Dr. Sujeet Kumar Mishra

Research Area: phytochemistry, analytical chemistry, nanomaterials, Quality control of Herbal Drugs

Achievement/Award: Meritorious Student Award, Directorate of Higher Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi – for outstanding academic performance, CSIR-NET JRF, GATE, Research Excellence Award by InSc

Dr. Sujeet Kumar Mishra specializes in the fields of Phytochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, and Nanomaterials. With a strong focus on integrating traditional Ayurvedic principles with modern scientific methodologies, his research explores the chemical composition of plant-based compounds and their potential therapeutic applications. He has earned his Ph.D. from CSIR–National Physical Laboratory and completed his M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Delhi. He has published over 50 research papers in reputed high-impact international journals.He has also authored two undergraduate textbooks published by McGraw-Hill Education and contributed a book chapter in an internationally recognized academic volume. He has been actively involved in numerous IMR, EMR, and collaborative research projects, serving in the capacity of both Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator.Currently, he serves as the Head of the Advanced Instrumentation Laboratory at CARI Jhansi, where he oversees a wide range of sophisticated analytical instrumentation used in herbal drug analysis and standardization. He also holds the position of Technical Manager for the Chemistry Section, operating under the NABL accreditation (ISO/IEC 17025:2017), ensuring adherence to international standards of quality and technical competence in chemical testing and calibration services.

Publications:

1. Rajesh, Kumar, Krishan, Mishra, Sujeet K., Dwivedi, Poonam, Sumana, Gajjala (2019). Recent progress in the sensing techniques for the detection of human thyroid stimulating hormone. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 118, 666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2019.06.033

2. Grewal, Jyotika, Kumar, Vijay, Rawat, Hemant, Gandhi, Yashika, Singh, Ravindra, Singh, Arjun, Babu, Gajji, Srikanth, Narayanam, Mishra, Sujeet K (2022). Cytotoxic effect of plant extract-based nanoparticles on cancerous cells: a review. Environ Chem Lett 20, 2487–2507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-022-01422-z.

3. Gandhi, Yashika, Rawat, Hemant, Kumar, Vijay, Thakur, Akanksha, Mishra, Sujeet K. et al (2023). Identification of two kinds of Colchicum corms by DNA barcoding, physicochemical, chromatographic and chemometric analyses along with pharmacognostic parameters. Microchemical Journal, 195, 109399.

4. Mishra, S. K., Kumar, D., Biradar, A. M., & Rajesh. (2012). Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy characterization of mercaptopropionic acid capped ZnS nanocrystal based bioelectrode for the detection of the cardiac biomarker—myoglobin. Bioelectrochemistry, 88, 118–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2012.07.006

5.Mishra, S. K., Srivastava, A. K., Kumar, D., Biradar, A. M., & Rajesh. (2013). Microstructural and electrochemical impedance characterization of biofunctionalized ultrafine ZnS nanocrystals–reduced graphene oxide hybrid for immunosensor applications. Nanoscale, 5(23), 10494–10503. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR02575F