Research Credo: Nanoparticle medicine engineering is an exciting but challenging way. If you decide to join our group then think about it.

Research is fun. Do not believe? Come by and see it yourself.

Our group is about investigating the unknown.

We work on the following:

Ultrabright Biomimetic Medicine

i. Interventional and Opto Theranostics

ii. Cell-derived NanoGhosts 

iii. Membrane-coated CA NanoDots

Molecular Imaging & Therapeutic of Solid Tumors

i. Circulating Cancer Cell and Cancer Biomarker Detection in Blood

ii. Image-Guided Solid Tumor Ablation and Synergistic Therapeutics

iii. Stimuli Responsive Detection of Hidden Tumor

Liposomes and BioXils

i. Biomimetic NanoGhosts and Liposomes Hybrids

ii. Liposomal Biophotonic Contrast and Theranostics

iii. Phototriggered Liposomal Theranostics

Solid Tumor Entry-Exit of Nanotheranostics

i. Solid Tumor Matrix and Biological Barriers 

ii. Enhanced Permeability and Retention (EPR) Mechanism of Nanotheranostics 

iii. Active Transport and Retention (EPR) Mechanism of Nanotheranostics 

iv. Role of the lymphatic system in Exit and re-Entry of Nanotheranostics in/from Solid Tumor

Nanoparticles' Characteristic Power in Cancer Medicine

i. Spectroscopic and Microscopic Techniques

ii. Engineering and Biological Barriers of Nanoparticles for in vitro and in vivo

iii. Scalability and Reliability of Theranostics Nanoparticles 

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
(*Corresponding-author; ^#equal contribution; h-index = 17)

After joining IIT(BHU)

51. Rajendra Prasad*, Practical Guidelines to Prepare Gold Nanorods with Better Scalability and Reproducibility, Submitted

50. Rajendra Prasad*, Kumari Prerna, Mayur Temgire, Pinaki Banerjee, Rohini Kumari, Gopal C Kundu, Deeksha Hattila, Chandrashekhar Venkaraddi Mangannavar, Avtar Singh Meena, Mahadeo Gorain, Jayesh Bellare, Pranjal Chandra, Vikash Kumar Dubey, Molecular Engineering of Ultrabright Biomimetic NanoGhost for Site-Selective Tumor Imaging and Biodistribution, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2024, 4:e2401233 (IF 10)

49. Rajendra Prasad*, Arnab Ghosh, Vinay Patel, Berney Peng, Barbara Mendes, Eaint Honey Aung Win, Lucia Delogu, Joyce Wong, Kristin Pischel, Jayesh Bellare, Amnon Bar-Shir, Avnesh Thakor, Wolfgang Parak, Zaver M. Bhujwalla, Yu Shrike Zhang, Nagavendra Kommineni, Vincent Rotello, Weibo Cai, Twan Lammers, Teri Odom, Govindarajan Padmanaban, Dan Peer, Jonathan Lovell, Rohit Srivastava, Robert Langer, João Conde, Voices of Nanomedicine: blueprint guidelines for collaboration in addressing global unmet medical needs, ACS Nano, 2024, Accepted (IF 15.8)

48. Rajendra Prasad, Mahshid Iraniparast, Igor Sokolov, Berney Peng, Molecularly Engineered Ultrabright Organic CA-dots for Targeted Cancer Cell Imaging: Reproducibility and Scalability, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, In Revision (IF 8.3)

47. Indrani Nandi, Jyoti Verma, Rajendra Prasad, Sumit K. Singh, P. Chandra, CRISPR-based biosensing technology for the detection of non-nucleic acid analytes: proteins and glycans

46. R. Keshari, M. Dewani, P. Chandra, Rajendra Prasad*, Rohit Srivastava, Lipid Nanocarriers as Precision Delivery Systems for Brain Tumours, Bioconjugate Chem., XX, 2024, In Revision (IF 4.0)

45. Rajendra Prasad*, Biomimetic NanoGhost Booster or Barrier for Nanoparticles Entry in Solid Tumor, in preparation 

44. Monalisha Debnath, S. Sarkar, S. K. Debnath, Vaskuri G S S. Jyothi, A. Srivastava, P. Chandra*, Rajendra Prasad*, Rohit Srivastava*, Optically Active Quantum Dots in Cancer Imaging and Therapeutics: Nanotheranostics Perspective, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., XX, 2024 (Major revision) (IF 5.4)

43. Rajendra Prasad*, Narendra Gupta, Avtar Singh, Vaskuri Jyothi, Anuj Chandak, João Conde, Long-term cell-membrane coated ultrabright polymeric nano-dots for targeted cancer cell imaging and hydrophobic drug delivery, Chemistry of Materials, 2024 In Revision (IF 7.2)

42. Navneet Kaur, Priyadarshi Gautam, Dibyani Nanda, Avtar Singh, Asifkhan Shanavas, Rajendra Prasad*, Lipid Nanoparticles for Brain Tumor Theranostics: Challenges and Status, Bioconjugate Chem., XX, 2024, doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.4c00293 (IF 4.0)

41. Rajendra Prasad*, R. Chaudhari, R. Kumari, Rahul, G.C. Kundu, M. Roy, M. Gorain, P. Chandra, Emissive lipid nanoparticles as biophotonic contrast agents for site-selective tumor imaging and metastasis monitoring, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16, 40, 53393-53404 (IF 8.3)

40. Rajendra Prasad*, V.G.S.S. Jyothi, N. Kommineni, R.T Bulusu, João Conde*, Bárbara Mendes, Biomimetic ghost nanomedicine-based optotheranostics for cancer, Nano Letters, 2024, doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01534 (Just accepted) (IF 10.8)

Selected for Cover Art 2024

39. Daphika S Dkhar, Rohini Kumari, Vinay Patel, Ananya Srivastava, Rajendra Prasad, Rohit Srivastava ,P. Chandra, Versatile Approaches of Quantum Dots in Biosensing and Imaging, WIREs Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology, 2024,16:e1998, doi.org/10.1002/wnan.1998 (IF 8.6)

38. Rajendra Prasad*, D. Peer, B. Peng, W.J. Parak, Z.M. Bhujwalla, Y.S. Zhang, W. Cai, J.F. Lovell, T. Lammers, Where are nanoparticles in translational cancer nanomedicine: Obstacles and guidelines, Nature Nano, 2024 (Submitted) (IF 38.1)

37. Rajendra Prasad*, E.H.A. Win, L.G. Delogu, J.Y. Wong, K.J. Pische, A. Bar-Shir, A.S. Thakor, W.J. Parak, Z.M. Bhujwalla, Y.S. Zhang, V. Rotello, W. Cai, T. Lammers, T.W. Odom, D. Peer, J.F. Lovell, Voices of Biomedical Engineering: Voices of Biomedical Engineering: blueprint guidelines for new leaders and clinicians in solving global healthcare challenges, XX, 2024 (Submitted)

36. Shubham Pallod, Peng Berney, Rohini Kumari, Nishant Jain, Deepak Chauhan, Mukesh Dhanka, Eaint Honey Aung Win, Michael Teitell, Rohit Srivastava, Pranjal Chandra, Rajendra Prasad*, Stimuli-Responsive Molecular Exchange of Structure Directing Agents on Gold Nanobipyramids for Cancer Cell Detection and Synergistic Therapeutics, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2024, doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.4c00409 (IF 4.7)

35. Rajendra Prasad*, Berney Peng, Bárbara Mendes, Hailey I. Kilian, Mahadeo Gorain, Huijuan Zhang, Gopal Chandra Kundu, Jun Xia, Jonathan F. Lovell, João Conde*, Biomimetic bright optotheranostics for metastasis monitoring and multimodal image-guided breast cancer therapeutics, Journal of Controlled Release 367, 300, 2024 (IF 11.4)

34. Arnab Ghosh, Sagnik Nag, Alyssa Gomes, Rajendra Prasad*, Rohit Srivastava, Bench to beside technology: Nanobios lab industry-academia translational, Nanotheranostics 2023; 7(4): 450, doi:10.7150/ntno.86618

33. Nagavendra Kommineni, Ruchita Chaudhari, João Conde, Sedef Tamburaci, BerivanCecen, Pranjal Chandra, Rajendra Prasad*, Engineered Liposomes in Interventional Theranostics of Solid Tumors, ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2023, 9, 8, 4527 (IF 5.8)

          Selected for Cover Art 2023 

32. Vivek Chavda, Pankti Balar, Lakshmi Vineela Nalla, Rajashri Bezbaruah, Niva Rani Gogoi, Siva Nageswara Rao Gajula, Berney Peng, Rajendra Prasad*, Conjugated Nanoparticles for Solid Tumor Theranostics Management: Known and unknown factors, ACS Omega, 2023, Accepted (IF 4.1)     

31. Rajendra Prasad*, Kaliaperumal Selvaraj, Effective Distribution of Gold Nanorods in Ordered Thick Mesoporous Silica: A Choice of Noninvasive Theranostics, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, Accepted (IF 8.3)   

30. Rajendra Prasad*, Barabara Mendes, Mahadeo Gorain, Gopal Chandra Kundu, Narendra Gupta, Qing He, João Conde, Bioinspired and Biomimetic Cancer Cell-Membrane Derived Nanovesicles for Tumor Targeted Nanotheranostics, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2023, 101648 (IF 8.9)

29. Rajendra Prasad*, Kaliaperumal Selvaraj, Choice of Nanoparticles for Theranostics Engineering: Surface Coating to Nanogate Approach, Nanotheranostics, 2024, 8, 12 (IS 5.2)

        Selected for Cover Art 2024 

Before joining IIT(BHU)

28. Rajendra Prasad, João Conde, Bioinspired Soft Nanovesicles as Site-Selective Imaging and Targeted Therapies for Cancer, WIREs Nanomed Nanobiotechnol, 2022, 14, 4, e1792 (IF 9.4)

           Selected for Cover Art 2022 

27. Swaroop Chakraborty^#, Rajendra Prasad^#, Pramina Kumari Pandey, Amreen Khan, Nishant Kumar Jain, Eugenia Valsami-Jones, Rohit Srivastava, Superb Misra, Doxorubicin Encapsulated Hollow Self-Assembled CuS Nanoparticles Clusters for Bio-Responsive Chemo-Photo Therapy, Materials Letters, 2022, 327, 133017 (IF 3.5)

26. Manali Jadhav, Rajendra Prasad, MayuriGandhi, Rohit Srivastava, Erythrocyte Nanovesicles as Chemotherapeutic Drug Delivery Platform for Cancer Therapy, J. Drug Deliv. Sci. Technol, 2022, 103738 (IF 5.06)

25. Zixia Zhang, Yiliang Jin, Joana Amorim, João Conniot, Rajendra Prasad, Xiyun, Yan, Kelong Fan, João Conde, Nucleic Acid-Based Therapy for Brain Tumor: Challenges and Strategies, J Controlled Release, 2022, 350, 80-92 (IF 11.4)

24. Anivind Kaur^#, Sreejith Sivaramapanicker^#, Rajendra Prasad^#, Mahadeo Gorain, Thomas Rijil, Jana Deblin, Mui Hoon Nai, Gopal Kundu, Rohit Srivastava, Chwee Teck Lim, Yanli Zhao, A Plasmonic Supramolecular Nanohybrid as a Contrast Agent for Site-Selective Computed Tomography Imaging of Tumor, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2021, 2110575, (IF 19.9)

23. Nishant K. Jain, M C Bavya, S B Vinil, Himanshu Meena, Rajendra Prasad*, Rohit Srivastava, Nanoengineered Photoactive Theranostic Agents for Cancer, Nanophotonics, 2021, doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2021-0205 (IF 7.9)

22. Amreen Khan, Nishant K. Jain, Mayuri Gandhi, Rajendra Prasad*, Rohit Srivastava, Photo-Triggered Nanomaterials for Cancer Theranostic Applications, Nano LIFE, 2021, 11, 2130004 (IF 4.5)

21. Rajendra Prasad, Nishant Jain, Amit S. Yadav, Manali Jadhav, Radharani, N. N. V., Mahadeo Gorain, Gopal Kundu, Rohit Srivastava, Conde, João, Ultrahigh Penetration and Retention of Graphene Quantum Dot Mesoporous Silica Nanohybrids for Image-Guided Tumor Regression, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2021, 4, 2, 1693 (IF 4.7)

           Selected for Cover Art 2021 

20. Deepak Chauhan, Anupam Dhasmana, Partha Laskar, Rajendra Prasad, Nishant K Jain, Rohit Srivastava, Meena Jaggi, Subhash C. Chauhan, Murali M. Yallapu, Nanotechnology Synergised Immunoengineering for Cancer, Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm, 2021, 163, 72 (IF 5.5)

19. D.K. Meena, N.P. Sahu, P.P. Srivastava, M. Jadhav, Rajendra Prasad, R.C. Mallick, A. K. Sahoo, B.K. Behera, D. Mohanty, B.K. Das, Effective Valorization of Facile Extract Matrix of Terminalia Arjuna (Roxb) Against Elite Microbes of Aquaculture Industry–A Credence to Bioactive Principles: Can It be A Sustainability Paradigm in Designing Broad Spectrum Antimicrobials? Industrial Crops & Products, 2021, 171, 113905 (IF 6.4)

18. Jinal M. Mehta, Deepak S. Chauhan, Nishant Kumar Jain, Rajendra Prasad, Mukesh K. Kumawat, Mukesh Dhanka, Asifkhan Shanavas, Rohit Srivastava, Emissive and Radiodense Stealth Plasmonic Nanohybrid as X-ray Contrast and Photo-Ablation Agent of Cancer Cells, Mater. Today Commun., 2021, 27, 102181 (IF 3.6)

17. Mukesh Dhanka, Vaishali Pawar, Deepak S. Chauhan, Nishant Kumar Jain, Prabhuraj R.S., Chaitra Shetty, Mukesh K. Kumawat, Rajendra Prasad, Rohit Srivastava, Synthesis and Characterization of An Injectable Microparticles Integrated Hydrogel Composite Biomaterial: In-vivo Biocompatibility and Inflammatory Arthritis Treatment, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2021, 201, 111597 (IF 5.2)

16. Rajendra Prasad, Nishant K. Jain, Amit S. Yadav, Deepak S. Chauhan, Janhavi Devrukhkar, Mukesh K. Kumawat, Shweta Shinde, Mahadeo Gorain, Avnesh S. Thakor, Gopal C. Kundu, João Conde, Rohit Srivastava, Liposomal Nanotheranostics for Multimode Targeted In Vivo Bioimaging and Near‐Infrared Light Mediated Cancer Therapy, Commun Biol, 2020, 3, 284 (Nature Publication) (IF 6.5)

            Selected for Best Paper Award, 2020 

15. Rajendra Prasad, Nishant Jain, João Conde, Rohit Srivastava, Localized Nanotheranostics: Recent Developments in Cancer Nanomedicine, Materials Today Advances, 2020, 8, 100087 (IF 10)

14. Nishant Kumar Jain, Shalini Dimri, Rajendra Prasad, Abhijit De and Rohit Srivastava, Characteristics of Molecularly Engineered Anticancer Drug Conjugated Organic Nanomicelles for Site-Selective Cancer Cell Rupture and Growth Inhibition of Tumor Spheroids, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2020, 3, 10, 7067 (IF 4.7)

13. Deepak Chauhan, Rajendra Prasad, Rohit Srivastava, Meena Jaggi, Subhash C. Chauhan, Murali M. Yallapu, Comprehensive Review on Current Interventions, Diagnostic, and Nanotechnology Perspectives Against SARS-CoV-2, Bioconjugate Chem., 2020, 31, 9, 2021 (IF 4.7)

             Selected for Cover Art 2020 

12. Rajendra Prasad, Amit S. Yadav, Mahadeo Gorain, Deepak S. Chauhan, Gopal C. Kundu, Rohit Srivastava, Kaliaperumal, S., Graphene Oxide Supported Liposomes as Red Emissive Theranostics for Phototriggered Tissue Visualization and Tumor Regression, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2019, 28, 3312 (IF 4.7)

11. Asifkhan Shanavas, Nishant Jain, Navneet Kaur, Dinesh Thummuri, Maruthi Prasanna, Rajendra Prasad, Vegi Ganga Modi Naidu, Dhirendra Bahadur, Rohit Srivastava, Polymeric Core-Shell Combinatorial Nanomedicine for Synergistic Anticancer Therapy, ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 22, 19614 (IF 4.1)

10. Nishant Kumar Jain, Prabhuraj R S, M C Bavya, Rajendra Prasad, Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya, V.G.M.Naidu, Rohit Srivastava, Niclosamide Encapsulated Polymeric Nanocarriers for Targeted Cancer Therapy, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 26572 (IF 4.03)

9. Chauhan DS, B. Pradeep K. Reddy, Mishra SK, Rajendra Prasad, Dhanka M, Mukti Vats, Bahadur R, Neekhra S, De A, Srivastava R., A Comprehensive Evaluation of Degradable and Cost Effective Plasmonic Nanoshells for Localized Photothermolysis of Cancer Cells, Langmuir, 2019, 35, 24, 7805 (IF 3.9)

8. Rajendra Prasad, Sachin B. Agawane, Deepak S. Chauhan, Rohit Srivastava, Kaliaperumal, S., In vivo Examination of Folic Acid-Conjugated Gold-Silica Nanohybrids as Contrast Agents for Localized Tumor Diagnosis and Biodistribution, Bioconjugate Chem., 2018, 29, 4012 (IF 4.7)

7. Rajendra Prasad, Deepak S. Chauhan, Amit S. Yadav, Janhavi Devrukhkar, Barkha Singh, Mahadeo Gorain, Mayur Temgire, Jayesh Bellare, Gopal C. Kundu, Rohit Srivastava, A Biodegradable Fluorescent Nanohybrid for Photo-Driven Tumor Diagnosis and Tumor Growth Inhibition, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 19082 (IF 6.7)

6. Rajendra Prasad^#, Deepak S. Chauhan^#, Janhavi D., Rohit Srivastava, Kaliaperumal, S., Disintegrable NIR Light Triggered Gold Nanorods Supported Liposomal Nanohybrids for Cancer Theranostics, Bioconjugate Chem., 2018, 29, 1510 (IF 4.7)

         Selected for Cover Art 2018

5. Chauhan DS, Kumawat MK, Rajendra Prasad, Reddy PK, Dhanka M, Mishra SK, Bahadur R, Neekhra S, De A, Srivastava R., Plasmonic Carbon Nanohybrids for Repetitive and Highly Localized Photothermal Cancer Therapy, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2018, 172, 430 (IF 5.2)

          Selected for Cover Art 2018

4. Deepak S. Chauhan, P Arunkumar, Rajendra Prasad, Sumit mishra, Abhijit De and Rohit Srivastava, Facile Synthesis of Plasmonic Zein Nanoshells for Imaging-Guided Photothermal Cancer Therapy, Mater. Sci. Engg. C, 2018, 90, 539 (IF 8.4)

3. Deepak S. Chauhan, P Arunkumar, Rajendra Prasad, Sumit mishra, Abhijit De and Rohit Srivastava, NIR Light-Triggered Shrinkable Thermoresponsive PNVCL Nanoshells for Cancer Theranostics, RSC ADV., 2017, 7, 44026 (IF 4.03)

2. Sandhya A^#, Rajendra Prasad^#, Manoj K., Nirvikar K., Bhanprakash J., Omkar S. K., Fluorescent Carbon Nanodots for Targeted In Vitro Cancer Cell Imaging, Appl. Mater. Today, 2016, 4, 71 (IF 8.3)

1. Rajendra Prasad, Sandhya A., Deepak S. C., Rohit Srivastava, Kaliaperumal S., Bioresponsive Carbon Nano-Gated Multifunctional Mesoporous Silica for Cancer Theranostics, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 4537 (IF 6.7)

National and International Patents

Granted/Published

32. Rajendra and inventors, Hyaluronic acid, graphene-gold coated poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid nanostructures and a process for its preparation (550861)

31. Rajendra and inventors, Polycaprolactone based plasmonic nanoshells and method of preparation thereof (359768)

30. Rajendra and inventors, Gold nano bipyramids based plasmonic biosensor and a method thereof for detection of glutathione (202021033612)

29. Rajendra and inventors, Self-assembled niclosamide-hyaluronic acid conjugate micelles for site-selective regression of tumor and tumor spheroids (429445)

28. Rajendra and inventors, Reproducible and scalable preparation of platinum-integrated AuNRs and their use of (IPA No. 202021032307)

27. Rajendra and inventors, Facile synthesis of colloidally stable MXene Quantum dots and applications thereof (462594)

26. Rajendra and inventors, Drug loaded nanohybrids ​​​​​​(IN 202121012660)

25. Rajendra and inventors, Organic 3D sponges preparation process and applications thereof (Application no. 202121015614)

24. Rajendra and inventors, Method for preparing drug loaded fluorescent GQDs embedded mesoporous silica nanostructure for tumor ablation ​​​​​​(IN 444111/202121021279)

23. Rajendra and inventors, Biocompatible gold nanoparticles and method of synthesis thereof (Application no. 202021037002/438420)

22. Rajendra and inventors, A biodegradable theranostic nano-composite and uses thereof (PCT 201711004800, WO/2018/146700, US20200237667)

21. Rajendra and inventors, Dual therapeutic disintegrable GNR-liposome nanohybrid for plasmonic photothermal cancer theranostics (Application no. 20172102987)

20. Rajendra and inventors, A novel biodegradable NIR-responsive red emissive graphene oxide-liposome nanocomposite based multifunctional cancer theranostics, PCT/IN2018/050069 (10945957)

19. Rajendra and inventors, Fluorescent gold nanorods and method of preparation thereof (Application no. 201821022488)

18. Rajendra and inventors, Biodegradable fluorescent liposomal nanocomposite and method of preparation thereof (Application No. 201821020431)

17. Rajendra and inventors, Fluorescent hollow mesoporous silica and method of preparation thereof (Application No. IN201821022718A)

16. Rajendra and inventors, Enhanced multifunctional mesoporous nano drug carrier for targeted and triggered delivery and photothermal therapy (Patent grant no. 368745)

Filed/Submitted

15. Rajendra and inventors, Biophotonic lipid nano contrast preparation and uses thereof (Application No.: 202411085514)

14. Rajendra and inventors, Rapid and scalable microwave-assisted hydrothermal method for synthesis of fluorescent carbon spheres (PAT/AC/174363001-2/17-18)

13. Rajendra and inventors, An improved process for the preparation of gold nanorod encapsulated mesoporous silica nanohybrid (GMS) and use thereof (Application No. 306/DEL/2015)

12. Rajendra and inventors, Room temperature synthesis of bio-compatible porous silica nanoparticles using lipid as a structure directing agent (Application No. 202021025105)

11. Rajendra and inventors, Red emissive liposomal nano pitchers for localized diagnosis and photo triggered tumor ablation (Application No. PAT/BS/174303023-1/17-18)

10. Rajendra and inventors, NIR light responsive red emissive biodegradable nanohybrids for cancer theranostic (PAT/BS/134303002-3/18-19)

9. Rajendra and inventors, One-step biocompatible folic acid stabilized end-end assembled gold nanorods and usage thereof (PAT/BS/174303023-2/17-18)

8. Rajendra and inventors, Rapid and scalable bioresponsive plasmonic gated functional nanohybrid and their use of, Patent (INV-2018)

7. Rajendra and inventors, A  Nanohybrid,  Its  Method  of Preparation and  Use, Patent (Provisional No. 201921020693)

6. Rajendra and inventors,  Plasmonic anucleate cellular nanovesicles as theranostic agents (PAT/BS/134303002-4/18-19)

5. Rajendra and inventors, Zein-gold nanoshells and applications thereof (TM/BS/10I30002-2/18-19)

4. Rajendra and inventors, Smart plasmonic hydrogel for post-operative treatment of cancer (PAT/BS/134303002-2/19-20)

3. Rajendra and inventors,  A simple design of biocompatible dodecyl ethyl dimethyl ammonium bromide (DMAB) stabilized Au-Pt bimetallic plasmonic nanorods (IPA No. 202021042970)

2. Rajendra and inventors, Ultrahigh penetration and retention of graphene quantum dot mesoporous silica nanohybrids for image guided tumor regression (IPA No. 2021)

1. Rajendra and inventors, Drug-loaded hollow self-assembled CuS clusters nanoparticles for bio-responsive chemo-phototherapy (INV 2022)

Trade Marks

1. ORGOSPUNG^® Trademark, 2110 (5767475)

2. NanobioXil^®, Trademark,  4399683, 4399684, 4399685, 4399686 and 4399687

3. H-PHOTOFLUOR^®, TM/BS/134303002-1/18-19, Trademark, 4104107 & 4104108

4. B-Pyranostics^®, Trademark, 4399680, 4399681 and 4399682

5. AuroNanocell^®, Trademark, TM/BS/134303002-3/20-21

6. Carbanosil^®, Trademark, TM/BS/134303002-4/20-21

7. AuroPlatids^®, Trademark, TM/BS/134303002-2/20-21

8. NanoSAMIDE^®, Trademark, TM/BS/2020

9. Proto-Photoxil^®, Trademark, TM/BS/10I30002-2/18-19, class 5, 10, 44

Startups 

1. BioGNTs, Founder (for Targeted Cancer Therapy of Solid Tumors)

2. Photoxil, Co-founder (for Photothermal Therapy of Oral Cancer)

Books

1. Functional Smart Nanomaterials and Their Theranostics Approaches, Springer Nature, 2024, ISBN: 9819965969

2. Nanomaterials in Healthcare, CRC Press, 2023, ISBN: 978-1-032-34475-1, Taylor & Francis Group, DOI: 10.1201/9781003322368

3. Advancements in Cancer Theranostics-Integrating Imaging and Intervention (ongoing)

4. Translation in Biosensing Devices: Engineering novel materials and Device Integration (ongoing)

Book Chapters

1. Fatemeh Salemizadehparizi, Berivan Cecen, Rajendra Prasad*, Biomimetic nanovesicles for targeted imaging and therapeutic of solid tumor: Safe Nanomedicines, Chap-19, CRC Press, 2023, 9781032344751

2. Dhwani Rana, Raghav Gupta, Bharathi K, Rupali Pardhe, Nishant Kumar Jain, Sagar Salave, Rajendra Prasad*, Derajram Benival, and Nagavendra Kommineni, Porous Silica Nanoparticles for Targeted Bio-Imaging and Drug Delivery Applications, Chap-8, CRC Press, 2023, 9781032344751

3. Manali Jadhav, Nishant Jain, Rajendra Prasad*, Rohit Srivastava*, Conjugated biomimetic nanohybrids as smart drug delivery systems, Bioinspired and Biomimetic Materials for Drug Delivery, Elsevier Inc., 2021, ISBN: 978-0-12-821352-0

Dec. 2021: JSPS Post-Doctoral position offered by Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada, Japan 

Dec. 2021:  Post-Doctoral position offered by Radiology and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Oct. 2021:   Post-Doctoral position offered by Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS), Israel

Sept. 2021: Post-Doctoral position offered by Tufts University Medford, MA, USA

June 2021: Visiting position offered by Stanford University, California, USA

April 2021: Post-Doctoral position offered by NOVA Medical School / Universidade Nova de Lisboa

June 2020: PBC Post-Doctoral position offered by Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

April 2020: Best Research paper award, IIT Bombay, India “Commun Biol, 2020 (Nature Publication)”

Jan. 2020:  SAS Post-Doctoral position offered by Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo, Canada 

April 2018:  IPD Post-Doctoral position offered by IIT Bombay, Powai, India

July 2013:   UGC-SRF at CSIR NCL, Pune, India

July 2011:   NET-JRF

Dec. 2024: Elected a member of the European Society for Molecular Imaging

Feb. 2024: Joined the Editorial Board of NPJ Imaging (Nature)

Aug. 2023: Joined as Early Career Advisory Board of ACS Chemical Imaging and Biomedical Imaging (CBMI)

June 2023: Joined as Topic Editor at Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

March 2023: Joined as Associate Editor and Editorial Board at Nanotheranostics (https://www.ntno.org/)

Feb. 2022: Active reviewer for the research from Global Burden Disease (GBD), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington (USA)

Nov. 2021: Admitted as a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)

Sept. 2021: Admitted as a Member of the American American Chemical Society (MACS)

Feb 2021: Admitted as a Member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

Invited talks and Presentations

1. Presented a review meeting for DAC on Mesoporous inorganic nanomaterials as a targeted drug delivery system, July 2013

2. Oral presentation on functional materials for cancer nanomedicine during ICNM 2014, Kerala

3. Invited oral talk on light-mediated advanced cancer therapies at BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan, India, March 2015

4. Presentation on current demands for cancer theranostics at University of Kota, Rajasthan, India, Feb 2016

5. Oral presentation of my Ph.D. thesis on Multifunctional hybrid nanomaterials for cancer theranostics, Aug 2017

6. Presentation for Research Associate fellowship on nanosized theranostics agents for localized tumor diagnosis and combined therapy, Oct 2017

7. Presentation for IPDF position on functional materials for localized nanomedicine, Mar. 2018

8. Invited talk on multifunctional nanohybrids for localized nanomedicine “a progress report of NanoBios”, Tata Trust Cancer Program workshop Taj, Aug. 2018, Mumbai, India

9. Invited talk on Photo driven tumor diagnosis and localized cancer therapy, Sept. 2018, SMS Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

10. Invited talk on stimuli-responsive smart biomaterials for better health care, 4th ICTR, OCT., 2018, Goa, India

11. Invited talk on Phototriggered nano scavenger for enhanced cellular and tumor uptake, Nanobiotech-2018, OCT., 2018, AIIMS, Delhi, India

12. New finding in nanomedicine brings hope to cancer treatment, 2019 covered by https://researchmatters.in

13. Invited talk on Biological nanoparticles and nano scavengers for targeted nanomedicine, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Mar. 2019, Haryana, India

14. Cancer awareness meet for rural India, Sept. 2020

15. Keynote talk on Image-guided cancer therapeutics, International Conference on Advances in Data Computing, Communication, and Security-2021, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Sept. 2021

16. Invited talk on Biomimetic NanoGhosts in Cancer Theranostics, SMART-NANO2024

PI & Group Leader

Dr. Rajendra Prasad: rajendra.bce@iitbhu.ac.in 

Ph.D. Student 

We have an opening 

Master's Student 

We have no openings at this time

Under Graduate Students/IDD Students

Arjun Singh-on going

Shikhar Jaiswal-on going

Rahul Kumar-work brought to an end

Mohit (co-supervisor)-work brought to an end

Yaswant Nair (co-supervisor)-work brought to an end

Sanjay K (co-supervisor)-work brought to an end

Ongoing

Project 1: Ultra Bright Biomimetic NanoGhost Vesicles (RP)

Project 2: Mesoporous Silica-based Gated Nanomachine (RP and AV)

Project 3: Solid Tumor Entry-Exit of Bright Optotheranostics (RP, HK, BP, JL and JC)

Project 4: Ultra Bright C-Dots  (RP and IS)

Project 5: Liposome and Doxil for solid tumor (RP, JC and JL)

Project 6: Biomimetic NoSe for Cancer Biomarker Detection (RP and PC)-joint work

Project 7: NoSe for VOC Detection (RP and PC)-joint work

Completed

Project 3: Bright Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles (RP, MG and PC)

Project 4: Gold NanoBipyramids (RP, SP, NJ, RS)

Project 6: Ultra Bright NanoDots  (RP, BP, MI, IS)

Nov. 2024: Our Second research article from IIT (BHU) on Ultrabright Biomimetic NanoGhost is published by Advanced Healthcare Materials

Oct. 2024: Rajendra's 17th patent granted on hybrid nanostructure for drug delivery and cancer imaging application (postdoc work)

Sept. 2024: Our First research article from IIT (BHU) on Biophotonic Lipid nanoparticles is published by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Aug. 2024: Our Third independent article from IIT (BHU) is published by Bioconjugate Chemistry (ACS) 

Aug. 2024: Arjun and Shikhar have joined us for the exploratory projects

July 2024: Rajendra delivered an invited talk on Biomimetic Nano-Ghost Theranostics for Solid Tumors during SMART-Nano24

June 2024: Our Second independent article from IIT (BHU) is published by Nano Letters (ACS) with Cover Art

June 2024: Our research work on Cancer Cell detection is published by ACS Applied Biomaterials 

May. 2024: Rajendra (IIT (BHU) Varanasi), Amnon Bar-Shir (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), João Conde (NOVA Medical School) and Jonathan Lovell (University at Buffalo, New York, USA) are editing a special issue on Nanocontrast for Molecular Imaging of Cancer

Apr. 2024: As an Early Carrier Board Member of ACS Chemical & Biomedical Imaging, Rajendra has been invited to attend the 2024 International Symposium on Chemical and Biomedical Imaging 

Jan. 2024: Rajendra's postdoc work is published by JCR

Dec. 2023: Rajendra's postdoc work is published by Cell Press

Oct. 2023: A patent from Rajendra's postdoc work is granted for nanoparticles for cancer biomarker detection 

Sept. 2023: Our editorial is published by Nanotheranostics

Aug 2023: Our recent work is published by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Aug. 2023: A patent from Rajendra's postdoc work is granted for plasmonic nanoparticles

Aug. 2023: A patent from Rajendra's postdoc work is granted for Drug loaded nanohybrids

Aug. 2023: A patent from Rajendra's postdoc work is granted for 3D sponge preparation

Aug. 2023: Rajendra has joined as an Early Career Advisory Board of ACS Chemical Imaging and Biomedical Imaging (CBMI)

Aug. 2023: A patent from Rajendra's postdoc work is granted for "drug-loaded fluorescent GQDs embedded mesoporous silica nanostructure"

July 2023: Our first independent article is published by ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. with Cover Art

July 2023: A patent from Rajendra's postdoc work is granted for "synthesis of fluorescent carbon nanospheres"

July 2023: Our research "Theranostics promises more targeted and personalized cancer therapies while shortening the time taken for diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring" was in the news along with AIIMS, Delhi and MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA researchers 

June 2023: A Trademark from Rajendra's postdoc work is published "ORGOSPUNG®"

Coming soon