P., Musah, S. “Development of a functional in vitro kidney model by integration of electrospinning and stem cell differentiation technologies” Multi-cellular Engineered Living Systems, Bethesda, MD 2021 (Date changed due to COVID-19)
Mou, X., Bhattacharya, R., Sun, B., Hsu, P., Musah, S. “A functional in vitro model of human kidney glomerulus” Duke Health, Duke University, North Carolina, 2020
Sangam, S., Bhattacharya, R, Mukherjee, M* “Method for preparation of highly fluorescent biocompatible sulphur doped graphene quantum dots from affordable agro-industrial bio-waste cane molasses using hydrothermal synthesis for bioimaging application” Technology Mela, New Delhi, India2019
Sangam, S., Bhattacharya, R., Mukherjee, M*. “Biocompatible sulphur-doped graphene quantum dots from wastes for blue-sky bioimaging” at International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM), New Delhi2019
Bhattacharya, R., Sangam, S., Mukherjee, M* “Graphene Quantum Dots setting foot for Deep tissue imaging in Near-infrared windows" National Science Conclave (NSC) New Delhi2018 (Oral Talk)
Shakeel, A., Bhattacharya, R., Mukherjee, M*. "Transdermal smart hydrogel patches for Nitrogylcerine delivery" Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI) Faridabad, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India 2018
Honors and Awards:
Lew’s (NIH T32 Ruth L. Kirschstein) Predoctoral Fellowship 2020
Nominated to participate in the AAAS/Science Program by Duke Biomedical Engineering for Excellence in Science 2020
Duke University Core Facility Voucher Award to support our work on functional and molecular genomics 2020
Institute Fellowship from Amity University, Noida, India for Excellence in Research 2019
Salutatorian of the Biotechnology Department, Amity University Noida, India 2018
Publications:
Burt, M.; Bhattacharya, R.; Okafor, A. E,; Musah, S*. “Guided Differentiation of Mature Kidney Podocytes from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells under Chemically Defined Conditions.” Journal of Visualized Experiments 2020 (161), e61299
Okafor, A. E., Bhattacharya, R., Musah, S*. “Models of kidney glomerulus derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells”. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells – Novel Concepts, Advances in Stem Cell Biology 2020, Elsevier series(submitted) (invited)
Singh, A.; Bhattacharya, R.; Shakeel, A.; Sharma, Arun K.; Jeevanandham, S.; Ashish.; S.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Bohidar, H.; Chakrabarti, S.; Ghosh, S.; Rajput S. K.; Mukherjee, M*. “Hydrogel Nanotubes with Ice-Helices as Exotic Nanostructures for Diabetic Wound Healing.” Materials Horizons, Royal Society of Chemistry 2019, 6, 274-284
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Shakeel, A.; Bhattacharya, R.; Jeevanandham, S.; Kochhar, D.; Singh, A.; Mehra, L.; Ghufran, M.; Garg, P.; Sangam, S.; Biswas, S.; Tyagi, A.; Kalyanasundaram, D.; Chakrabarti, S.; Mukherjee, M*. Graphene Quantum Dots in the Game of Directing Polymer Self-Assembly to Exotic Kagome Lattice and Janus Nanostructures. ACS Nano 2019, 13, 9397-9407
Sangam, S.; Gupta, A.; Bhattacharya, R.; Shakeel, A.; Sharma, A.; Suhag, D.; Chakrabarti, S.; Garg, S.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Basu, B.; Kumar, V., Rajput, S. K., Dutta, M. K.; Mukherjee, M*. “Sustainable Synthesis of Single Crystalline Sulphur-doped Graphene Quantum Dots for Bioimaging and Beyond.” Green Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry 2018, 20, 4245
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