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WELCOME

I am Jyotish Kumar, a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at The University of Texas at El Paso, United States. I have completed my Bachelor of Science from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and Masters of Science in Biotechnology from the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), India. I have Completed my Dissertation Under the Supervision of Dr. Gopinath Packirisamy, Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, IITR.

Currently, I am working in MN Lab, Under the supervision of Well known Biophysicist, Dr. Mahesh Narayan. My research interests revolve around studying the role of different proteins in the development of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. My Current project is focused on studying the intervention of Quantum Dots in neurodegeneration. I use different materials to synthesise Quantum dots and study their role in neuronal cell lines and neuronal cells of C. elegens. Learn more about my research and areas of study below.

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MY AREAS OF INTEREST

QUANTUM DOTS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

DRUG DELIVERY

NEURODEGENERATION

PROTEIN FOLDING AND MISFOLDING

Research Featured in Science News and Magazines

A team led by Jyotish Kumar, a doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and overseen by Mahesh Narayan, Ph.D., a professor and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in the same department, found that caffeic-acid based Carbon Quantum Dots (CACQDs), which can be derived from spent coffee grounds, have the potential to protect brain cells from the damage caused by several neurodegenerative diseases — if the condition is triggered by factors such as obesity, age and exposure to pesticides and other toxic environmental chemicals. Their work is described in a paper published in the November issue of the journal Environmental Research.