Prasoon Kumar

Assistant Professor Grade-II

Biotechnology and Medical Engineering

 kumarprasoon[at]nitrkl.ac.in

 Biosketch

31

Publications       

2

Sponsored Projects

0

Consultancy Projects

5

Doctoral Students

2

Continuing Education

4

PG Dissertation

 Personal Information

Dr. Prasoon Kumar

Assistant Professor Grade-II

Biotechnology and Medical Engineering

Joined in Jun 2020

 Room Number: BM-316

 Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

 Education Qualification

  1. Ph.D.
    Mechanical Engineering (Design Engineering)
    IITB-Monash Research Academy ( Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia)
  2. M.Tech
    Bioengineering (Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering)
    Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
  3. B.E
    Biotechnology
    Birla Institute of Technology, MESRA, Ranchi

 Experience

Teaching Experience
  • Biotechnology and Medical Engineering,  National Institute of Technology, Rourkela,  19 Jun 2020 - Present
  • Medical Devices Innovation,  National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Ahmadabad,  04 Oct 2018 - 18 Mar 2020
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Biomaterials and Tissue engineering, Organ-on-chips,  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,  22 Mar 2017 - 28 Sep 2018
Industrial Experience
  • Biomedical Imaging and Image processing,  Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIR), Chandigarh,  13 Oct 2010 - 30 Jun 2011

 Expertise Information

Research Group
Biomechanics and Biotransport Engineering
Areas of Interest
Bio-inspired design, Micro/nano fabrication, Additive manufacturing, Lab-on-chip, Micro/nanofluidics, polymeric membranes, Medical devices innovation and Entrepreneurship - Design and development of materials and devices inspired from nature to solve biomedical and life science problems. I am also interested in fundamental and applied aspect of microfluidics

 Projects

Innovating paper microfluidic device to achieve rapid and uniform spreading of whole blood and demonstrate its applicability as a point-of-care diagnostic device.

 Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)

 Principal Investigator

 24 months

 Running

Sponsored

Implantable Closed-loop Diabetes Management System.

 DST

 Co-Investigator

 24 months

 Completed

Sponsored

 Continuing Education

National Bioengineering Conference 2022

 Biotechnology and Medical Engineering

 Coordinator

 06 Jan 2022 - 07 Jan 2022

Conference

Karyashala, High-End Workshop on AI-APMED: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Aided Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery

 Biotechnology and Medical Engineering

 Coordinator

 05 Jan 2023 - 12 Jan 2023

Workshop

 Publications

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Total Publications: 31
H. Sharma, D. Kalita, U. Naskar, B. K. Mishra, P. Kumar, and M. K. Baig, "Prediction of Glucose Sensor Sensitivity in the presence of Biofouling using Machine Learning and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy", IEEE Sensors Journal, vol.23, no.16, pp.18785-18797, IEEE, August 2023, 10.1109/JSEN.2023.3289619 Article
R. Parkale, P. Pulugu, and P. Kumar, "Developing easy-to-use, cost-effective wound dressing material by coating commercial cotton bandages with nanomaterials", International Journal of Materials Research, vol.114, no.4-5, pp.243--250, De Gruyter 2023, 10.1515/ijmr-2022-0081 Article
R. Chakraborty, A. G. Anoop, A. Thakur, G. C. Mohanta, and P. Kumar, "Strategies to modify the surface and bulk properties of 3d-printed solid scaffolds for tissue engineering applications", Acs Omega, vol.8, no.6, pp.5139--5156, American Chemical Society 2023, 10.1021/acsomega.2c05984 Article
P. Ray, R. Chakraborty, O. Banik, E. Banoth, and P. Kumar, "Surface engineering of a bioartificial membrane for its application in bioengineering devices", Acs Omega, vol.8, no.4, pp.3606-3629, American Chemical Society 2023, 10.1021/acsomega.2c05983 Article
C. Mahapatra, P. Kumar, M. K. Paul, and A. Kumar, "Angiogenic stimulation strategies in bone tissue regeneration", Tissue and Cell, vol.79, pp.101908, Elsevier 2022, 10.1016/j.tice.2022.101908 Article

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S. K. Patel, C. Globisch, P. Pulugu, P. Kumar, A. Jain, and A. Shard, "Discovery of 2-(4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-1-(imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidin-3-yl)ethan-1-one, a Pyruvate Kinase M2 Activator as an Efficacious Agent Against Cancer", European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol.170, pp.106112, elsevier 2022, 10.1016/j.ejps.2021.106112 Article
M. A. Ansari, A. Golebiowska, M. Dash, P. Kumar, P. K. Jain, S. Nukavarapu, S. Ramakrishna, and H. S. Nanda, "Engineering Biomaterials to 3D-Print Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration: Practical and Theoretical Consideration", RSC Biomaterial Science, vol.10, pp.2789-2816, Royal Society of Chemistry 2022, 10.1039/D2BM00035K Article
K. A. Sree, A. Yagnik, P. K. Chordiya, K. Choudhury, and P. Kumar, "Nature-inspired vascularised materials and devices for biomedical engineering", Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, vol.25, pp.100444, Elsevier 2022, 10.1016/j.cobme.2022.100444 Article
P. Pulugu, N. Arya, P. Kumar, and A. Srivastava, "Polystyrene-based slippery surfaces enable the generation and easy retrieval of tumor spheroids", ACS Applied Bio Materials, vol.5, no.12, pp.5582--5594, American Chemical Society 2022, 10.1021/acsabm.2c00620 Article
H. Ahirwar, A. Sahu, V. K. Gupta, P. Kumar, and H. S. Nanda, "Design and finite element analysis of femoral stem prosthesis using functional graded materials", Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Taylor and Francis, December 2021, 10.1080/10255842.2021.2006648 Article
P. Priyanka, G. Sumanta, R. Shital, C. Kaushik, A. Neha, and P. Kumar, "A perspective on implantable biomedical materials and devices for diagnostic applications", Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, vol.18, pp.100287, Elsevier 2021, 10.1016/j.cobme.2021.100287 Article
P. Kumar, K. Dhaval, M. Chinmaya, O. M, and C. Kaushik, "Designer cell culture insert with nanofibrous membrane toward engineering an epithelial tissue model validated by cellular nanomechanics", Nanoscale Advances, vol.3, pp.4714-4725, Royal Society of Chemistry 2021, 10.1039/D1NA00280E Article
P. Kumar, M. K. Baig, C. Kaushik, C. Magali, M. Henning, and S. Pratyoosh, "Tissue regeneration through cyber-physical systems and microbots", Advanced Functional Materials, vol.31, pp.2009663, John Wiley & Sons 2021, 10.1002/adfm.202009663 Article
P. Kumar, S. Rajeshwari, and S. Pratyoosh, "Artificial intelligence and synthetic biology approaches for human gut microbiome", Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, pp.1--19, Taylor & Francis 2020, 10.1080/10408398.2020.1850415 Article
A. Harbhajan, Z. Yubin, M. Chinmaya, R. Seeram, P. Kumar, and N. H. Sekhar, "Materials for orthopedic bioimplants: modulating degradation and surface modification using integrated nanomaterials", Coatings, vol.10, no.3, pp.264, Multidisciplinary digital publishing institute}} 2020, 10.3390/coatings10030264 Article
A. Prashant, K. Hemant, and P. Kumar, "Rapid and even spreading of complex fluids over a large area in porous substrates", Applied Physics Letters, vol.117, no.7, pp.073703, AIP publishing llc 2020, 10.1063/5.0019939 Article
S. Vaibhav, B. Komal, P. Kumar, and S. Pinaki, "Technological advancement in dry blood matrix microsampling and its clinical relevance in quantitative drug analysis", Bioanalysis, vol.12, no.20, pp.1483--1501, Newlands press ltd London, UK 2020, 10.4155/bio-2020-0211 Article
P. Kumar, A. Prashant, and C. Kaushik, "Challenges and opportunities in blood flow through porous substrate: a design and interface perspective of dried blood spot", Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, vol.175, pp.112772, Elsevier 2019, 10.1016/j.jpba.2019.07.020 Article
C. Kaushik, S. R. K, P. Kumar, R. Mukesh, S. Atul, and K. Ajai, "Effect of confined geometry on the size distribution of nanoparticles produced by laser ablation in liquid medium", Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, vol.17, pp.129--137, Elsevier 2019, 10.1016/j.nanoso.2018.12.006 Article
A. Prashant, G. P. S, M. Mainak, and P. Kumar, "Insight into the design and fabrication of a leaf-mimicking micropump", Physical Review Applied, vol.12, no.3, pp.031002, APS 2019, 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.12.031002 Article
V. Rajat, P. Kumar, D. A. Kumar, S. Naveen, C. Deepak, and S. Pratyoosh, "Quest for cardiovascular interventions: precise modeling and 3d printing of heart valves", Journal of Biological Engineering, vol.13, no.1, pp.12, Springer 2019, 10.1186/s13036-018-0132-5 Article
P. Kumar and R. Vasita, "Understanding the relation between structural and mechanical properties of electrospun fiber mesh through uniaxial tensile testing", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol.134, no.26, pp.45012, Wiley Inc, June 2017, 10.1002/app.45012 Article
P. Kumar, I. T. Ul, M. Mainak, and G. P. S, "A scalable, lithography-less fabrication process for generating a bio-inspired, multi-scale channel network in polymers", Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, vol.3, no.4, pp.045007, IOP publishing 2017, 10.1088/2057-1976/aa763b Article
K. Rishav, J., S. A. Madhav, and P. Kumar, "Feature engineering coupled machine learning algorithms for epileptic seizure forecasting from intracranial eegs", Biorxiv, pp.131482, Cold spring harbor laboratory 2017, 10.1101/131482 Article
V. Srikanth, S. Viren, P. Kumar, and S. H. K, "Feature extraction through wavelet decomposition for automatic detection of landmarks on cephalogram images", biorxiv, pp.125286, cold spring harbor laboratory 2017, 10.1101/125286 Article
P. Kumar, G. P. S, and M. Mainak, "Design and fabrication of thin microvascularised polymer matrices inspired from secondary lamellae of fish gills", in Proc. SPIE, vol.9797, pp.979713, SPIE 2016, 10.1117/12.2221892 Inproceedings
P. Kumar, M. Mainak, and G. P. S, "Interfacing 3d micro/nanochannels with a branch-shaped reservoir enhances fluid and mass transport", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol.27, no.1, pp.015026, IOP publishing 2016, 10.1088/1361-6439/27/1/015026 Article
V. Srikanth, S. Viren, P. Kumar, K. O. P, and S. H. K, "Automatic landmark identification in lateral cephalometric images using optimized template matching", Journal of medical imaging and health informatics, vol.5, no.3, pp.458--470, American scientific publishers 2015, 10.1166/jmihi.2015.1426 Article
P. Kumar and K. Rishav, "Geometric modeling of electrospun micro-/nano-fiber system for simulation of physical properties", International journal of science and research (ijsr), vol.4, no.4, pp.1261--1266, www.ijsr.net 2015 Article
R. M. Suhail, P. Kumar, K. D. S, and Pal. Anupam, "Mathematical model of mechanical behavior of micro/nanofibrous materials designed for extracellular matrix substitutes", Acta Biomaterialia, vol.8, no.11, pp.4111--4122, elsevier 2012, 10.1016/j.actbio.2012.07.025 Article
S. Prabhash, P. Kumar, Das. Amitava, S. Viren, and S. H. K, "Image registration: a pre-step in patient's position verification in radiation therapy", in 2011 international conference on image information processing, pp.1--4 2011, 10.1109/ICIIP.2011.6108961 Inproceedings

 Courses Taught

  • BM2003 : Medical Science II {Theory}
  • BM2502 : Thermodynamics and Biochemical Reaction {Theory}
  • BM3000 : Medical Diagnostic Techniques {Theory}
  • BM3001 : Analytical Instrumentation and Techniques {Theory}
  • BM6033 : Intellectual Property Right and Bio-safety for Bioengineers {Theory}
  • BM6534 : Bioreactor and Plant Design {Theory}
  • EA1270 : Value Education and Ethics {Theory}
  • BM3702 : Medical Diagnostic Techniques Laboratory {Practical}
  • BM4713 : MATLAB Programming for Bioengineering Analysis {Practical}

 Research Scholars

Ph.D. Students [4]
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering, cell and molecular biology

 Ruchira Chakraborty

Enrolled: Aug 2021

 Continuing

 Supervisor

Fabrication of Bioinspired multi-analyte sensing platform by using paper-based micro/nano fluidic device

 Pragyan Ray

Enrolled: Sep 2021

 Continuing

 Supervisor

Tissue Engineering, medical devices and biomaterials

 Swagatika Barik

Enrolled: Jul 2022

 Continuing

 Supervisor

Development of Liver Organoid through Microfluidic Platform for the study of diseased and healthy cells interaction

 Oindrila Banik

Enrolled: Jul 2022

 Continuing

 Co-Supervisor

Executive Ph.D. Students [1]
Biotechnology and Medical Engineering

 Thalapaneni Penchala Naidu

 Continuing

 Co-Supervisor

 Dissertations

PG Dissertation
  • Mullapudi Giri Vasu (220EC5537), "CoTs Radar Statistical Feature Extraction and Classification of Rotating Objects with Small RCS" - M.Tech.    Co-supervisor     2021-22 Spring
  • Pabitraa Madhurima (220BM1139), "Micropillar device development for culture of organoids in-line with drug testing" - M.Tech.    Co-supervisor     2021-22 Spring
  • Shikha (220BM2205), "Design and characterization of polymeric microneedles for developing electrochemical biosensor" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2021-22 Spring
  • Kamasani Aarya Sree (221BM2011), "EXPLORING FABRICATION OF MICRONEEDLES ARRAY FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2022-23 Spring
UG Dissertation
  • Suyash Gupta (117BT0025), "Creating Graphical User Interface (GUI) for “Multiple Pattern Matching Algorithm using Sequential Approach”" - B.Tech.    Co-supervisor     2021 Summer
  • Nirbighna Shaw (118BM0011), "In silico Geometric Modelling of 3D Microtumours and Drug Diffusion Studies" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2021-22 Spring

 Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours
  • BRICS Young Scientist Forum 2022 (New Materials),    2022
  • BIRAC SITARE Gandhian Young Innovator Award by SITARE and BIRAC, DBT, Govt of India,    2020
  • Biotechnology Ignition Grant by BIRAC, DBT, Govt of India,    2020
  • Biotechnology Ignition Grant by BIRAC, DBT, Govt of India,    2019
  • 2nd prize in Bio-business plan BEST India by ABLE and DBT, Govt of India,    2018
  • Awarded innovator award by BETiC, IIT Bombay,    2018
  • Biotechnology Ignition Grant by BIRAC, DBT, Govt of India,    2018
  • 1st prize for the oral presentation in National Conference on Convergence of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biomedical Technology, NIPER-Ahmedabad,    2018
  • Awarded best innovator award in NanoSparX in 8th International conference of Bangalore India Nano,    2016
  • 3rd prize in Bio-business plan BEST India by ABLE and DBT, Govt of India,    2014
  • 2nd Prize in Bio-business Plan by Teckriti techfest at IIT Kanpur,    2009
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Life-time member of Society of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs ( SBAO), India,    2021
  • SERB-National Post-Doctoral Fellowship,    2017
  • IITB-Monash PhD Fellowship,    2011
  • MHRD Gate Fellowship,    2008